Surah As Saffat Tafseer

By those who bring the Dhikr.

they are the angels;"

This was also the view of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Masruq, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ikrimah, Mujahid, As-Suddi, Qatadah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas.

Qatadah said,

"The angels form ranks in the heavens."

Muslim recorded that Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

"The Messenger of Allah said:

فُضِّلْنَا عَلَى النَّاسِ بِثَلَثٍ جُعِلَتْ صُفُوفُنَا كَصُفُوفِ الْمَلَيِكَةِ وَجُعِلَتْ لَنَا الاَْرْضُ كُلُّهَا مَسْجِدًا وَجُعِلَ لَنَا تُرَابُهَا طَهُورًا إِذَا لَمْ نَجِدِ الْمَاء

We have been favored over the rest of mankind in three ways:

our ranks have been made like the ranks of the angels;

the entire earth has been made a Masjid for us;

and its soil has been made a means of purification for us if we cannot find water."

Muslim, Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah recorded that Jabir bin Samurah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

"The Messenger of Allah said:

أَلَا تَصُفُّونَ كَمَا تَصُفُّ الْمَلَيِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ

Will you not form ranks as the angels form ranks in the presence of their Lord?

We said, `How do the angels form ranks in the presence of their Lord?'

He said:

يُتِمُّونَ الصُّفُوفَ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةَ وَيَتَرَاصُّونَ فِي الصَّف

They complete the rows nearer the front and they consolidate the rows."

As-Suddi and others said that the Ayah,

(By those who drive the clouds in a good way).

means that they drive the clouds.

(By those who bring the Dhikr). As-Suddi said,

"The angels bring the Scriptures and the Qur'an from Allah to mankind."

The One True God is Allah

Allah says,

إِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ