Transliteration:( Qaaloo subhaanaka laa 'ilma lanaaa illaa maa 'allamtanaaa innaka antal'aleemul hakeem )
63. The speech in respect of humility and submission refers to all the angels only. Iblees, or the devil, is excluded from it. He had remained silent not only because he was envious, but, in reality, he had no knowledge of these names, therefore he, too, was included in the command to prostrate to Hazrat Adam This proves that Hazrat Adam's knowledge was far superior to that of the devil. Thus, whosoever says that the devil had more knowledge than the Holy Prophet
does so because he is bereft of faith.
64. That is, the angels are expressing: "Oh our Lord whatever we said was not with the intention of raising an objection or criticism, but it was to obtain your Divine Wisdom".
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 32 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 31 which provides the complete commentary from verse 31 through 33.
43. It seems that the knowledge of each angel and each genre of angel is confined to its own sphere of competence. The angels appointed to administer, let us say, things relating to air have full knowledge about this subject but have no knowledge, say, about water, and so on and so forth. Man’s range of knowledge, however, is comprehensive. Even if man’s information in a particular area may be narrower than that of the angel directly concerned with it, the total range of his knowledge has a comprehensiveness which has not been granted to the angels.
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