Transliteration:( Alhamdu lillaahi faatiris samaawaati wal ardi jaa'ilil malaaa'ikati rusulan uleee ajnihatim masnaa wa sulaasa wa rubaa'; yazeedu fil khalqi maa yashaaa'; innal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer )
1. This Surah is al called Surah Al- Malaikah (The angels)
2. Directly and indirectly, all praise belongs to Allah Almighty. From this we learn that the Lical is the means of understanding the mystical knowledge.
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3. This tells us that amongst the angels having the highest status are those who bring Messages to the Prophets, and they are the message bearer of the Prophets Here, a specific one is mentioned
4. In that some angels have two wings, some have three wings and others have four. The commentator of tafseer Roohul Bayaan says this increase in wings according to their rank and status. likewise any angel completes the journey from the heaven to the earth within a second. You should also remember that the mention of numbers is not for the negation .
Some angels have many more wings; the holy Prophet had seen six hundred wings of Hazrat Jibrael. The wings of the angels are not like the wings of the birds. Only Allah Almighty and his Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم know their exact numbers. Observe, the wings of the bat have flesh and blood and it is unique to other birds.Â
5. This means that besides wings, these angels have other differences Also, Allah Almighty has kept great diversity in His creation in gender species, sex and persons. Others are diverse in crops and seasons as well as in width and breadth and in qualities and attributes
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1. All praise is due to Allah, Fatir of the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels messengers with wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things.
Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I did not know what Fatir As-Samawati wal-Ard meant until two bedouins came to me disputing over a well. One of them said to his companion, `Ana Fatartuha,’ meaning, `I started it.â€â€™ Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, also said,
(Fatir of the heavens and the earth,) means, “The Originator of the heavens and the earth.†Ad-Dahhak said, “Every time the phrase Fatir As-Samawati wal-Ard is used in the Qur’an, it means the Creator of the heavens and the earth.â€
(Who made the angels messengers) means, between Him and His Prophets.
with wings means, with which they fly to convey quickly that which they have been commanded to convey.
two or three or four. means, among them are some who have two wings, some have three and some who have four. Some have more than that, as stated in the HÙ„ad0th mentioning that the Messenger of Alla0h saw Jibr0l, peace be upon him, on the Night of the Isra0 with six hundred wings. Between each pair of wings was a distance like that between the east and the west. Alla0h says:
(He increases in creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things.) As-Suddi said, “He increases their wings and creates them as He wills.â€
.1 This can have two meanings:
(1) That these angels perform the service of communicating messages between Allah and His Prophets.
(2) That it is the duty of these angels to convey and enforce the commands of Allah Almighty throughout the universe.
The object is to impress this truth: The position of the angels whom the polytheists have made their gods and goddesses is no more than of obedient servants of Allah, the One. Just as the servants of a king run about for the implementation of his orders, so do these angels fly about in the service of the real Sovereign of the Universe. These servants have no authority of their own; All powers rest with Allah, Who is the real Sovereign.
2. We have no means of knowing what is the nature of the wings of these angels. But when Allah has used this word, which in human language is used for the wings of birds, instead of any other words, to express and depict the truth, one can certainly conclude that this very word of our language is nearest to the actual meaning. The mention of two and three and four pairs of the wings shows that different angels have been granted different degrees of powers by Allah. They have been equipped with different powers of speed and efficiency as demanded by the nature of service for which they arc employed.
3. These words show that the number of the wings of the angels is restricted to four, but Allah has provided some angels with more wings than four. According to a Hadith related by Abdullah bin Masud, the Prophet (peace be upon him) once saw the Angel Gabriel with six hundred wings. (Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi). Aishah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had seen Gabriel twice in his real form: he had six hundred wings and had covered the entire horizon (Tirmidhi).
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