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196. It was narrated that Abu Musa said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Allâh does not sleep, and it is not befitting that He should sleep. He lowers the Scales and raises them. His Veil is Light and if He were to remove it, the glory of His Face would burn everything of His creation, as far as His gaze reaches.'" Then Abu 'Ubaidah recited the Verse: 'Blessed is whosoever is in the fire, (i.e. the light of Allâh) and whosoever is round about it! And
Glorified is Allāh, the Lord of all that exists.”[1] (Sahih)
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Commentary
a. It was not a worldly fire but, as mentioned in Sahih Muslim, the Light of Allāh. The Arabic expression Hijābuhu nur or Hijābuhu nār means His Veil is Light or Fire.
b. ‘And whosoever is roundabout the fire’ means the Prophet Musa ﷺ and the Angel Jibril ﷺ (Tabari’s Commentary, 11/165).
