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Regarding Sūrat Sabā'

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Darussalam · Volume 5

44. The Chapters On The Tafsīr Of The Qur'ān From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 276

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(2). 3223. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When Allāh decrees a matter in the Heavens, the angels beat their wings in submission to His saying, (sounding) as if it is a chain (being dragged) upon a rock. When the fear resides from their hearts, they say (to each other): 'What did your Lord say?' They reply: 'The truth, and He is the Most High the Great.'[1] He said: 'And the Shayātīn are one atop another.'"(Sahīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣahīh.

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٣٢٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ ‌عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ ‌عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا قَضَى اللهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَمْرًا ضَرَبَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا خُضْعَانًا لِقَوْلِهِ كَأَنَّهَا سِلْسِلَةٌ عَلَى صَفْوَانٍ»، فَـ {إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ} قَالَ: وَالشَّيَاطِينُ بَعْضُهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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    [1] Saba' 34:23.

Commentary

This Hadīth informs that the matters of the worldly life are decided above in the Heavens; and the angels accept to execute them wholeheartedly. As they receive the message regarding the divine decisions through a sound like that of a chain striking over a rock, so they become full of fear; and as soon as the fear goes away they ask each other regarding the issued commandments. The angels who are close to the Throne say whatever has been commanded is true. The devils stand on each other to listen to the commandment in order to pass the information to the fortune-tellers.