Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 50
۩ Sajdah
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.
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(They fear their Lord above them) Who is above them on the throne, (and do) i.e. they say (what they are bidden) meaning the angels.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
They that is the angels fear yakhāfūna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the person governing the verb yastakbirūna ‘they are not arrogant’ their Lord from above them min fawqihim is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the suffixed pronoun -hum of fawqihim in other words they fear their Lord being High above them with the power to subjugate and they do what they are commanded to do.