Tafsir Ibn Abbas: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 1
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By those who are ranged in ranks — by the angels who range their souls in worship or their wings in the air awaiting their orders;
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (By those who set the ranks in battle order): '(By those who set the ranks in battle order) Allah swore by the angels who are, in heaven, aligned in rows like the rows of the believers in prayer.