Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Fajr, Ayah 22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
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and your Lord that is to say His command and the angels arrive rank on rank saffan saffan is a circumstantial qualifier meaning ‘standing in rows’ or ‘made up of many ranks’
Related Hadiths
Sunan an-Nasa'i#818Sahih
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us and said:'Will you not form rows as the angels form rows before their Lord? They said: 'How do the angels form rows before their lord? He said: 'They complet...
Narrated by It was narrated that Jabir bin Samurah said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#661Sahih
Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord? We asked: how do the angles stand in rows in the presence of their Lord? He replied: they make the first row complete and keep ...
Narrated by jabir b. Samurah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And thy Lord shall come) a coming without any modality (with angels, rank on rank) like the ranks of the people of the life of the world when praying,