The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 146
146 system. At another place it is said:. Essence of Islām II والمُرْسَلَت عُرُفًاه فالعصفت عَصْفًاه والنُّشِرْتِ نَشْراه فا لفرقتِ فَرْقَاهِ فَالْمُلْقِيتِ ذِكْرًاه 34. This means that God Almighty puts forth the testimony of the winds and angels which proceed slowly and then proceed fast, and the winds that raise the clouds, and the angels which are appointed over them, and the winds that carry the message to the ears, and the angels who carry the Divine Word to the hearts. . In this way, God Almighty has combined the angels and stars in the verse: فَالمُديَاتِ أَمْرًا 35. The seven planets have been referred to as arranging the affairs of the earth externally and the angels are referred to as arranging them internally. The commentary Fath-ulBayān sets forth both these views on the authority of. Muʻādh bin Jabal and Qushairī. Ibn-e-Kathir has reported on the authority of Hasan that all arrangements that are carried out between heaven and earth are carried out through angels, and Ibn-e-Kathir writes that this is an agreed interpretation. . Ibn-e-Jarir has interpreted the verse: فالمديرات آمرا 36 as meaning that the angels carry out the arrangements of the universe, that is to say, that though on the surface, 34 Al-Mursalāt, 77:2-6 [Publisher] 35 'And by those who plan and execute their task well. '-Al-Nazi'āt 79:6 [Publisher] 36 Al-Nazi'āt, 79:6 [Publisher]