The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 821
PT. 23 ṢĀD CH. 38 revealed to me, that I am a plain Warner. ' said to the angels, 'I am about to create man from clay; 3428 اذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ discussed the matter among themselves, 3427 إِنْ يُوحَى إِلَى إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ But this that it has been. 71 إذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقُ بَشَرًا Remember when thy Lord. 12 pagejaciisiješ! مِنْ طِينٍ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوحِي have فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَجِدِينَ فَسَجَدَ الْمَلكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ) in b 73. And SO when I fashioned him in perfection, and have breathed into him of My Spirit, fall ye down submission to him. '3429 74. So the angels submitted, all of them together. 2:35; 7:12-13; 15:29-33; 17:62; 18:51. 15:30; 32:10. 3427. Commentary: It appears from 2:30 and from the Hadith that when God decrees to raise a Prophet in the world, He discloses His intention to those angels who are nearest to Him. They discuss this affair of the highest import among themselves. These angels are referred to as "the exalted assembly" in the verse under comment. The Holy Prophet is represented as saying that he had no knowledge of what was being discussed and debated in heavens about his being entrusted with a great divine mission. 3428. Commentary: The verse refers to God's intention which He disclosed to "the exalted Assembly" of the select angels and which the angels had been discussing, as mentioned in verse 70 above. Verses 72-86, however, may apply equally to every Prophet, but they have particular application to the Holy Prophet Muḥammad. This and the next verse purport to say that when a Prophet is raised in the world, angels are commanded to help him in the furtherance of his cause and to render null and void all the schemes and machinations of his enemies. See also 15:29-45. 2735 3429. Commentary: This and the next verse mean to say that when a Messenger is entrusted with his great mission, and Divine revelation descends on him, angels begin to help him in his great mission. Or they may mean that men of angelic nature accept his lead and help to spread his Message.