Al-Qadr 97:4
The Power · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 598
The Angels
تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرࣲ ٤
The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
On that night the angels and the Spirit descend again and again, by their Lord’s permission, with every decree.
Insight
Elmalılı says the verb carries the sense ‘they descend one after another’, ‘descend and descend’. Most commentators hold that the Spirit is Gabriel. For Elmalılı, the apparent meaning is that they descend to the earth and to those blessed with the Night of Power.
Reflect
Pray tonight thinking that you are not alone and that mercy is descending.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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