As-Saffat 37:1
Those who set the Ranks · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 446
Those in Rows
وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفࣰّا ١
By those who set the ranks in battle order.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
By those lined up in rows.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “as-saffat”, following Abu as-Su‘ud, as both those who stand in rows and those who form rows; the angels are meant.
Reflect
Keep your row straight in prayer.
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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