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Al-Maarij (The Ascending Stairways, Staircases Upward, Sckeptic)
Verse 4
Translation:
4. The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
Notes (Tafseer):
5677. Ruh: "The Spirit". Cf. lxxviii. 38, "the Spirit and the angels"; and xcvii. 4, "the angels and the Spirit". In xvi. 2, we have translated Ruh by "inspiration". Some Commentators understand the angel Gabriel by "the Spirit". But I think a more general meaning is possible, and fits the context better.
5678. Cf. xxxii. 4-5, and notes 3632 and 3634
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