بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Allah, The Most High, said:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ ۚ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

مَّا يَفْتَحِ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا ۖ وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the (only) Originator [or the (only) Creator] of the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels messengers with wings, – two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things. Whatever of mercy Allah may grant to mankind, none can withhold it, and whatever He may withhold, none can grant it thereafter. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the (only) Originator of the heavens and the earth.

Meaning: the One who created and brought them into existence prior to their non-existence.

جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ

Who made the angels messengers with wings,– two or three or four.

Meaning: Allah sends them to the Prophets and for other matters as He wills. They have wings – some two wings, some three and some four.

 يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ

He increases in creation what He wills.

Muqaatil said: “Allah increased the wings of the angels as He wills. [1]

He gave some of His creation more than others in relation to their physical characteristics, strength, beauty, additional limbs (or faculties) and beautiful voices.

 إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِير

Verily, Allah is Able to do all things.

Meaning: By His Power He does whatever He wills and nothing can escape Him, and in relation to this is that He gave some of His creation more than others. [2]

مَّا يَفْتَحِ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا ۖ وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ

Whatever of mercy Allah may grant to mankind, none can withhold it, and whatever He may withhold, none can grant it thereafter.

Meaning: The good things and provisions. This shows that Allah alone is the true deity because none is able to withhold what He has granted nor give what He withholds. [3]

وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

And He is the Almighty, The All-wise.

[وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ – And He is Al-Aziz (The Almighty)]: Meaning, He has subdued all things. [Footnote a]

[الْحَكِيمُ – The Al-Hakim (All-Wise)]: Meaning, He places all things in their appropriate places. [4] [Footnote b]

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Footnote a: Al-Aziz: The Almighty. The Invincible. The Almighty One Whom nothing can overcome. The One Mighty in vengeance when He punishes His enemies. The All-Powerful One Who overcomes all, and before Whose Might all submit, and Who has no need of anyone.

Footnote b: Al-Hakim: The All-Wise. The One completely Wise in everything He decrees, and completely Wise in His Sayings, and in His Actions. There is no deficiency in anything He decrees, says or does. [5]

[1] An Excerpt from Tafseer As-Sadi.

[2] An Excerpt from Zad Al-Maseer Fee Ilm at-Tafseer By Imaam Ibnul Jawzi.

[3] An Excerpt from Zad Al-Maseer Fee Ilm at-Tafseer

[4] An Excerpt from Tafseer As-Sadi.

[5] An Excerpt from “The Names and Attributes of Allah” by Shaikh Abu Talhah (Dawud Burbank)- may Allah have mercy upon him and his wife.