Tafseer of Those who drag forth · An-Naazi'aat · 79:5
And those who arrange [each] matter,
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His statement: فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ("By those who govern the affairs") means: namely the angels who govern what has been entrusted to them of affairs by command of Allah. Thus also have the exegetes of the Qurʾān (ahl al-taʾwīl) explained it.
* Mention of who said that:
Bishr related to me, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ("By those who govern the affairs"); he said: these are the angels.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, saying: Ibn Thawr related to us, on the authority of Maʿmar, on the authority of Qatāda, something similar.
