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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Fussilat 41:38

Word by word

فَإِنِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فَٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُۥ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْـَٔمُونَ ۩

But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فإن استكبر هؤلاء المشركون عن السجود لله، فإن الملائكة الذين عند ربك لا يستكبرون عن ذلك، بل يسبحون له، وينزِّهونه عن كل نقص بالليل والنهار، وهم لا يَفْتُرون عن ذلك، ولا يملون.

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