Tafsir for verse: 21:19
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩ ﴿19
19To Him belong all those in the heavens and the earth. And those who are near to Him are not arrogant against His worship, nor are they sluggish.
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Commentary

Then he also turned to what is necessary from that slander, his saying: "And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens." This refers to the lofty bodies, which are those beneath the Throne. He gathered the heavens here to necessitate the generality of ownership of it.

And when their minds could not comprehend the multiplicity of the lands, he unified it and said: "And the earth" [meaning and whoever is in it -], and that is inclusive - on the condition that the expression [by whoever -] is to emphasize the rational beings - for the heavens and the earth, because the earth is in the heavens, and every heaven is in the one above it, and the highest is in the Throne, and He is glorified and exalted is He, the Lord of the Great Throne - as will come soon. This indicated, with a rational indication, that He is the Owner of all and its King.

And when they were describing the angels with what they have woe from describing Him, He specifically mentioned them, expressing their specificity and their closeness by the expression of being near, resembling what we know of the elite of kings when expressing by proximity in status, not in place. He said: "And whoever is with Him" meaning [they are for Him -] in their state, and they do not "disdain to worship Him" with a type of arrogance, seeking it or creating it, "nor do they tire" meaning nor do they seek to cease from that. This produced his saying:

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