Commentary
And when their calling for the femininity of the angels includes the claim of knowledge regarding their specialization in the claim of parentage of the lesser of the two tribes; or the claim of knowledge that He created them as females by witnessing (p-304) from them; or a book from Him to them; as for reason, it has no role in that; he said - indicating that they are worthy of being refuted; and mocked; because they have no knowledge of either of the two paths; nor can they claim that; lest they be exposed in a disgrace that cannot be repaired at all; returning to the declaration of the manifestation of greatness; indicating that it is of its nature to have a dense veil -: ﴿Or did We create﴾; meaning: based on the greatness we have, which if it did not necessitate the choice of the more complete, it would not necessitate the specialization with the lesser; because it is contrary in every regard to baseness; ﴿the angels﴾; meaning: those who judged them with femininity; and they are among our greatest messengers; and our most honored characteristics; and they have not seen any of them; nor is there a way for them to know their conditions; by their acknowledgment of that; and when it became clear that the intended meaning of femininity is baseness; and that in some females is the strength of males; he expressed it with femininity; obliging them in their judgment of that with two basenesses; so he said: ﴿females while they﴾; meaning: while these who attribute to Allah what is not befitting Him; ﴿are witnesses﴾; meaning: it is established for them the witness of that; they do not disappear from it; for indeed, every day we renew from them whom we wish; Al-Razi said: and every one of the angels is a type by itself; as for humans, they are all one type; and it is deficient at the beginning of creation; complete; and it has degrees in advancement; until it reaches the station of witnessing; which is that the adornment of the First Truth manifests to it from His essence; and His attributes; and the arrangement of His actions; knowledge that does not separate from it; nor does it disappear so that it advances in its perception from the tangible; and the imaginations; and its action advances from being for the sake of anger or desire; and by this, it draws closer to Allah (the Most High); it has ended.
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