Verse. 4148

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (the exalter of ranks) the creator of the heavens, who has raised you above everything, (the lord of the throne. he casteth the spirit of his command) he sends down gabriel with the qur'an (upon whom he will of his slaves) i.e. muhammad (pbuh) (that he may warn) that muhammad (pbuh) may warn by means of the qur'an (of the day of meeting) of when the inhabitants of the earth and the inhabitants of the heavens will meet; it is also said that this means: when the creator and created will meet,

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : exalter of ranks, [either means] that god is one whose attributes are majestic — or [it means] the raiser of the ranks of believers in paradise — lord of the throne, in other words, the creator thereof, he casts the spirit, the revelation, of his command, that is, [of] his words, upon whomever he will of his servants, that he, the one upon whom it is cast, may warn them of, [that he may] make people fear, the day of encounter (read yawma’l-talāqi, omitting the [final long] yā’, or yawma’l-talāqī), that is to say, the day of resurrection, [so called] because thereat the inhabitants of the heavens will encounter those of the earth, and the worshipper [will encounter] the one whom he worshipped, and the wrongdoer [will encounter] the person whom he wronged;

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : the exalter of rank, lord of the throne, he casts the spirit of his command…that is, he is the raiser of ranks, and he elevates the ranks of whomever he wills by [grantinghim] gnosis (maʿrifa) of him. he casts the spirit of his command…that is, he sends the revelation from the heavens to the earth by his command.his words: