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هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ ٱلْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً وَيُنْشِىءُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ
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Tafsir al-Tustari

It is He that shows you the lightning [inspiring] fear and hope…He [Sahl] said:The following saying is related from Ibn ʿAbbās y: ‘Thunder is an angel and it is his voice that you hear. As for the lightning, it is a whip of light by which the angel drives the clouds.’ Mujāhid also said this. It is reported that ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib said: ‘Lightning is that with which the angels drive [the clouds] (makhārīq), and thunder is the voice of an angel.’ Qatāda said: ‘Thunder is the sound of the clouds.’His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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