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Surah 37. As-Saffat, Ayah 8

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لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
L a yassammaAAoona il a almalai alaAAl a wayuq th afoona min kulli j a nib in
[so that] they [who seek to learn the unknowable] should not be able to overhear the host on high,4 but shall be repelled from all sides,
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., the angelic forces, whose "speech" is a metonym for God's decrees.

They cannot even hear the words of the exalted assembly of angels and they are darted at from every side if they try to get closer,
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They cannot listen to the highest assembly 'of angels' for they are pelted from every side,
  - Mustafa Khattab
They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side. 4038
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We can form a mental picture of the Court of the Most High, in the highest heaven, conforming to the highest idea we can form of goodness, beauty, purity, and grandeur. The Exalted Assembly of angels is given some knowledge of the Plan and Will of Allah. Evil is altogether foreign to such an atmosphere, but is actuated by feelings of jealousy and curiosity. It tries to approach by stealth and overhear something from the august Assembly. It is repulsed and pursued by a flaming fire, of which we can form some idea in our physical world by the piercing trail of a shooting star.

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