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Surah 51. Az-Zariyat, Ayah 4

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فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
Fa a lmuqassim a ti amr a n
and those that apportion [the gift of life] at [God's] behest!1
  - Mohammad Asad

These symbolical epithets, consisting of adjectival participles without any mention of the nouns which they qualify, have been variously interpreted by the early commentators; but since there is a consensus of opinion regarding the first of these participles - adh-dhariyat - as denoting "dust-scattering winds", we may assume that the other three relate to different phases or manifestations of the same phenomenon (Razi) - namely, to the life-giving function of the combination of wind, clouds and rain - pointing, symbolically, to the miraculous creation of life as such and, thus, to the existence of a conscious, purposeful Creator.

then by those who distribute the big affair (rain);
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
and 'the angels' administering affairs by 'Allah's' command!
  - Mustafa Khattab
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And those that distribute and apportion by command 4990
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

These may be Winds (or other agencies) that distribute and apportion moisture or rain or atmospheric pressure or other blessings of Allah, -not haphazard but by fixed laws, i. e., according to the Command of their Lord. So with Revelation. Its blessings are distributed all round, and it produces its marvellous effects sometimes in the most unlikely places and ways.

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