Reflections on the Quran & Sunnah

(Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael – then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers)

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Allah the Exalted mentioned Gabriel before Michael (peace be upon them) because of the elevated status of the bearer of the Quran, even if he is an angel! So the bearer of the Quran is put before others in mention because of the elevated status of what has settled in his breast

"That Gabriel (peace be upon him) comes down with the Quran, revelation and knowledge, which is the substance of the survival of souls, and Michael comes down with fertility and rains, which are the substance of the survival of bodies; and since knowledge is nobler than nourishment, Gabriel must be superior to Michael." — al-Razi.

— Shoroog Almehmadi

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(And recite to them the news of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he detached himself from them)

(And recite to them the news of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators) A parable Allah struck for the one to whom He gave the Quran and clear proofs, yet he did not act upon it; and the cause of his swerving from guidance: following desire instead of the Book; and preferring this world over the Hereafter.

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