`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas, "Lord of the ways of ascent
means loftiness and abundance.'' Mujahid said, "Lord of the ways of ascent means
the ways of ascension into the heavens.'' Concerning Allah's statement,
[تَعْرُجُ
الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ]
(The angels and the Ruh Ta`ruju to Him) `Abdur-Razzaq reported from Ma`mar
from Qatadah that Ta`ruju means to ascend. In reference to the Ruh, Abu Salih
said, "They are creatures from the creation of Allah that resemble humans but
they are not humans.'' It could be that here it means Jibril, and this is a way
of connecting the specific to the general (other angels). It could also be
referring to the name of the souls (Arwah) of the Children of Adam (humans). For
verily, when they (the human souls) are taken at death, they are lifted up to
the heavens just as the Hadith of Al-Bara' proves.
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