إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَبْشِرُوا۟ بِٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ
"Upon those who say 'Our Lord is God' and then stand straight, the angels descend: 'Do not fear, do not grieve; rejoice in the Garden you were promised.'"
The first half of the verse is word for word the same as al-Aḥqāf 46/13: inna'lladhīna qālū Rabbuna'llāhu thumma'staqāmū.
The particle thumma in this sentence was treated in the al-Aḥqāf section: there is a distance between the saying and the standing straight; saying happens in a moment, standing straight lasts. I rely on that treatment.
| Sūra | Its continuation |
|---|---|
| al-Aḥqāf 46/13 | Fa-lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn — a statement of judgement |
| Fuṣṣilat 41/30 | Tatanazzalu ʿalayhimu'l-malāʾika allā takhāfū wa lā taḥzanū — direct address |
In al-Aḥqāf the absence of fear and grief is given as a statement; here the same two words are said as a command, from the mouths of the angels.
And this fits the communication axis of the sūra: in the fifth verse there were those who set a veil in between; here there is a coming down. Tatanazzalu — Form V, conveying repetition and continuity: not a single occurrence, but the state of being in descent.
نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَآؤُكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ — "we are your friends in the life of this world and in the hereafter." That is, what is promised does not belong to what comes after alone.