4 Preface تَعرُجُ المَلائِكَةُ وَالرّوحُ إِلَيهِ في يَومٍ كانَ مِقدارُهُ خَمسينَ أَلفَ سَنَةٍYusuf AliThe angels and the Spirit1 ascend unto him in a Day2 the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:Ruh: “The Spirit”, Cf. 78:38, “the Spirit and the angels”; and 97:4, “the angels and the Spirit”. In 16:2, we have translated Ruh by “inspiration' Some Commentators understand the angel Gabriel by “the Spirit”. But I think a more general meaning is possible, and fits the context better. (R).Cf. 32:4-5, and notes 3632 and 3634.