The Size and Magnitude of the Angels

The questioner : The questioner says: In your speech, it was mentioned that the attribute of Jibril is that he has six hundred wings,

The Shaykh : Six hundred; the word "thousand" is not written or pronounced. It is said "six hundred," not "six thousand," yes.

The questioner : That the attribute of Jibril is that he has six hundred wings, and that he covered the horizon, and you said that there is no place of four fingers' width except that an angel is prostrating in it. How do we reconcile these two statements?

The Shaykh : The truth is that there is no contradiction between them, because when Jibril descended and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him in the horizon, he saw him with six hundred wings that had blocked the horizon. As for the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in it are multitudes, the meaning is that there is no place in the sky of this size except that it is occupied by angels. It does not mean that a space of four fingers' width is a place for one angel, but rather the meaning is that the entire sky is occupied by the angels (peace and blessings be upon them), to the extent that there is no place of four fingers' width except that an angel is in it,