The wisdom behind the feminine form of (al-Saffat)

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The wisdom behind the feminine form of (al-Saffat)
The mention of the angels in the Qur'an frequently uses the feminine form, such as, (And those who arrange themselves in rows),And he did not say: and not (And those who arrange themselves in rows, masculine), so what is the wisdom in that?

Allah the Exalted said about the angels:

And those who arrange themselves in rows

وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفّاً

[al-Saffat:1] And Allah the Exalted said about them:

⁽¹⁶⁵⁾ And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer]. ⁽¹⁶⁶⁾ And indeed, we are those who exalt Allah."

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّافُّونَ * وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُونَ

[al-Saffat:165-166] So (al-Saffat) here refers to groups, row by row; because the angels are a great host, and none knows their number except their Creator, Mighty and Majestic,The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (The heaven groaned, and it is right for it to groan, for there is no space of four fingers' width but in it is an angel standing for Allah, or bowing, or prostrating) and the heaven is vast:

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

[al-Dhariyat:47] there is no space of four fingers' width but in it is an angel! Who can count them? Then it is established that the House of Habitation in the seventh heaven is circumambulated every day, and seventy thousand angels enter it and do not return to it again until the Day of Resurrection. Who can count this number? Therefore, (al-Saffat) and similar feminine forms came to be used, considering them as groups, not considering each individual. And so when (al-Saffun) came, the intended meaning was the group, each group individually.

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