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quran:16:50 –

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.  

They, that is, the angels, fear (yakhāfūna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the person governing ˹the verb˺ yastakbirūna, ‘they are ˹not˺ arrogant’) their Lord from above them (min fawqihim is a circumstantial qualifier referring to ˹the suffixed pronoun˺ -hum ˹of fawqihim˺) in other words, ˹they fear their Lord˺, being High above them with the power to subjugate, and they do what they are commanded, to ˹do˺.
القرآن:١٦:٥٠ –

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩  

{يخافون} أي الملائكة حال من ضمير يستكبرون {ربهم من فوقهم} حال من هم أي عالياً عليهم بالقهر {ويفعلون ما يؤمرون} به.

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