The `Asifat `Asfa. And the Nashirat Nashra, Abu Salih has also said the meaning of- Al-`Asifat, - An-Nashirat,- Al-Fariqat and- Al-Mulqiyat,that they all refer to the angels.Ath-Thawri narrated from Salamah bin Kuhayl, who reported from Muslim Al-Batin, who reported from Abu Al-`Ubaydayn that he asked Ibn Mas`ud about the meaning of Al-Mursalat `Urfa, and he (Ibn Mas`ud) said,"The wind"He said the same about- Al-`Asifat - `Asfa and- An-Nashirat Nashra,that they all refer to the wind.Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah all said the same.Ibn Jarir confidently affirmed that Al-`Asifat `Asfameans the wind just as Ibn Mas`ud and those who followed him said.However, he (Ibn Jarir) did not affirm whether An-Nashirat Nashra are the angels or the wind as has preceded.It has been reported from Abu Salih that An-Nashirat Nashra is the rain.The most obvious meaning is as Allah says,وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَAnd we send the winds fertilizing. (15:22)He also says,وَهُوَ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرىً بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِAnd it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy (rain). (7:57)Similarly, Al-`Asifat are winds.It is said (in Arabic) that the winds `Asifat when they make noise with their blowing.Likewise, An-Nashirat are the winds that scatter into clouds in the horizons of the sky according to the will of the Lord.Allah then says,فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا