As-Saffat Verse 165

We are indeed the ones lined up in ranks ˹for Allah˺.

We are indeed those who stand lined up in rows,

we are the rangers,

we are ranged in ranks.

And verily we! we are ranged in ranks.

"And we are verily ranged in ranks (for service);

Verily we range ourselves in rows (as humble servants)

"And we are truly those who stand in rows,

“And indeed we, with our wings spread, await the command.”

It is we who are the ranged ones.

"And surely we are those ranged in ranks (ever-expecting God’s commands);

`And most surely we are the ones who stand ranged in rows (attending to the command of God).

And that We, We are (E) the liners/arrangers.

“And indeed we, with our wings spread, await the command.”

"Verily, we, even we, are they who draw out in ranks,

Verily, we (angels), we stand in rows for the prayers (as you Muslims stand in rows for your prayers);

And there is none of us but has an assigned place,

And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks,

Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,

We stand in ranks (for prayer)

We are surely those who are arranged in ranks.

And verily, we (angels), we stand in rows;

we are those who stand ranged in ranks.

And we are the arrangers.

And indeed it is we who are the rangers, of our feet in prayer.

And we (angels), we stand in rows.

means, we stand in rows to worship, as we have already seen in the Ayah
وَالصَّـفَّـتِ صَفَّا
(By those ranged in ranks (or rows).

Abu Nadrah said,

"When the Iqamah had been given, Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, would turn to face the people and say;

`Make your rows straight, for Allah wants you to follow the ways of the angels.'

Then he would say,
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّافُّونَ
(And verily, we stand in rows;) `Move back, O so-and-so, move forward, O so-and-so.' Then he would go forward and say `Allahu Akbar"'

This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir.

In Sahih Muslim it is narrated that Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

"The Messenger of Allah said,

فُضِّلْنَا عَلَى النَّاسِ بِثَلَثٍ

جُعِلَتْ صُفُوفُنَا كَصُفُوفِ الْمَلَيِكَةِ

وَجُعِلَتْ لَنَا الاَْرْضُ مَسْجِدًا

وَتُرْبَتُهَا طَهُورًا

We have been favored above mankind in three things;

our rows have been made like the rows of the angels;

the whole earth has been made a place of prayer for us;

and its soil is a means of purification for us."

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُونَ