It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he recited this saying of Allah Almighty: "And the Day the heaven will split open with the clouds, and the angels will be sent down in a great descent" [Surah al-Furqan: 25] , and said: On that day the lowest heaven will split open with the clouds, and angels will descend from every heaven, their number far greater than all the jinn and humans on the earth. The people of the earth (seeing their awe) will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will answer: "No." Then the angels of the second heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of the first heaven and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will answer: "No." Then the angels of the third heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of the first two heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the fourth heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of all the previous heavens and the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the fifth heaven will descend, their number greater than the first four heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the sixth heaven will descend, their number greater than the first five heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the seventh heaven will descend, their number greater than all six heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the Karubiyyun (the angels brought near) will descend, their number greater even than the angels of all seven heavens and the people of the earth, and then the angels who carry the Throne will descend, the joints of whose horns will be like the knots of spears (in strength). The distance between the feet of one of them will be immense: from the sole of his foot to his ankle is a journey of five hundred years, from the ankle to the knee a journey of five hundred years, from the knee to the tip of the nose a journey of five hundred years, and from his collarbone to the place of the earring a distance equal to a journey of five hundred years. All the narrators of this hadith are acceptable as proof except Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an al-Qurashi. And although this report is mawquf on Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), it is extremely astonishing and strange.