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INTRODUCTION
. Angels
Belief in Angels is an article of faith as lman-e-M . "I belie
. All h and His
usfa 5 il says, ve in
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a r
rativ e for Mus ,rn s
and His books and His prophets .... " which I" f • Angels ,s ,rnpe
shows that be ,e in . . Ang els he wou ld be
and with out it faith is incomplete. Hence, . . Id not belteve in
if a Musltms wou b lieve in Allah and
out of the folds of Islam. The Holy Qurans "I • ·ghteousness to e
also say, tis n . h t beli ef in Ang els
the Last day and His Angels and His books • h t 5,, This means t a
and His Prop e •
is an act of piet y ( taqw a ).
.
Furthermore, it is man dato ry for all Muslims . . the Holy Qur an says in this
to believe in angels as .b and
regard, "Whoever is an enemy to Allah and
His d •
angels an His mess engers and J1 rae I
Mikael, then indeed, Allah is an enemy of disb
elievers".
FEATURES

Angels are the creation of God and thus have . • h. ·th Alla h as at the time
no physical relations 1p WI
of the Prophet (SAW) people used to belie
ve that angels are the dau ghte rs of Alla h
but Isla m
condemns this concept. Surah lkhlas says
in this regard "He {Allah) is neither a fath
er nor a
son".

Angels are made up of ligh t and have no

physical needs e.g. food , sleep etc. They
are
genderless. They are invisible. They do not
have a free will and thus wou ld not be held
accountable on the day of Judgement. They
are a mode of communication betw een Alla
His prophets. h and

Angels have wings as the Holy Quran says

, "All praise is for Allah, Crea tor of the Hea
ves and
the earth, Who made Angels messengers
with wings 2, 3 and 4... " Acc ordi ng to the
the Holy Prophet (SAW) Angel Gibrael had had ith of
600 wings.

They are obedient to the orders of Allah and

only worship Him. They also pray for the
forgiveness of believers. Angels prostrate
d before Hazrat Adam (AS) on the orde rs
shows that they are infe rior to human bein Alla h whic h
. gs. Angels come dow n on earth only
occasions as the Holy Quran says, " The Ang . .
els and the spirit (Angel Gibrael) d on spec1a 1
(night of power) by the permission of thei
r Lord to fulfill all affairs". escen d on 1t
.
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Angels have longer lives as compared to hum
are mortal. They have limited knowledge.
ans but they will die at the d f .
They travel faster than the en o time hen ce th I
r---
countless in number. They are enormous in 5
d . ey
size. pee of light . They are }-_
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ief of angels. He
o have dif fer en t du tie s. e.g. Angel Gibrael is the ch
wh
There are dif fer en t angels pro ph ets. He co nd uc ted the Ho
ly Pr op he t
t the messa ge of All ah to all th
was th e on e wh o br ou gh ga ve Ha zra t Ma rya m the gla d tid ing s of e
raj. He was the on e wh o
(~ BU H) in th e ev en t of Mi ). He appeared be for e Hazrat Pr
op he t
a fat he r i.e . Ha zra t Isa (AS
bir th of a Ho ly son wi tho ut the Holy Pr op he t
nt of AI-Ta if wh en the pe ople of AI-Taif had injured
(PBUH) at the tra gic inc ide de str oy the tow n bu t the Pr op he t
(SAW)
off ere d Pr op he t (PB UH ) to
(SAW) very ba dly and he "I have been se nt as a me
rcy fo r all
fo r the m. He (PB UH ) sa id,
for ga ve the m and prayed
mankind".
rse wi ll
et and all liv ing wi ll die and landmarks in this unive
tru mp
Angel lsrafil wi ll blo w the ec ted and wi ll be presented in the co
ur t
mp et the dead wi ll be res urr
vanish. On the second tru
ement.
of Allah on the Day of Judg
uls.
death and is responsible fo r collecting so
Angel Israel is the angel of
foo d and rain etc.
Mi ka el is the An ge l of celestial bodies (sun moon),
Angel
The
-K ati be en ), wh o rec ord ou r go od and bad deeds.
ers (Kirarn- un
There are also sacred record pointed ov er you, the Ho ly
rec ord ers , the y
y ke ep ers ha ve be en ap
Ho ly Quran says "A nd Surel
kn ow wh at you do".
re are Ma lik
wi ll qu es tio n the de ad in the ir graves and lastly the
Naklr
Fu rth erm ore , Mu nk ir and ctively.
zw an wh o are the an ge ls of Hell and Heaven respe
and Ri
ma
Pr op he t (PB UH ) wh en he was living wi th Hazrat Halee
the Holy
Angel pu rifi ed the he ar t of
e in the event of Miraj.
(RA) and lat er second tim
dr, He helped him
t (P BU H) aske d the he lp of Allah in the Battle of Ba
Wh en the Ho ly Pr op he be r when you so ug ht the he
lp of yo ur
ed In the Qu ran , "R em em
wi th angels as it is me nti on ran ks " .
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lor d, He res po nd ed •

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