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Angels are spiritual beings created by God to obey Him and praise Him constantly. They have various roles like protecting humans, delivering revelations, and blowing the trumpet on Judgment Day. Some important angels mentioned are Gabriel who delivered revelations to prophets, Michael who controls nature, Israfil who will blow the trumpet, and Izrael who takes souls at death. Angels like Munkar and Nakeer question souls after death and record deeds.

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Angels are spiritual beings created by God to obey Him and praise Him constantly. They have various roles like protecting humans, delivering revelations, and blowing the trumpet on Judgment Day. Some important angels mentioned are Gabriel who delivered revelations to prophets, Michael who controls nature, Israfil who will blow the trumpet, and Izrael who takes souls at death. Angels like Munkar and Nakeer question souls after death and record deeds.

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ANGELS IN ISLAM

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WHO ARE ANGELS?

 Angels (‫مالئكة‬ malāʾikah; singular: ‫مالك‬ malāk)

 In Islam, Muslims believe in the existence of all of the creatures that Allah SWT


has created, which other than mankind includes angels, or malaikah.
WHY WERE ANGELS CREATED?

 Angels were created before mankind.

 They cannot deviate from obeying Allah SWT command, therefore they do not
have a free will & they are free of sin.

 According to Islamic belief, the angels constantly praise God & in Quran, it is
mentioned:
“They exalt him night & day & do not slacken” [Qur’an 21:20]
RELATIONSHIP OF ANGELS WITH HUMANS

 From the moment we are born, The relationship between a human and an angel is
established, When we are in the womb of our mother an angel comes and blows life into
us by the command of Allah SWT at 120th day and then the angel asks Oh, my Lord,
what are his deeds? Oh, my Lord, what is his date of death? And Oh, my Lord, is he
amongst the blessed or the wretched?

 The relationship between angels and humans is so deep that two angels are assigned for
lifetime to record the good and bad deeds and decisions of every human being every
day and hour. 

 Beyond communicating divine messages to humans, angels take on a variety


of other assignments and they are protecting people: Al Ra’d 13:11 of the
Qur’an declares: “For each person, there are angels in succession, before and behind
him. They guard him by the Command of Allah. "
DESCRIPTION OF ANGELS

 Angels are immortal, are made of light & have wings.

 Angels can be of different size, status or merit.

 They cannot be described as male or female, as such an attribute is not assigned


them.
ANGEL’S APPEARANCE

 Angels are not visible to mankind.

 However the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was able to see the angel Jibreel AS.

 The Qur'an says that we should not be concerned with how the angels appear.

 However in one hadith the Prophet SAW said,  “I have been given permission to
speak about one of the angels of God who carry the Throne. The distance
between his ear-lobes and his shoulders is equivalent to a seven-hundred-year
journey,”
(Abu Dawud).
THE NUMBER OF ANGELS

 The number of Angels is unknown to anyone but Allah the All-Mighty & Only
Allah knows all the details & roles of all the angels:
“And none know the hosts of your Lord except He” [Qur’an 74:31]

 There is no clear information about the number of angels in the Qur’an and
hadiths. However, it is possible for us to say that they are far more than we can
count based upon hadiths.

 Moreover, according to the news given by the prophet Muhammad (PBUH); an


angel comes to the earth with a drop of rain and its turn does not come again.
ROLE OF ANGELS

 Angels have many and varied responsibilities assigned to them by Allah. Some of


the tasks we know Angels preside over are: to blow life into the fetus, to guard
paradise, to carry the throne of Allah SWT, to worship Allah, to seek out venues of
remembrances (dhikr) such as halakah and salah, etc.
 Additionally, we learn from Qur'an and hadith that Angels were also tasked with
protecting & guarding the Prophet Muhammad SAW. These responsibilities
mentioned are only a few of the assignments for angels that we know of.
 The angels can possess great powers given to them by Allah SWT.  For example,
they can take on different forms. In Qur'an, Allah describes how He sent the angel
Jibreel A.S in the form of a man at the moment of Isa’s A.S conception: 
“Then We sent to her [Maryam] Our angel, and he appeared before her as a
man in all respects,” .
IMPORTANT ANGELS MENTIONED IN QURAN

Only a few angels are mentioned in the Qur’an & the Sunnah, Others are mentioned
either by specific names or by role or their general nature of serving & worshipping
Allah. Among those mentioned are:
 Hazrat Jibreel A.S
 Hazrat Mikaeel A.S
 Hazrat Israfeel A.S
 Hazrat Izraeel A.S
 Munkar & Nakeer
 Kiramin & Katibin
 The Angels of Muqarrabun
DESCRIPTION

 Hazrat Jibreel A.S (Angel of Revelation):


 Jibreel (A.S) is one of the four greatest angels. He is appointed to convey
revelations to the Prophets by Allah SWT. (The bringer of good news). He is
mentioned in both the Qur’an  & the Hadith. In the Qur’an, Allah SWT makes it
clear that anyone who opposes Jibril or the other angels will become an enemy of
Allah SWT.
 Hazrat Michaeel A.S (Angel that controls the events in this realm):
 He is one of the greatest angels of four & He is responsible for the pouring of
rain, the blowing of the wind, natural events such as the ordering of seasons &
the management of supplications of the created beings. He is only mentioned in
one place of the Qur’an. Hazrat Mikaeel is the angel that manages the divine
work of arts that are planted on the field of earth with the power of Allah & His
order.
DESCRIPTION

 Hazrat Israfeel A.S (Angel of Soor / Trumphet):


 The angel that will blow the trumpet is called Israfeel. His name is mentioned
among the four great angels in the hadiths. Israfeel will blow two times, in the
first one, the Doomsday will occur & in the second blowing, the resurrection will
occur. Because of this duty of him, He is called the angel of Soor (the Trumpet).
The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that
“Israfeel is awaiting the order of blowing while He grasps the trumpet”.
 Hazrat Izraeel A.S (Angel of death):
 His duty is to grasp the souls of people whose death times have come. He is
called as “Malak-ul Mawt”, that is, the angel of death. It is in Quran that:
"The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your souls: then
shall ye be back to your Lord."  [Qur’an 32:11]
DESCRIPTION

 Munkar & Nakeer:


 They are the angels that question man after he dies in the grave. The words of
“Munkar” & “Nakeer” means unknown, unrecognized & unaccustomed. They
are called by this way because they come to the dead in a way that he/she has not
seen before. These two angels question the dead by questions as follows & treat
them according to the answers that they receive: Who is your lord? Who is your
prophet? What is your book?
 Kiramin & Katibin:
 It is the names of the angels who are attendant on the right & left of humans. The
angel on the right is responsible for recording the good deeds & manners; the
angel on the left is responsible for recording the bad deeds & manners. The
angels who are also called Hafaza will attend as witnesses of the deeds of
humans in the Day of Judgment during reckoning.
DESCRIPTION

 The Angels of Muqarrabun:


 The angels who are known asIlliyyun & Karubbiyyun are responsible for
glorifying Allah, are very close to Him & have an exalted place before Allah.
“Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah) & those around it sing Glory and
Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore forgiveness for those who
believe.” [Qur’an 40:7]

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