Angels In Islam

Angels In Islam

1. Beliefs About Angels

   • They are part of the unseen world but only those with permission can see them
   • They are created from light and they move at the speed of light
     • They have no gender and are of varying sizes
   • They do the work of Allah
     • They have no free will and they have no physical desires
     • They are incapable of disobedience
     • They are honoured servants [21:26]
     • Their purpose is to obey Allah
     • They watch over humans and record everything they do
   • There are countless numbers of them
     • 70,000 angels go to the Albaytul Ma'mur everyday, and then they never return. This continues until judgement day
   • They can cause natural disaters
   • Different angels have different purposes
     • Angel Jibril: revelations
     • Angel Israfil: blowing the trumpet that signals the end of the world
     • Angel of Death: taking your soul when you die

2. Angel Jibril

   • Angel of holiness
   • The most famous and most important angel
   • He always brings good news
   • Muhammad described him as having 600 wings, and that each wing filled the horizon
   • He was the first thing that as given life by Allah
     • Allah sent him to look at paradise and he claimed that no one would ever stay away from it.
       • So Allah changed things around paradise and hell and Jibril said that people would go to hell because of temptations and wouldn't be able to go to paradise because it was so hard to get there
         • This created heaven and hell
   • He spoke with many Prophets and he is mentioned 5 times in the Qur'an
   • He helped Ibrahim when he was thrown in the fire

3. Angel Mika'il

   • very important
   • assists people with their spiritual missions
   • known as the giver of rain and sustenance
   • has wings that are a dark green colour
     • there are a million faces on each hair begging for Allah's forgiveness in all languages
   • Helped Muhammad in the battle of Badr
   • He will help weigh out peoples actions on judgement day
   • he doesn't smile because her has seen hell and knows how easy it is to get their
   • he knows what awaits humans and so he is a friend to them