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Islamic depictions of angels resemble winged Christian angels, although Islamic angels are typically shown with multicolored wings. [91] Angels, such as the archangel Gabriel, are typically depicted as masculine, which is consistent with God's rejection of feminine depictions of angels in several verses of Quran . [ 92 ]
(Angels) Zalambur, a devil tempting people into dishonesty. (Devil) Zār, group of jinn, mostly malevolent. Associated with possession. [44] (Genie) Zuhra, a woman who tempted two fallen angels into telling the secret name of God. By that, she tried to ascend to heaven, but has been turned into a star by God.
The Arabic term al-mu'aqqibat (commonly encountered in the definite plural, Arabic معقبات "those who follow one upon another") is a term occurring in the Quran (Q.13:11) which some Islamic commentators consider to refer to a class of guardian angel. Therefore, these Angels are also called al hafathah (الحفظة) which means the ...
Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad) Aṣ-ḥāb Muḥammad (Arabic: أَصْحَاب مُحَمَّد, Companions of Muhammad) Anṣār (Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally 'Helpers') Muhājirūn (Emigrants from Mecca to Medina) Ḥizbullāh (Arabic: حِزْبُ ٱلله, Party of God) People of Mecca
Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron, [10] Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two prophetic households in spirit.
Islam [a] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, [9] the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians.
In Islamic traditions, the Hamalat al-Arsh are a group of angels whose sole task is to bear the Throne of God. [5] According to Muqatil ibn Sulayman, the angels of the throne are the first angels God created. [6] Ibn Abbas is reported as saying, that the number of this angels are four but at Day of resurrection, they will increase to eight. [7]
The revealed books are the records which Muslims believe were dictated by God to various Islamic prophets throughout the history of mankind, all these books promulgated the code and laws of Islam. The belief in all the revealed books is an article of faith in Islam and Muslims must believe in all the scriptures to be a Muslim. Islam speaks of ...