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[10] [3] [11] [12] Despite being considered to be virtuous beings, angels are not necessarily bringers of good news, as per Islamic tradition, angels can perform grim and violent tasks. [13] Angels are conceptualized as heavenly beings. As such, they are said to lack passion and bodily desires. If angels can nevertheless fail, is debated in Islam.
Adiliob, friend of renewal of religion . (Devil) [5] Afra'il, the guardian angel of the seventh heaven. [6] (Angel) Alheng, a prince of the righteous jinn during the reign of Solomon. [7] (Genie) Amir, jinn dwelling in houses. (Genie) Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel)
One angel figuratively sits on the right shoulder and records all good deeds, while the other sits on the left shoulder and records all bad deeds. [3] Based on the rulings of Al-Uthaymin, another Saudi scholar Saleh Al-Fawzan regarded the belief about the Kiraman Katibin angels is a part of the second article of Six Pillars of Faith in Islam. [4]
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
The term Rūḥ al-Qudus is also an epithet referring to the Archangel Gabriel, [20] who is related as the Angel of revelation and was assigned by God to reveal the Qurʼan to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and who delivered the Annunciation to Mary. [21] In the two suras in which the Qur'an refers to the angel Gabriel, it does so by name. [22]
In Islam angels serve the purpose of teaching the importance of specialization, specifically the importance of specializing in a variety of subjects so that a society is well balanced. [ 59 ] Some of the angels mentioned in the Quran are Jibreel , Mika'el , Munkar and Nakeer , Ridwan and Malik, The Recorders, and The Guardians. [ 59 ]
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 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 ...