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Ahmad al-Tijani, founder of the Tijaniyyah order, narrates that angels are created through the words of humans. Through good words an angel of mercy is created, but through evil words an angel of punishment is created. By God's degree, if someone repents from evil words, the angel of punishment may turn into an angel of mercy. [50]
(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.
Therefore, these Angels are also called al hafathah (الحفظة) which means the guarding angels. They protect human from the harm of evil jinn (جن) and devils (شياطين). In Islamic tradition, a guardian angel or lit. Watcher angel (raqib "watcher") is an angel which maintains every being in life, sleep, death or resurrection.
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
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]
Angels, created from light (nur) [57] the heavenly hosts, and servants of God. [58] In the Quran angels are described as winged beings of no specific gender, who wholly worship and are devoted servants of God. Each angel has a specially defined role, consisting of various duties, however only God knows all of the roles and duties of the angels ...
As angels, the Zabaniyah are, despite their gruesome appearance and actions, ultimately subordinate to God, [8]: 82 and thus their punishments are considered in Islamic theology as just. [ 9 ] According to Al-Qurtubi , Zabaniyah is a plural name a group of an angel.
While the good angels are made from light in order to guide humanity, ʿAzāzīl and his angels are created as reflecting God's names of majesty, darkness and misleading. [22] As an angel of single-minded devotion, ʿAzāzīl fails to realize that bowing before Adam in accordance with God's command, is equal as bowing to God himself.