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Classical scholars such as Muqatil ibn Sulayman and al-Mawardi interpreting surah An-Naba 78:21 mentioned those angels who guard hell dwell in hell and actively monitoring the infidels until their descent into Hell, [80] while Muhammad Sulaiman al-Ashqar from Islamic University of Madinah also highlights these roles in the same verse. [81]
The building of Noah's ark, in a 17th-century Falnama (Islamic book of divination) In both the Bible and the Quran, Noah is described as a righteous man who lived among a sinful people who God destroyed with a flood while saving Noah, his family, and the animals by commanding him to build an Ark and store the animals in them.
According to a hadith attributed to ibn Abbas, God created four types of intelligent beings; those among whom all will be in paradise - they are the angels; all those who will be in hell-fire - they are the devils; and creatures both in paradise and hell - they are the jinn and humans. [1] Most creatures can be assigned to these.
Neither set of verses mentions a bridge nor falling into hell, but Ṣirāṭ al-jahīm "was adopted into Islamic tradition to signify the span over jahannam, the top layer of the Fire". [Quran 37:21–27] In the hadith about "the bridge" or a bridge to hell or a bridge between heaven and hell, or over hell. [13]
Several verses in the Quran mention the eternal nature of Hell or both Paradise and Hell, [Note 14] or that the damned will linger in hell for ages. [171] Two verses in the Quran (6:128 [ 172 ] and 11:107) [ 173 ] emphasize that consignment to hell is horrible and eternal — but include the caveat "except as God (or your Lord) wills it", which ...
points out, that the punishments are carried out by God's command: "O believers! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, overseen by formidable and severe angels, who never disobey whatever Allah orders—always doing as commanded." . In Hadith. According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad met the angel Maalik during his heavenly journey. Therefore ...
Angels in Islamic art often appear in illustrated manuscripts of Muhammad's life. Other common depictions of angels in Islamic art include angels with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, angels discerning the saved from the damned on the Day of Judgement, and angels as a repeating motif in borders or textiles. [120]
Furthermore, depictions of animals in Islam can potentially be a combination of both decorative and symbolic in their respective usage, e.g. royal tapestries with animal motifs used to cover furniture such as the "Double-Face Textile with a Tree of Life & a Winged Lion," hailing from Rayy, Iran circa the Early Islamic Period.