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Angels (Arabic: ملائكة , Malāʾikah) are mentioned many times in the Qur'an and Hadith. Islam is clear on the nature of angels in that they are messengers of God. They have no free will, and can do only what God orders them to do.[56] An example of a task they carry out is that of testing individuals by granting them abundant wealth and curing their illness.[57] Believing in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam. Some examples of angels in Islam: Jibrail: the archangel Gabriel (Jibra'il or Jibril) is an archangel who serves as a messenger from God. Michael (archangel): or Mikail, the angel of nature. Israfil (Arabic: إسرافيل, translit.: Isrāfīl, Alternate Spelling: Israfel or Seraphim, Meaning: The Burning One [58] ), is the angel of the trumpet in Islam,[59] though unnamed in the Qur'an. Along with Mikhail, Jibrail and Izra'il, he is one of the four Islamic archangels.[58] Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Resurrection.[60] The trumpet is constantly poised at his lips, ready to be blown when God so orders. Darda'il: the angels who travel in the earth searching out assemblies where people remember God's name. Azrael is Azraa-eel عزرائيل or Izrail: the Angel of Death Kiraman Katibin: the two angels who record a person's good and bad deeds. Mu'aqqibat: a class of guardian angels who keep people from death until its decreed time. Munkar and Nakir: the angels who test the faith of the dead in their graves. They ask the soul of the dead person questions. If the person fails the questions, the angels make the man suffer until the Day of Judgement. If the soul passes the questions, he will have a pleasant time in the grave until the Day of Judgement. Ridwan: the angel in charge of maintaining Jannat or Paradise. Maalik: the angel who keeps or guards hellfire. Harut and Marut (Arabic: هاروت وماروت) are two angels mentioned in the second Surah of the Qur'an, who were sent down to test the people at Babel or Babylon by performing deeds of magic. (Sura Al-Baqara, verse 102.) The Qur'an indicates that although they warned the Babylonians not to imitate them or do as they were doing, some members of their audience failed to obey and became sorcerers, thus damning their own souls. |
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