The angels are created from Light. There are four famous Angels: 1. JIBRIL (Alayhis-Salaam) brought Allahs Books, Orders and messages to all the Prophets. He was also sent to help the Prophets at times and fight against their enemies. 2. MEKAIL (A.S.) is incharge of food and rain. Other Angels work under him, are incharge of the clouds, the seas, the rivers and the winds. He gets the order from Allah and passes them on to other angels . 3. AZRAIL (A.S.) (Malekul Maut) is incharge of death and takes away life of human beings with the orders of Allah. Numerous Angels work under him. Some of them take away the lives of good persons while others who are looking very fearful, take away the lives of sinners and disbelievers. 4. ISRAFIL (A.S.) will blow the SOOR (TRUMPET) on the DAY OF JUDGEMENT. The sound will destroy and kill everything that is on earth and in the skies. When he blows the SOOR for the second time, all will come to life with the order of Allah. Two Angels are always with every person. One writes all his GOOD DEEDS while the other notes all his BAD DEEDS. They are known as :- KIRAAMAN-KAATIBEEN. The other two are MUNKAR and NAKEER, who are incharge of questioning a person after his death . There are eight angels who bear the Throne of Allah, and other angels surround it. all of them praise Allah and pray for the believers. Surah No.35 , Al Fatir , Ayat No.1 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ o مَّثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاء إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Translation : Praise be to Allah Who created the heavens and the earth , Who made the Angels Messengers with wings , two, or three, or four (Pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things. Comments : One of the objective of creation of angels is to establish a link between Allah and his Messengers. They also shoulder a responsibility of showering either blessings or curse of Allah upon the creature.Since they travel frequently between the skies and the earth by the command of Allah, they are provided wings by Allah so that they get strength in flying . The wings number also varies from two pairs to four but they are not limited and the number depends upon the Will of Allah. Available references: (1) Jibreel (Gabriel) and (2) Mikaa’eel (Michael) Say: Whoever is an enemy to Jibreel - for he brings down the (revelation) to your heart by Allah’s will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings to those who believe - Whoever is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and prophets, to Jibreel and Mikaa’eel - Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith. [al-Baqarah 2:97-98] (3) Israafeel From Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn ‘Awf, who said: I asked ‘Aa’ishah the Mother of the Believers about what the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) used to start his prayer with when he got up to pray at night (qiyaam al-layl). She said: ‘When he got up to pray at night, he would start his prayer (with the words): ‘O Allah, Lord of Jibreel, Mikaa’eel and Israafeel, Creator of heaven and earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You are the Judge of the matters in which Your slaves differ; guide me with regard to disputed matters of Truth by Your permission, for You guide whomever You will to the Straight Path.’ (Reported by Muslim, no. 270). (4) Malik He is the Keeper of Hell, as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): They [the people in Hell] will cry: ‘O Malik! Would that your Lord put an end to us!’. . . [al-Zukhruf 43:77] (5) Munkar and (6) Nakeer From Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: ‘When the deceased is buried (or he said: when one of you is buried), there come to him two blue-black angels, one of whom is called Munkar and the other Nakeer. They ask him, ‘What did you used to say about this man?’ and he says what he used to say: ‘He is the slave and Messenger of Allah: I bear witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the slave and Messenger of Allah. They say, ‘We knew beforehand that you used to say this.’ Then his grave will be widened for him to a size of seventy cubits by seventy cubits and it will be illuminated for him. Then they tell him, ‘Sleep.’ He says, ‘Go back to my family and tell them.’ They tell him, ‘Sleep like a bridegroom whom no-one will wake up except his most beloved,’ until Allah raises him up. If (the deceased) was a hypocrite, he says, ‘I heard the people saying something so I said something similar; I do not know.’ They say: ‘We knew beforehand that you used to say this.’ The earth will be told to squeeze him, so he will be crushed until his ribs are interlocked, and he will remain like that until Allah raises him up.’ (reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 1071. Abu ‘Isa said: It is a ghareeb hasan hadeeth. It is judged hasan in Saheeh al-Jaami‘, no. 724). (7) Haaroot and (8) Maaroot Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): . . . and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Haaroot and Maaroot . . . [al-Baqarah 2:102] . . . and none can know the forces of your Lord, except He. And this is no other than a warning to mankind. [al-Muddaththir 74:31] #Allah knows the best.
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