BELIEF IN THE ANGELS

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*BELIEF IN THE ANGELS*

Among the six pillars of Islām is the belief in the Angels. Eemaan cannot be established without this pillar.

Belief in the Angels entails believing in their existence and believing in the duties that they carry out in the universe. 

The Angels are one of Allāh's (ﷻ) creations, which He created for the purpose of worshipping Him and carrying out His orders in the universe.

Allāh (ﷻ) sends His Angels in order to execute His Commands. So they are a creation from the world of the unseen. We don't see them, yet we believe in them with a firm resolution that doubt cannot penetrate. This is because Allāh (ﷻ) has informed us about about them, and likewise, His Messenger (ﷺ) has informed us about them in such a definitive manner that causes us to believe in them.

Allāh (ﷻ) says:

*لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ*

_Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allaah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets._

*(Al-Baqarah 2:177)*

And He says: 

*ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ*

_The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allaah and His angels and His books and His messengers._

*(Al-Baqarah 2:285)*

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The Angels were created from light, as is reported in a hadeeth that Allāh (ﷻ) created the Angels from light and He created the jinns from the fire, and He created humans from dirt.

*From their attributes:*

1. They are the greatest of Allāh's (ﷻ) armies.

Allāh (ﷻ) says:

*هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْۗ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا*

_It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allaah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allaah Knowing and Wise._

*(Al-Fath 48:4)*

2. They have great physical composure, as Allāh (ﷻ) mentioned this about them in His saying:

*ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَۚ يَزِيدُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ*

_[All] praise is [due] to Allaah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allaah is over all things competent._

*(Fatir 35:1)*

This means there are some Angels that have two wings, some have three wings and some have four wings. And  some Angels have more than that, for the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Angel Jibreel and he had 600 wings - each wing blocking the horizon

3. They possess great power, by Allāh's (ﷻ) permission. What indicates their great strengths is that if Allāh (ﷻ) commands just one of them, then indeed he is able to let out an awful cry in the world, thus destroying the creations of the earth, as occurred with the people of Thamood, who were seized by a loud scream.

Allāh says:

*إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ*

_Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen._

*(Al-Qamar 54:31)*