angels Flashcards
1
Q
describe the beliefs about angels
A
- one of six articles
- part of the unseen world, created from light of God
- receive God’s word then pass to the prophets
- pure and sinless
- do not have free will
- live to please and worship God
- power to take human form
- involved in human life from conception to death
2
Q
Israfil
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- will blow a trumpet to announce judgement day
3
Q
angel of death and helpers
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- take souls to heaven
4
Q
guardian angels
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- record thoughts and actions in a book of deeds
- look after us from conception to death
5
Q
Jibril
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- Gabriel
- archangel and trusted messenger of God
- relayed Qu’ran to Muhammed (pbuh)
- appeared to Muhammed when he was a child and purified his heart
- returned when Muhammed was 40, guided him through life and told him what God wanted him to do
6
Q
Mika’il
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- Michael
- high ranking archangel
- guards souls
- angel of mercy
- God assigned him to reward righteous people for the good they do on earth
- responsible for sending, rain, thunder and lightning
- brings nourishment for the earth
- warns that anyone who is an enemy of God’s angels is an enemy of God
7
Q
quotes
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- ‘each person has angels watching over him’
