Angels Flashcards
Nature of angles
Heavenly beings created by Allah, made out of light, there are lots of them with different roles, they tell Allah about the behaviour of humans, angels don’t have needs, they are completely pure and completely obedient to Allah, they worship colour all the time, they are invisible, they aren’t male or female and they can appear in different forms
Jibril actions
He delivered Allahs message and revealed the Quran to Mo and revealed the Quran to Muhammad
Mika’ll
A friend to humanity. He is known as the giver of rain which waters the land and helps provide food for people. He God’s places of worship and rewards people’s good deeds and asks Allah to forgive people sins
When is it believed that Jibril and mika’il are present
On the day of judgement
Israfeel
Blows rhe trumpet at the start of the day of judgement
Malak al mawt (ángel of death)
He takes possession of souls of the death and separates the soul from the body
Munkar and nakeer
They test the faith of people in their graves
Malik
The guardian of hell
Ridwan
The guardian of heaven
Raqib
Sits on the right of peoples shoulders and records good deeds
Atid
Sits on the left and record the bad deeds
Why the belief of angels is important
The belief and angels is in the Sunni six articles, they have a really important role in Muslim lives for example Jibril hsve the Quran to Muhammad, they do Alice’s work and they allow Muslims to have a closer relationship with Allah
Why is the belief of angels not important?
The belief of angels is not in the Shia five roots (they still believe in them), there are four more important things and beliefs in Islam, they should focus on profits and the Quran
