Angels, Books and Prophets

Question 1

Belief in Angels?

Answer 1

• second article
• Imaan e muffasil

-characteristics
-respond to Allah’s commands (no free will) and the jobs assigned to them
+“those who are near to your lord disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises and bow before him”

-importance in the life of humans

-a link between Allah and mankind
+“Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and apostles to Gabriel and Michael Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject”
-messengers of Allah (by his permission)
+“Therin come down the angels and the spirit by Allah’s permission on every errand”
+“He does send down his angels with inspiration of His command to such of his servants as he pleases”

-prominent angels
1 jibraeel (messenger)
2 Izrael (takes away life)
3 Mikael (provisions to people like rain)
4 Israfeel (trumpet on day of judgment to end and then resurrect life)
highest-ranking angels
1 kiramann katabin (shoulders and write deeds)
+but verily over you are appointed angels to protect you, kind and honorable writing down your deeds”
2 Munkar and Nakir (ask questions in the grave)
+Prophet(SAW): “When a faithful believer is made to sit in his grave then angels come to him and he testifies that none has right to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s apostle”
3 Rizwan (gatekeeper of heaven) Malik (gatekeeper of hell)

Question 2

belief in books?

Answer 2

• imaan e muffasil
• third article
• chain of revalation

-characteristics of revealed books (not Quran)
+“Say we believe in Allah and in that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Ibrahim, Ismael, Ishaq, Jacob, and the tribes and that which Moses and Jesus received and that which prophets received from their lord. We make no distinction between them and unto Him, we have surrendered.”
-lost
+“they change the words from their right places and forget a good part of the message that was sent”

-torah to musa of bani Israel
-zabur to Daud
-Injil to Isa
-Torah and Injil both mention MuhammadSAW
+“o children of Israel I am the apostle of Allah sent to you by confirming the law before me and giving glad tidings of an apostle to come after me whose name shall be Ahmad”

-Quran special
+“we have without a doubt revealed the message and we will guard it”
+“today have perfected your religion for you completed my favor upon you and chosen for you Islam as your religion”

Question 3

Belief in Prophets

Answer 3

-Imaan e muffasil
-4th article
-the link between Allah/guidance of people
-characteristics of messengers (human, sinless, morally upright)
-to be obeyed + miracles
+“we did not send any messenger but to be obeyed in accordance to God’s will”
-equal
+“and make no distinction between one and another of His messengers”
-started from adam and is 1224000 long
-25 named prophets, major ones are:
Musa, Ibrahim, Ismael, Daud and MuhammadSAW
-MuhammadSAW importance + Quran protection quote
+“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men but the messenger of Allah and the Seal of Prophets”
+“I am the seal of Prophets and there will be no prophet after me”