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Q: Are angels females?
A: And they made the angels who are the devoted servants of the Most Merciful females. Did they witness their
creation? We will write their testimony and they will be questioned.
Translation of: Ayah 19, Surat AlZukhruf.
Words: Ja'ala = Made, AlMala'ikah = The Angels, Ibad = Devoted servants, Ina'th = Females,
Ashahadu = Did they witness, Khalq = Creation, Naktub = We will write, Shahadah =
Testimony - Statement, Yusaloun = Will be questioned.
Q: Why are angels sent down?
A: And they said (to Muhammad):" O on whom the Qur'an has been revealed, you are really mad. Why don't you bring us the
angels if you were from the truthful." We (Allah) do not send down the angels except for the just cause (like punishment)
and then they (who asked) will not be delayed.
Translation of: Ayat 6-8, Surat AlHijr.
Words: Ka'lou = Said, Nuzila = Sent down, Majnoun = Mad, Lau = If, Sadiq = Truthful, Ta'teena =
Bring us, BilHaq = For just cause, Munthareen = Delayed.
Q: Do angels have wings?
A: Praised be Allah who originated the creation of the Heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels messengers
with wings: Double, triple and quadruple; He adds to the creation what He wishes for Allah is Capable of
everything.
Translation of: Ayah 1, Surat Fatir.
Words: AlHamdu = Praise. Fatir = Originated the creation, AlSamawat = Heavens - Skies, Ja'il
= The Maker, AlMalaikah = The Angels, Mathna = Double, Thulath = Triple, Ruba' = Quadruple
(four times), Ajniha = Wings, Yazeed = Adds, AlKhalq = The creation, Ma = What, Yasha' = Wishes,
Kadeer = capable .
Q: Why did Allah send to people prophets as human beings and not as angels?
A: And nothing prevented people from believing when Guidance reached them except that they said 'Allah has
sent a human being as a prophet!' Say: If there were angels on earth walking peacefully, We would have sent down
on them from the Heaven an angel
as a prophet. Say: Allah is enough for a witness between me and you for He is with His people Well-Acquainted, All-Seeing.
Translation of: Ayat 94-96, Surat AlIsra'.
Words: Mana' = Prevented, AlNas = The People, AlHuda = The Guidance, Il'la = Except, Kalou =
Said, Ba'tha = Sent, Bashar = Human being, Rasool = Prophet, AlArdh = On earth, Malaikah =
Angels, Yamshoon = Walking, Mutmain = Peaceful, AlSama' = Heaven, Ljabeer = Well-Acquainted, Baseer = All-Seeing.
Q: Had those, who don't believe, asked to see the angels in order to believe in Allah?
A: The Day they will see the angles there will be no good news then for the sinners. And they (angels) will say:
A forbidden barrier (against enjoying the Paradise). And We'll come to what they (disbelievers) did from work and We'll
make it into scattered floating dust.
Translation of: Ayat 22-23, Surat AlFurqan.
Words: Youm = Day, Yaroun = They see, AlMalaikah = The Angles, Bushra = Good News, Mujrimeen =
Sinners, Hijr = Barrier, Mahjoor = Forbidden, Amal = Work, Haba' = Floating Dust,
Manthoor = Scattered.
Q: Did some people become an enemy of the angel 'Gabriel' (Jibreel) because he revealed the religion to Muhammad, pbuh, after
he had, in the past, revealed it to the other prophets?
A: Say: Whoever was an enemy to Gabriel; but he (Gabriel) has brought it down on your (Muhammad) heart with the
permission of Allah, confirming what was revealed before, and Guidance and good news to the believers. Who is an
enemy of Allah and His angels and His prophets and Gabriel (Jibrail or Jibreel) and Michael (Mikail); it is Allah
who is An Enemy to the disbelievers.
Translation of: Ayat 97-98, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Men = Whoever, Adou = Enemy, Jibreel = Gabriel, Qhalbak = Your heart, BiIthni =
With permisssin, Mus'sadiq = Confirming, Huda = Guidance, Bushra = Good news, Mou'mineen =
Believers, Adou = Enemy, Rusul = Prophets, Kafereen = Disbelievers.
Q: Can the angels mediate (plead) for humans?
A: And how many angels in the Heavens; their mediation will not be of any use but after Allah permits to whom He
pleases and accepts. Yet those who do not believe in the Other World call the angels with female names. And they have
no knowledge about it; For they follow nothing but assumption; and the assumption is of no use to the Truth.
Translation of: Ayat 26-28, Surat AlNajm.
Words: Malak = Angel, AlSamawat = The Heavens, Tughni = Be of use, Shafa'ah = Mediation, Yasha' =
Pleases, Yardhah = Accepts, AlAkhirah = The Other World, Yusamoun = They call, AlUntha =
Female, Althun = Assumption, AlHaq = The Truth.
Q: The prophet, pbuh, saw the Angel Gabriel in his real angel form twice. The first time when he saw him at the beginning of the
revelation, the prophet fainted. So how does the Quran refer to Gabriel in his angel and human forms?
A: I (Allah) swear by the stars when they go down (from the middle of the sky), your Companion (Muhammad) has not
gone astray (from the Right Way) and he was not misguided. And he does not speak out of fantasy. Indeed, it is
(The Quran) a revelation (from Allah) that is being revealed. Taught to him by the one with the super powers (Gabriel -
Jibreel); with wisdom and he appeared (in his angel form) when he was in the highest part of the
horizon. Then he came nearer (in human form) and he let himself down; and he became two-arms distance away (from
the prophet); so he revealed to His (Allah's) servant (Muhammad) what he revealed. The heart (of Muhammad) did not
deny what he saw. So do you dispute with him what he saw! And he (Muhammad) has seen him in his second
descent (in his angel form) near AlMuntaha Tree* where there is AlMa'wa (resting) Paradise**; and the tree is covered with what
(unspeakable) it is covered. The sight didn't go astray and didn't go beyond its limit. He has seen from the Greatest
Signs of His God.
Translation of: Ayat 1-18, Surat AlNajm.
*AlMuntaha Tree = A tree in the sky during AlMir'aj = Muhammad's Miraculous Ascent Trip with Gabriel to the Heavens
where Allah dictated five prayers upon Muslims. Then the Prophet Moses told the Prophet Muhammad to ask Allah for less prayers
because the former new that people won't do it. But Muhammad said that he feels shy to go back to the last Heaven to ask
Allah again.
**Janat AlMa'wa = The resting Paradise where the souls of the martyrs go.
Words: Malak = Angel, AlSamawat = The Heavens, Tughni = Be of use, Shafa'ah = Mediation, Yasha' =
Pleases, Yardhah = Accepts, AlAkhirah = The Other World, Yusamoun = They call, AlUntha =
Female, Althun = Assumption, AlHaq = The Truth, Nazlah = Descent, Sidrah = Tree, AlBasar =
The Eyesight, Zagha = Went astray, Ayat = Signs, AlKubra = The Greatest.
Q: Did the disbelievers sinfully call the angels 'daughters' of Allah?
A: And they made a blood relationship between Him and the angels. And the angels have known that they will be
summoned (for judgement). (Angels say): Glory to Allah from what they attribute (to Him). But (we are) the sincerely
devoted people of Allah. And (Angels say to disbelievers) you and what you worship; you're not going to
lure anyone but the one who is going to Hell. And everyone of us does have a well known rank. And it is we
who are the lined-up (for prayers); and it is we who are the glorifiers (of Allah).
Translation of: Ayat 158-166, Surat AlSaffat.
Words: Jalou = They made, AlJinnah = Hidden Creatures (Angels), Nasab = Blood relationship, Alimat =
Have known, Muhdaroun = Summoned, Yasifoun = Attribute, Tabodoun = You worship, Fatineen = Lure,
AlJaheem = Hell, Makam = Rank, Ma'loum = Well known, AlSafoun = The lined up, AlMusabihoun
= The glorifying.
Q: How are our deeds recorded?
A: And there are overseers (angels) over you - honorable writers, they know what you do.
Translation of: Ayat 10-12, Surat AlInfitar.
Words: Hafidh = Overseer - Guard, Kiram = Honorable, Katibeen, Writers, Ya'lamoun = They know,
Taf'aloun = What you do.
Q: Why do angels pray for Allah's forgiveness for humans? Is it because they understand the true omnipotence (mightiness)
of Allah?
A: --- In this way it has been revealed to you and those (prophets) before you: Allah is The All-Powerful and
The All-Wise. Everything in the Heavens and the earth belongs to Him and He is The Most-High and The Most-Great. The
Heavens are about to split from above them; and the angels glorify the praise of their God, and they pray for
forgiveness for whoever is on earth. It is Allah who is the All-Forgiving and The Most-Merciful. And those who have
taken ,other than Him, masters, Allah is keeping watch over them; and you (Muhammad) are not a guard on them.
Translation of: Ayat 3-6, Surat AlShura.
Words: Yuha = Revealed, Kabl = Before, Takad = Is about, AlSamawat = The Heavens, Yatafatar =
Split, Yusabih = Glorify, Yastagfir = Pray for forgiveness, Hafeez = Who keeps watch, Wakeel =
Guard.
Q: Did the angels have some pre knowledge about man when Allah announced He is going to create him?
A: And when your God said to the angels: I am going to place on earth a caliph (successor). They said: Will you
place there who makes corruption in it and sheds (a lot of) blood!; and we glorify Your praise and we glorify
Your Holy Name; He (Allah) said: I know what you don't know!
Translation of: Ayah 30, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Kala = Said, Rabuka = Your God, AlArdh = The earth, Khalifah = Caliph, Yufsid = Corrupts,
Yusfik = Sheds, AlDima' = The Blood (plural), Nahnu = We, Nusa'bih = Glorify, Nukadis = Glorify the
Holy Name, A'lam = I Know, Ta'lamoun = You know (plural).
Q: Who gives the angels the knowledge that they have?
A: And He (Allah) taught Adam the names* in full; then He placed them before the angels and He
said: Tell
Me about the names of these, if you are telling the truth; They (angels) said:"
Glory to You! No knowledge we have, but what You taught us; You (Allah) are the All-Knowing and the All-Wise. He said:
O, Adam! Tell them (angels) about their names (names of things)! So when he told them, He (Allah) said: Haven't I said
to you that I know the Unseen of the Heavens and the earth; and I know what you reveal and what you were concealing!
Translation of: Ayat 31-33, Surat AlBaqarah.
* The names of everything.
Words: Allama = Taught, Asma' = Names, Kuluha = In full, Aradha = Placed, Anbi'ouni = Tell me,
Ha'oula' = These, Sadiqeen = Truthful (plural), AlAleem = The All-Knowing, AlHakeem = The All-Wise,
Anba'ahum = Told them, Aqul = I said, Ghayb = Unseen, Tubdoun (plural) = You Reveal, Taktomoun =
You Conceal (plural).
Q: What type of angels will guard Hell?
A: O people who have faith: Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel will be people and
stones (idols); Over which are (appointed) stern and strong angels* who do not disobey Allah in what He has commanded them and
they do what they are commanded.
* Called 'AlZabaniyah'.
Translation of: Ayah 6, Surat AlTahreem.
Words: Kou = Protect (plural), Anfusakum = Yourselves, Nas = People, Hijarah = Stones, Ghiladh =
Stern, Shidad = Strong, Yasoun = Disobey (plural), Amar = Commanded, Yaf'eloun = Do, Yu'mar =
Ordered.
Q: Why did the angels come down to the Prophet Lut?
A: And when the fear (of angels) went
away from Abraham and the good news reached him, he started to argue with Us about the people of Lut. Indeed Abraham is
a great tolerant, suffering with moaning sounds (Ah) and returning to God. O Abraham! Abandon that! The command of your God has come and
they (Lut's people) are going to receive a punishment that cannot be returned.
And when our messengers (angels) reached Lut; he was displeased with them and he felt annoyed with them and he said:
This is a critical day. And his people came running towards him and since before they were practicing the evil deeds**. He said: O my
people these are my girls; They are cleaner for you so fear Allah and do not shame me in my guests -
Isn't there among you any reasonable man? They said: You know we do not have in your girls any right; And you
know what we want (sex with men). He said: If only I have among you any power or if I can seek help from a powerful
support. They (angels) said: O Lut! Indeed we are messengers from Your God; They will not reach you; So walk with
your family when parts of the night are gone and no one of you should look back only your wife; She is going to be
inflicted with what will happen to them; Their appointed time is the morning, and isn't the morning near?!
So when our command came, We made their (villages) upside down and We showered them with rain of stones made of
stacked baked clay marked from Your God; And from the sinners they (stones) are not away.
Translation of: Ayat 74 - 83, Surat Hood.
** Homosexuality and passing gass in public. They invented sins. Three angels were sent to them: Gabriel, Mikaeel (angel
of sustenace) and Azrael (angel of death). Source: Dr. Tareq Suwaidan, CDs 6-7 of Stories of the Prophets.
Words: Awwah = Suffering with moaning sounds (Ah), A'ridh = Abandon - Stop, Mardoud = Returned, Da'qa bihim thar'an
= Was annoyed with them, Aseeb = Critical - Hard, Ya'malouna AlSaye'at = Practicing the evil deeds, Banat = Girls, Dhayf = Guest,
Rasheed = Reasonable, Quwah = Power, Asir = Walk, Yaltafit = Look back, Subh = Morning, A'liyaha
Safilaha = Their upside down, Amtara = Showered with rain, Hijarah = Stones, Sijeel = Baked clay,
Mandhoudh = Stacked - Arranged following each other, Musawwamah = Marked from God and is different from
stones found on earth, Baeed = Away.
Q: Only according to whose command do the angels come down? (Muhammad was upset when Gabriel (in man's form) didn't
come with the Qur'an for a few days. When Gabriet finally came he explained that he is sent down only when Allah commands
him.)
A: (The angels say) And we are not sent down except by a command from your God; To Him belongs what we have
in front of us and what we have behind us and what is between them; And your God is not forgetful. The God of the
Heavens and the earth and what is between them, so worship Him and be constantly patient in His worship, do you
know of any who is worthy of His name (God)?! And the human being says: What when I die, am I going to be brought
out alive? But doesn't the human being remember that We had created him from before and he was nothing!
Translation of: Ayat 64 - 67, Surat Maryam.
Words: Natanazzal = Are sent down, Amr = Command, Bayna Aydeena = In front of us, Ma Khalfana =
Behind us, Ma bayna Thalika = Between that, Nasiya = Forgetful, U'bud = Worship, Istabir = Be
Constantly patient, Ibadah = Worship (noun), Lahu Sammeya = Worthy of His name, Mitu = I die, Ukhraj =
Brought out, Hay = Alive, Shaye' = Anything.
Q: Do the angels know that Allah is The Most-Merciful therefore they pray for mercy upon humans?
A: Those (angels) who carry the throne and whoever (angels) is around it glorify the praise of Their
God and they believe in Him and they ask for forgiveness for those who have faith: Our God ! You have embraced
everything with mercy and knowledge so forgive those who have repented and followed Your Way and protect them from
the punishment of Hell. Our God! And do admit them in the Gardens of Eden that you promised them and whoever did good
from their fathers, mates and offspring; Indeed You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. And protect them from the
disadvantages (of their deeds) and whoever you protect from the disadvantages That Day then you have granted him mercy
and that is the greatest winning.
Translation of: Ayat 7 - 9, Surat Ghafir.
Words: Yahmil = Carries, AlArsh = The Throne, Yusabih = Glorifies, Hamd = Praise, Yastaghfir =
Asks for forgiveness, Wasia = Has embraced, Rahmah = Mercy, Ilm = Knowledge, Ta'bou = Repented (plural),
It'tabiou = Followed (plural) Sabeel = Way, Qihim = Protect them, Jan'nat Edn = Gardens of Edn (name of
Gardens of Paradise), A'ba' = Fathers, Azwa'j = Mates - Wives, Thur'riyah = Offspring, Say'yiat =
Disadvantages, Rahimtah = You have granted him mercy, Fawz = Winning, AlAzeem = The Greatest.
Q: The angels brought the good news to the righteous Mary (Maryam) about the birth of Jesus, peace be upon him. Did the
angels bring the good news to another person about the birth of another prophet?
A: When the wife of Imran (righteous man in Israel) said: O God! I have vowed to dedicate to you what in in my
womb - devoted to you, so accept from me; You are indeed the All-Listener, the All-Knowing. And then when
she delivered her she said: God, I delivered her a female, and Allah knows what she has delivered, and the male is not
like the female; And I have called her Maryam and I seek refuge with you for her and her offspring (Allah) against the
stoned Satan. So her God accepted her a good acceptance and He (Allah) planted (brought up) her a good plant, and He
gave her to Zakariya to adopt her. Everytime Zakariya entered the prayer place to see her he would find sustenance (food)
with her. He said: O
Maryam! From where did you get this? She said: That is from Allah; Indeed Allah gives whom He wills without
measure (a lot). There did Zakariya call upon his God. He said: O God! Grant me from you a good offspring; You are the
the All-Hearing of the calling. Then the angels called him while he was standing praying in the prayer place: Indeed
Allah is giving you the good news of Yahya confirming the Word of Allah
(Jesus) and a noble, and a chaste, and
a prophet from the righteous. He said: O God! How can I have a boy and old age has reached me and my wife is barren (
cannot have babies). He (Angel Gabriel) said: That is how Allah does what He wills. He said: O God! Make a sign for me.
He said: Your sign is that you do not talk to the people for three days except with signal; And mention the name of
your God a lot and glorify him in the evening and the morning. And when the angels said: O Maryam ! It is Allah who has
chosen you and has purified you and has chosen
you above the women of the worlds. O Maryam Obey your God devoutly and prostrate and kneel with the kneelers
(worshippers). That is from the news of the Unseen; We (Allah) reveal them to you (Muhammad) and you weren't with
them when they were casting their reed pens (whose pen remains straight wins) to who will adopt Maryam, and
you were not with them when they were arguing (as to who has the right to adopt Maryam).
Translation of: Ayat 35 - 44, Surat AlImran.
* Jesus is known as the Word of Allah because he was created with Allah's one word: Be. Moses is known as the spokesman of
Allah.
Words: Nathara = Vowed to dedicate, Muhar'rar = Devoted to worshipping Allah, Taqab'bala = Accepted,
Wada'at = Delivered, Thakar = Male, Uns(tha)
Female, Thuriyah = Offspring, Qaboul = Acceptance, Anbata = Planted, Mihrab = Prayer place,
Rizk = Sustenance - Food, Hisab = Measure, Qa'im = Standing, Sayed = Honourable, Hasoor = Chaste,
Ghulam = Boy, A'qir = Barren, Tukal'lim = Talk, Ramz = Signal, Ashiy = Evening, Ib'kar =
Morning, Istaf'fa = Chose, Tah'hara = Purified, Nisa' = Women, Uknuti = Obey devoutly, Yulqoun =
Thow, Aqlam = Reed pens, Yakful = Adopts, Yakhtasimoun = Argue.
Q: Who are the soldiers of Allah and where are they located?
Remember the angels convey Allah's messages, they record
the deeds, bring punishment, guard the Heavens. They are the custodians of Hell and they do obediently whatever Allah tells them to do.
A: And Allah supports you (Muhammad) with a powerful support (angels). He (Allah) is Who sent down the peace of
mind upon the hearts of the faithful so that they add faith to their faith; And to Allah belongs the
soldiers of the Heavens and the earth; And Allah has been All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Translation of: Ayat 3 - 4, Surat AlFat'h.
Words: Yansur = Supports, Nasr = Support, Sakeenah = Peace of mind, Yazdadou = To add, Jonoud = Soldiers.
Q: Why does Allah mention the number of the custodians of Saqar? (a rank in Hell)
A: Leave me alone with the one whom I created single*. And I gave him extended wealth, and sons
present (with him) and I smoothened (life) for him a proper smooth; And then he is greedy so that I give him more;
No! He was to Our lines stubborn; I will tire him gradually upward; He thought and he evaluated; so damned is how he
evaluated; Again damned is how he evaluated; Then he looked; Then he frowned and he darkened his face; Then he
turned his back and became arrogant; So he said: This (Qur'an) is nothing but magic being passed down (from magicians); This is nothing
but the word of humans.
I (Allah) will burn him in 'Saqar'. And what do you know about 'Saqar'; It does not leave
(the person) as is neither does it leave (him alone); Blackening the skins; Over it nineteen (custodians); And We
have not made
the custodians of Hell but angels and We have not made their number but a trial for the disbelievers so that the
People who have been given The Book (Jews and Christians) become certain and the people who have faith (Muslims) add to
their faith; And so that the People who have been given The Book and the faithful do not have any doubt; And so that those who have
in their hearts illness (hypocrisy) and the disbelievers say: What does Allah intend with this example? That is how
Allah leaves to stray whom He wills and He guides whom He wills; And no one knows the soldiers of your God but He;
And it (number) is nothing but a reminder to humans (of Allah's extreme power).
Translation of: Ayat 11 - 31, Surat AlMud'da(s)thir.
* a rich disbeliever 'AlWaleed Bin AlMugheerah' who had no brothers but had a lot of money and many sons.
Words: Tharni = Leave me alone, Waheed = Single - Alone - Only one, Ja'ala Lahu = Gave him, Mal =
Wealth, Mamdoud = Extended,
Shuhoud = Present (plural), Mah'hada = Smoothened, Tamheed = Smooth, Yatme' = Is greedy, Azeed =
I add, Aneed = Stubborn, Urhiq = I will tire, Su'oud = Gradually upward, Fak'kar = Thought, Qad'dar
= Evaluated, Qutila = Damned, Abas = Frowned, Basar = Darkened his face - Scowled, Adbar =
Turned his back, Istak'ber = Became arrogant, Sihr = Magic, Yu(s)thar = Passed down, Qawl = Word -
Speech, Bashar = Humans, Usli = I burn, Saqar = A place in Hell, Tubqi = Leaves as is,
Tathar = Leaves alone, Law'waha = Blackening, Bashar = Skins (plural of bashrah), Tisah Ashar =
Nineteen, As'hab AlNar = Custodians of Hell, Mala'ikah = Angels, Id'dah = Number, Fitnah = Trial,
Yastayqin = Becomes certain, Yartab = Has doubt, Qoloub = Hearts, Maradh = Illness (hypocrisy),
Ara'da = Intended, Mas(th)al = Example, Yudhil = Leaves to stray, Ya'lam = Knows, Jonoud = Soldiers,
Thikra = Reminder.
Q: Are there angels residing with the person and what they do?
A: When suddenly the two receivers (angels) receive (write down) - from the the right and from the left
a staying companion; He does not utter a word but with him a vigilant observer.
Translation of: Ayat 17 - 18, Surat Qaf.
Note: Remember Line 7 from Chapter AlFat'h in the Qur'an: 'And to Allah belongs the soldiers of the Heavens
and the earth'.
Words: Ith = When suddenly, Yatalaqa = Receives, Mutalaqian = The two receivers, Yameen = Right, Shimal =
Left, Qa'eed = Staying companion, Yalfath = Utters, Qawl = Word - Sentence, Raqeeb = Observer, Ateed = Vigilant - Prepared.
Q: Why did not the Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) come down for more than ten days when the Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him was waiting for him to answer the people's question about 'Thi AlQarnain' and other questions?
A hint: The Prophet told the people that he will answer the questions tomorrow when Gabriel comes down and he did not
say 'God's willing'.
A: And do not say to something 'I am going to do that tomorrow; Excepet if Allah wills and remember your
God if you have forgotten; And say: I hope my God will guide me to a closer guidance from this.
Translation of: Ayat 23 - 24, Surat AlKahf.
Words: Taqoul = Say, Shaye' = Thing, Fa'il = I am doing, Ghadan = Tomorrow, Yasha' = Wills, Uthkur
= Remember, Rub = God, Nasa = He forgot, Assa = I hope, Yahdi = Guides, Rashad =
Guidance.
Q: Some people pray to man-made goddesses claiming they are daughters of Allah. What does Allah say about this?
A: So did Allah prefer you with the boys and He took from the angels daughters?! Well you are uttering
a horrible saying. And We had explained in this Qur'an in detail so as to remember Allah but it does not increase
except their running away (from it) with hatred! Say (order to Muhammad): If He (Allah) had gods (gods or goddesses) with Him as they are saying then
certainly they (gods) would have seeked a way to reach The God of the Throne (Allah)!* Glory to Him, The Elevated
above what they say - elevation without measure.
Translation of: Ayat 40 - 43, Surat AlIsra' (Bani Israel).
* Very strong logic. Children want to be with their parents.
Words: Asfa = Preferred, Baneen = Boys, Inas(th) = Daughters, Taqoul = Utter - Say, Qawl =
Saying, Sar'rafna = Explained in detail, Yath'thak'kar
= Remembers Allah, Yazeed = Increases, Nufour = Hatred, Ibtagha = Seeked, Thi Al'Arsh = The God of the Throne (Allah), Sabeel = Way, Ulou = Elevation - Height - Greatness.
Q: Which Angel has Allah appointed to bring down the revelation (Message and Holy Books of Allah) on the prophets?
A: (Allah) The Exalted in Ranks (Attributes) - The Owner of The Throne sends down The Spirit (Gabriel) from
His (Allah's) Command upon whom He (Allah) pleases from His servants to warn of The Day of the Meeting (Judgment); The
Day they will be sticking out (from graves); Nothing from them will be hidden from Allah; To whom is the Dominance
today? To Allah the One, The Conqueror (who can make cry). Today every soul will be paid according to what it earned:
No injustice Today for Allah is swift in the account.
Translation of: Ayat 15 - 17, Surat Ghafir.
Words: Rafie' = Exalted - High, Darajat = Ranks, Yulqi = Sends down, AlRouh = The Spirit - Gabriel,
Min Amrihi = From His Command, Talaaqi =
Meeting, Ba'riz = Sticking out, Shaye' = Thing, Wa'hid = One, Qahhar = Conqueror, Kasabat =
Earned, Dhulm = Injustice, Saree' = Swift, Hisab = Account - Judgment.
Q: Angels are called in the Qur'an the soldiers of Allah and they are sent down on different errands. What type of
work they had to do in the following?
A: If you (some Muslims*) do not support him (Prophet Muhammad) well Allah had supported him when the disbelievers
(of Mecca) drove him out the second of two**; When in the Cave*** he says to his companion: Do not grieve for
Allah is with us; So Allah gave him His-inspired peace of mind and He supported him with soldiers (angels) you could not
see (to protect and calm) and He made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest and the Word of Allah the highest and Allah is the Omnipotent,
the All-Wise.
Translation of: Ayah 40, Surat AlTawbah.
* Reference to the Battle of Tabouk, the last battle of the Prophet Muhammad. Some hypocrite Muslims preferred not to go
with the Prophet to the battle.
** The Second of Two became afterwards Abu Bakr's proud title.
*** A Cave on the top of the Mountain "Als(th)our" where the Prophet and his friend Abu Bakr, the first man to embrace
Islam. took
shelter when they were running away from Mecca to AlMadina. Abu Bakr said to the Prophet Muhammad if the disbelievers,
who had reached the Cave searching for them, looked at their feet they would see us! The Prophet Muhammad replied: What
do you think of two persons Allah is their third?
Note: In a summary of the Prophet Muhammad: Take care of my friends! Anyone who loved them so with my love he loved them, and
anyone who hated them so with my hatred he hated them.
Words: Tansur = Supports, Akhraja = Drove out, S(th)ani = Second, Es(th)nayn = Two, Ghar = Cave,
Tahzan = To grieve - To be sad, Sakeenah = God-inspired peace of mind, Junoud = Soldiers, AlSufla = The lowest, AlAzeez = The Omnipotent -
The All-Powerful.
Q: Which angel has the power to say anything without permission from Allah?
A: The Day (of Judgment) The Spirit (Angel Gabriel) and the angels will stand up in rows - they do not talk
except whom The Merciful has given permission and he (angel) will say what is correct. That is the Day of Truth so who
pleases let him take a way back to His God (Allah); For We (Allah) had warned you against Approaching Punishment - the Day
a person will see what his hands had done and the disbeliever will say: I wish I were soil (dead).
Translation of: Ayat 38 - 40, Surat AlNaba'.
Words: Yaqoum = Stands up, AlRouh = The Spirit (Angel Gabriel = Jibreel), Athina = Has given, Sawaba
= What is correct, AlHaq = The Truth, Men Sha' = Who pleases, Ma'ab = A way back, Anthara =
Warned, Qareeb = Approaching - Coming soon, Yanthur = Will see, Qadammat = did, Yad = Hand, Layta =
Wish, Turab = Soil - Earth.
Q: Is Gabriel = Jibreel peace be upon him an ArchAngel (Chief Angel)?
Q: What other name does the Qur'an call the Angel Gabriel with?
A: Say (order to Muhammad): It (Qur'an) was brought down by a Holiness Spirit* with truth so
as to make firm those who believed and a guidance and a good news for the Muslims (who submit to Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 102, Surat AlNahl.
* "--- The Owner of The Throne sends down The Spirit (Angel Gabriel) from
His (Allah's) Command (soldiers = angels) upon whom He pleases from His servants to warn of The Day of the Meeting (Judgment)."
Translation of Line 15 Chapter Ghafir in the Quran.
"---.and no one knows the soldiers (angels) of your God except He (Allah) ---". Translation of Line 31 from
Chapter AlMuas(th)ir in the Qur'an.
Words: Qul = Say, Nazzala = Brought down, Rouh = Spirit, AlQudus = Holiness, BilHaq
= With truth, Yus(th)abit = Makes firm, Huda = Guidance, Bushra = Good news.
Q: Why will the people of Hell call out to "Malik" - the Angel in charge of Hell?
A: For the sinners in Hell are everlasting; It (punishment) will not be mitigated (be less painful) for them and
they are in it dumbfounded; And We (Allah) did not inflict injustice upon them but they were the unjust; And they called
out: O Malik! Let your God finish us off! He (Malik) said: You are to stay! For We (Allah) brought you The
Truth but most of you for The Truth have hatred.
Translation of: Ayat 102, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Yufttar = Be mitigated - Become lightened, Mublis = Dumbfounded, Ma = Not, Dhalama = Inflicted
injustice, Naada = Called out, Yaqdi = Finish off - Kill, Makisth = Is to stay, Ji'na BilHaq = We brought
the Truth, Karihoun = Have hatred.
Q: Do the same angels stay with each human being?
A: It is the same among you who conceals his talk or who says it aloud and who is covering up (matters) at
night and who is doing it visibly in day light; For him (appointed) are groups (of angles) in succession
(following
each other), from his front and from his back they oversee* him - (they are) from the Command (soldiers) of Allah** -
Indeed
Allah does not change*** what (condition) is with a people until they change what is in their hearts and if Allah wills
a people's harm then there is no turning back to it and for them other than Him (Allah) there is no protector.
Translation of: Ayat 10 - 11, Surat AlRa'd.
* Such angels' main job
** Remember that the ArchAngel Gabriel is from the Command (personnel under authority) of Allah.
*** From good to bad and vice versa.
Words: Sawa' = It is the same, Assara = Conceals, Qawl = Talk, Jahara = Says it aloud,
Mustakhfi = Covering up, BilLayl = At night, Saarib = Doing it visibly, BilNahar = In day light,
Lahou = For him, Muaqqabat = Groups in succession, Bayna Yadayhi = From his front, Min Khalfihi =
From his back, Yahfadh = Oversees - Guards, Min Amr = From the Command (soldiers), Yugayer = Changes,
Anfus = Hearts - Selves, Sou' = harm, Marad = Turning back, Min doun = Other than, Wali =
Protector.
Q: What do some of the disbelievers call the angels?
A: And they said: The Most-Merciful (Allah) took (for himself) children - Glory to Him, but (they are) honoured servants
(of Allah); They do not speak before He speaks and by His command they act; He knows what is before them
and what is behind them and they do not intercede except for whom He (Allah) is pleased with and from His
awe they are pitiful; And whoever says from them he is a god other than Him so that one We (Allah) will repay him
with Hell for that is how We repay the transgressors.
Translation of: Ayat 26 - 29, Surat AlAnbiya'.
Words: Walada = Children - Offspring, Ibad = Servants, Mukram = Honoured, Yasbiq = Speaks
before, Yashfe' = Intercedes - Mediates, Ertadha = Is pleased with, Khashyah = Awe - Fear, Mushfiq = Pitiful - Fearful, Ilah
= God, Kathalika = That is how, Nujzi = Repay, Dhalim = Transgressor.
Q: Where is the Throne of Allah in relation to the angels?
A: And to Allah prostrates* whatever moving creature is
in the Heavens and the earth and the angels and they do not become arrogant;
They fear their God from above them and they do what they are commanded.
Translation of: Ayat 49 - 50, Surat AlNahl.
* willingly or unwillingly through their submission to Fate.
Words: Yasjud = Prostrates - Submits in worship, Dabbah = Moving creature - Living
creature, Yastkbir = Becomes arrogant, Yakhaf = Fears, Fawq = Above, Yu'mar = Is commanded.
Q: What should people know if they plot against Allah?
A: And when We (Allah) let some people taste mercy after a hardship that touched them and all of a
sudden they have plotting against Our Miraculous Signs (Qur'an), say (order to Prophet Muhammad): Allah is
the Fastest in plotting for Our messengers (angels) write down what you are plotting.
Translation of: Ayah 21, Surat Younus.
Note: According to Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, Egypt's ex-Mufti (top scholar of Islam):
The Arabs around the Prophet Muhammad did not have rain for seven years. They asked the Prophet to pray to
Allah for rain and they would believe. When the rain came they betrayed and argued in Allah's Qur'an.
Words: Itha = When, Athaqna = We let taste, Rahmah = Mercy, Dharra' =
Hardship - Harm, Itha = Out of a sudden, Makr = Plotting, Ayat = Miraculous signs, Asre' Makran = The Fastest in plotting, Rusul = Messengers,
Yaktub = Writes down.
Q: Some people pray to idols claiming that they are praying to angels, Do angels approve such worship?
A: And The Day He (Allah) gathers them (disbelievers) together then He says to the angels: Were these worshipping
you? They (angels) will say: Glory to You (Allah)! You are Our Protector not them; Rather they were worshipping
the Jinn (Satan and his offspring): Most of them (idol worshippers) had faith in them (The Jinn).
Translation of: Ayat 40 - 41, Surat Saba'.
Words: Yawm = Day, Yahshur = Gathers, Jamee' = Together, Weli = Protector - Supporter.
Q: Why is the name of the Messiah (Jesus " = Issa" peace be upon him) comes in the following Qur'anic line near the
angels who are honoured by Allah?
A: The Messiah will not disdain to be serving Allah neither do the close angels and whoever
disdains worshipping Him (Allah) and shows arrogance then towards Him He will gather them all.
Translation of: Ayah 172, Surat AlNisa'.
Note: Some disbelievers worship angels in the form of idols. (fNote: See the previous
paragraph).
Words: Yastankif = Disdains, Abddan = Serving, Muqarrab = Close - Honoured,
Yastakbir = Shows arrogance - Becomes arrogant, Yahshur = Gathers, Jameean = All.
Q: When do angels worship Allah?
A:And if they (disbelievers) become arrogant
so those who are with Your God (angels) glorify Him by night and by day (all time) and they do not become bored.
Translation of: Ayah 38, Surat Fusilat.
Note: In a summary of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad: There is not a span of the hand clear in the Heaven without an angel
standing, bowing down, or prostrating to Allah.
Words: Estkbarou = Became arrogant, Inda = With, Yusabbehoun = Glorify,
Yas'amoun = Become bored.
Q: Will the angels be judged by Allah on the Day of Judgment?
A: And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne: Glorifying with the praise of their God (SubhanaAllah);
And it was judged among them (angels) with justice; And it was said: Praise to Allah (AlHamduLilah) the God of
the inhabitants of the worlds.
Translation of: Ayah 75, Surat AlZumur.
Note: The angels will be judged separately. They will be surrounding the Throne (The best place).
Words: Tara = You see, Malaikah = Angels, Ha'feen = Surrounding, Hawl = Around, Arsh = Throne,
Yusabih = Glorifies, Hamd = Praise, Qudhiya = Judgment was made, Haq = Justice, AlHamdu Lilah =
Praise to Allah - Thanks to Allah, Rub = God.
Q: Who obediently worship Allah?
A:Those who
are near to your God (angels) do not arrogantly abstain from worshipping Him and they glorify Him and to Him they prostrate.
Translation of: Ayah 206, Surat AlA'raf.
Words: Yastakbir = Arrogantly abstains from - Becomes arrogant, Yasjud = Prostrates - Puts
the forehead on the ground in worship.
Q: Some religions worship angels as "female goddesses". How do they defend such worship?
A: And they (worshippers of angels) said: If it had been the will of the Most Merciful (Allah) we would not have
worshipped them (angels) - (Allah says) they have about that no (true) knowledge* for they are only fabricating lies;
Or did We give them (disbelievers) a Scripture before it (Qu'ran) so they are adhering to it?; Yet they said: "For we
found our fathers on a way of worship to be followed and following in their footsteps we are guided".
Translation of: Ayat 20 - 21 , Surat AlZukhruf.
* Man has free will to choose his religion. Allah knows each one of us since the past, present and future is an open
book to Allah so He does not guide towards Him those who partner with Him. "And who can be more in error than the one who follows his desire without
Guidance from Allah for Allah does not guide the people who transgress (against Allah)." Translation of Line 50
from Chapter AlQasas in the Qur'an.
Note: Are there females among angels?. Line 19 that precedes the lines
20-21 translated here.
Words: Law Sha' = If it had been the will, Yakhrus = Fabricates lies, Mustamsik =
Adhering - Holding tight.
