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The Day when Heaven is split apart in clouds, and ask forgiveness for those who are on the earth.
the angels are sent down rank upon rank. (25:25) Allah is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Say: ‘The Angel of Death, who has been given (42:5)
charge of you, will take you back and then you will They have designated the angels as female, those
be sent back to your Lord.’ (32:11) who are in the presence of the All-Merciful! Were
It is He Who calls down blessing on you, as do His they present to witness their creation? Their testi-
angels, to bring you out of the darkness into the mony will be recorded and they will be asked
light. He is Most Merciful to the believers. (33:43) about it! (43:19)
Allah and His angels call down blessings on the (Pharaoh said,) ‘Why have gold bracelets not been
Prophet. You who believe! Call down blessings on put upon his arms and why is there not a train of
him and ask for complete peace and safety for him. angels accompanying him?’ (43:53)
(33:56) If We wished We could appoint angels in ex-
On the Day We gather them all together and then change for you to succeed you on the earth.
say to the angels, ‘Was it you whom these people (43:60)
were worshipping?’ (34:40) How will it be when the angels take them in
Praise be to Allah, the Bringer into Being of the death, beating their faces and their backs?
heavens and earth, He Who made the angels mes- (47:27)
sengers, with wings–two, three or four. He adds to And how many angels there are in the heavens
creation in any way He wills. Allah has power over whose intercession is of no benefit at all until
all things. (35:1) Allah has authorised those He wills and is
They cannot eavesdrop on the Highest Assembly pleased with them! (53:26)
(of angels) and they are stoned from every side. Those who do not believe in the hereafter give
(37:8) the angels female names. (53:27)
Or did We create the angels female, with them as If the two of you would only turn to Allah, for
witnesses? (37:150) your hearts clearly deviated... But if you support
(Say:) ‘I knew nothing of the Highest Assembly (of one another against him, Allah is his Protector
angels) when they debated.’ (38:69) and so are Gabriel and every right-acting man of
Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I am going to create a the believers and, furthermore, the angels too
human being out of clay.’ (38:71) will come to his support. (66:4)
So the angels prostrated, all of them together. The angels will be gathered round its edge. On
(38:73) that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord
You will see the angels circling round the Throne, above their heads. (69:17)
glorifying their Lord with praise. It will be decided The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day
between them with truth. And it will be said: whose length is fifty thousand years. (70:4)
‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’ We have only appointed angels as masters of the
(39:75) Fire and We have only specified their number as
When the Messengers came to them from in front a trial for those who disbelieve; so that those who
and from behind, saying, ‘Do not worship anyone were given the Book might gain in certainty, and
but Allah,’ they said, ‘If our Lord had willed, He those who believe might increase in their faith,
could have sent angels down, so we reject the and both those who were given the Book and the
Message you have been sent with.’ (41:14) believers might have no doubt; and so that those
The angels descend on those who say, ‘Our Lord is with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers
Allah,’and then go straight: ‘Do not fear and do not might say, ‘What did Allah intend by this exam-
grieve but rejoice in the Garden you have been ple?’ In this way Allah misguides those He wills
promised.’ (41:30) and guides those He wills. No one knows the le-
The heavens are all but rent asunder from above gions of your Lord but Him. This is nothing but a
when the angels glorify their Lord with praise and reminder to all human beings. (74:31)
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