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that your Lord reinforced you with three thousand angels,

sent down?" (Surah Al 'Imran:124)
He sends down angels, as He wills, with the Spirit of His
command to any of His servants: "Give warning that there
is no deity but Me, so have fear of [and respect] Me!"
(Surat an-Nahl:2)
Another verse reveals that angels can descend to Earth

to carry out various duties approved by Allah:
In it, the angels and the Spirit descend by their Lord's au-
thority with every ordinance. (Surat al-Qadr:4)
In addition, angels were sent as messengers to the
Prophet Abraham (pbuh) and the Prophet Lot (pbuh) to in-
form them that their peoples would be punished; that they

came to Zechariah with the glad tidings of a child; and that
they came to Maryam, telling her that Allah had chosen her
and that she would bear a son named Jesus. The revelation
of the Qur'an to our Prophet (may Allah bless him and
grant him peace) by means of the angel Gabriel, as well as
our Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
seeing him, is revealed as follows:
[The Qur'an is] taught him by one immensely strong, possess-
ing power and splendor. He stood there stationary – there on
the highest horizon. Then he drew near and hung suspended.
He was two bow-lengths away or even closer. Then He re-
vealed to His servant what He revealed. His heart did not
lie about what he saw. What! Do you dispute with him about