Angels (Arabic: ملائكة , Malaekah) in Islam are light-based creatures, created from light by God to serve and worship Him.
Believing in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam, without which there is no faith. The six articles are belief in: God, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and that predestination, both good and evil, comes from God.
Qu'ran, Chapter 17. Al-Isra verse 95. [Isra, The Night Journey, Children of I...
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Angels (Arabic: ملائكة , Malaekah) in Islam are light-based creatures, created from light by God to serve and worship Him.
Believing in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam, without which there is no faith. The six articles are belief in: God, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and that predestination, both good and evil, comes from God.
Qu'ran, Chapter 17. Al-Isra verse 95. [Isra, The Night Journey, Children of Israel]
There is no standard hierarchical organization in Islam that parallels the division into different "choirs" or spheres, as hypothesised and drafted by early medieval Christian theologians. Most Islamic scholars agree that this is an unimportant topic in Islam, especially since such a topic has never been directly mentioned or addressed in the Qur'an. However, it is clear that there is a set order or hierarchy that exists between Angels, defined by the assigned jobs and various tasks to which angels are commanded by God. The Angel...
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