One of the Islamic major characteristic is their lack of bodily desires; they never get tired, do not eat or drink, and have no anger. As with other monotheistic religions, angels are characterized by their purity and obedience to God.
Most Muslims believe that angels or malaikah were created before humans with the purpose of following the orders of Allah and communicating with humans. Angels are immortal , are made of light and have wings. They are pure and cannot sin. They obey and serve Allah at all times.
Israfil (Arabic: إِسْـرَافِـيْـل, ʾIsrāfīl; or Israfel) is the angel who blows the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam.
Many Shi'a Muslims believe that angels do have a limited amount of free will, but no desire to sin. This makes the Angels worship and praise of Allah, as well as their obedience, more meaningful.
The Quran does mention that angels have wings (Quran 35:1), but Muslims don't speculate on what exactly they look like. Muslims find it blasphemous, for example, to engage in making images of angels. It is believed that angels can take the form of human beings when required to communicate with the human world.
Some Muslims believe that having a pet cat brings angels into your home. Cats on prayer mat. In Islam cats are thought to be ritually clean. According to authentic narrations, one may make ablution for prayer with the same water that a cat has drunk from.
The Angels were created from light, as is reported in a Hadith that Allah created the angels from light and He created the devils from fire and He created the humans from dirt. No one knows how many in number the angels are, their manner of being or their natures except for Allah.
Jannah is accessible vertically through its gates (Q. 7:40), by ladders (ma'arij) (Q. 70:3), or sky-ropes (asbab). However, only select beings such as angels and prophets can enter.
Islamic depictions of angels resemble winged Christian angels, although Islamic angels are typically shown with multicolored wings. Angels, such as the archangel Gabriel, are typically depicted as masculine, which is consistent with God's rejection of feminine depictions of angels in several verses of Quran.
As some Muslims believe there are no further prophets to come, angels may not be relevant today. The other articles of faith are more important in the modern world e.g. prophets , holy books etc.
Muslims also believe that angels are with them at all times. They have two angels, which sit on either shoulder and are known as Al-Kiram and Al-Katibun. One of the angels records the good things the person has done and the other records the bad things the person has done.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is reported to have said that every man has ten guardian angels.
Fig plant is one of the fruits mentioned in the Quran, along with olives, grapes, pomegranate, banana and dates.
It is true that we believe that angels do not have gender. Angels unlike human beings are pure spirit. This is why when people say that a human being has become an angel in heaven that is incorrect. Any human being in heaven is a saint.
Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects. From these Intellects again, emanated lower angels or "moving spheres", from which in turn, emanated other Intellects until it reaches the Intellect, which reigns over the souls.
Angels have personalities that differ from one another, just as humans do. Angels are persons. Each has a unique personality.
Jibrīl, also spelled Jabrāʾīl or Jibreel, in Islam, the archangel who acts as intermediary between God and humans and as bearer of revelation to the prophets, most notably to Muhammad.
In Islam, Michael, or Mīkāʾīl, is the angel said to effectuate God's providence as well as natural phenomena, such as rain. He is one of the four archangels along with Jebreel (Gabriel, whom he is often paired with), ʾIsrāfīl (trumpeter angel) and ʿAzrāʾīl (angel of death).
The named archangels in Islam are Jibra'il, Mika'il, Israfil, and 'Azra'il.
Many Muslims believe that those who give up their lives while defending Islam or because they have refused to deny their faith become martyrs . Such people, it is believed, will go straight to Jannah.
According to the reports of the hadiths, the jinn eat like humans, but instead of fresh food, they prefer rotten flesh and bones. Another hadith advises to close doors and keep children close at night for the jinn go around and snatch things away.
Heaven is described in the Qur'an as a beautiful garden. Jannah is Paradise, where those who have been good go. It is described in the Qur'an as “gardens of pleasure” (Qur'an 31:8). Muslims believe they get to Paradise by living religiously, asking Allah for forgiveness and showing good actions in their life.
The Bible holds that God created angels and then made man in his own image. The Koran states that Allah fashioned angels from light and then made jinn from smokeless fire.
Muslims believe that angels, like all other creatures, were created by God. In Islamic belief, angels communicate messages from Allah to people via the prophets.
Azrael, Arabic ʿIzrāʾīl or ʿAzrāʾīl, in Islam, the angel of death who separates souls from their bodies; he is one of the four archangels (with Jibrīl, Mīkāl, and Isrāfīl) and the Islamic counterpart of the Judeo-Christian angel of death, who is sometimes called Azrael.