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It's difficult to picture the scale of some of these descriptions, e.g. "Ibn Abbas described Jibra’il has having 600 wings with shoulders so vast it would take a bird 500 years to cross."
 

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Basher St. Blaise’s angel, miles beyond designating, rising over Lübeck that Palm Sunday with the poison-green domes underneath its feet, an obsessive crossflow of red tiles rushing up and down a thousand peaked roofs as the bombers banked and dived, the Baltic already lost in a pall of incendiary smoke behind, here was the Angel: ice crystals swept hissing away from the back edges of wings perilously deep, opening as they were moved into new white abyss. . . . For half a minute radio silence broke apart. The traffic being: St. Blaise: Freakshow Two, did you see that, over. Wingman: This is Freakshow Two—affirmative. St. Blaise: Good. No one else on the mission seemed to’ve had radio communication. After the raid, St. Blaise checked over the equipment of those who got back to base and found nothing wrong: all the crystals on frequency, the power supplies rippleless as could be expected—but others remembered how, for the few moments the visitation lasted, even static vanished from the earphones. Some may have heard a high singing, like wind among masts, shrouds, bedspring or dish antennas of winter fleets down in the dockyards . . . but only Basher and his wingman saw it, droning across in front of the fiery leagues of face, the eyes, which went towering for miles, shifting to follow their flight, the irises red as embers fairing through yellow to white, as they jettisoned all their bombs in no particular pattern, the fussy Norden device, sweat drops in the air all around its rolling eyepiece, bewildered at their unannounced need to climb, to give up a strike at earth for a strike at heaven . . . .
Reminds me of the Angel of Mons thing, has that been mentioned?
 

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In Islamic cosmology, God created humans from clay, jinn from smokeless-fire, & angels from light. As God’s unerring servants angels are so numerous the heavens groan under their numbers. All praise God, while some carry out Divine decrees relating to life and humans A thread-
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Jibra’il, Mik’ail, Israfi’l, and Azra'il are chief of the angels. The first two deal most directly with humans while the latter two are responsible for their end either through the Day of Judgement, or their death.









Ali A Olomi
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Jibra’il is the angel of revelation who descends to earth frequently on orders from God.









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Ibn Mas’ud describes Jibrail as robed in green while a narration from Aisha states the angel was adorned with pearls and rubies, its form filling the entirety of the sky and blotting out the Sun.









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Ibn Abbas adds that Jibra’il has 600 wings and there is some allusive mention to the angel’s feet like green gemstones. It would take bird 700 years to fly the length of Jibra'il's shoulders.









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Jibrai’l is responsible for carrying out most of God’s orders, showering the righteous with blessings, and addressing the needs of humans.









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Abu Sai’d relates Jibra’il washes daily in a mighty sea or river in heaven and from every drop God forms new angels known as ruhaniyyun. Each of these angels pray for humans.









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Jibra’il guided Muhammad through his mystical journey through the heavens, Jibra’il fought alongside the Muslims at the Battle of Badr, and most importantly it was Jibr’ail who taught and revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad.
 

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Bayhaqi from ibn Sabit says Jibrai’l manages the wind and Mik’ail the rain.
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Samarqandi describes Mik’ail as saffron and topaz with countless tongues which praise God without end.









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Anas b. Malik says since the creation of Hell Mika'il no longer smiles. Since then, tears fall from the angel’s face (the same is said of Israf’il) and from each tear God creates the Karubiyum. The Karubiyum serve alongside Mik'ail.









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Mikai’l is entrusted with the rains and sustenance of all living things, for each blade of grass there is an allotment. Together with the Karubiyum they ensure that every living thing is maintained according to God's decree.









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Then there are the angels who work in groups.









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There are angels which watch over humans, the Hafazah, who stand before and behind all mortals (Q 13:10-11). These angels maintain the fate of humans, protecting them until their ordained time.









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Then there are the angels which record and monitor all humans, the Hafizan (Q 50:17-18). The Hafizan guide and record the deeds of all.









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The angel al-Sijill is the custodian of the scroll. According to ibn Abi Hatim, when a person dies the scroll of their life is given over to this angel to hold until the Day of Judgement.









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Al Tabarani says Sakina is an angel who comes down in a twinkling of light to hear the Qur’an recited. Angels pack the mosques and gatherings of the faithful, joining them in prayer and praise of God.









Ali A Olomi
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A minor tradition mentions Artay’il who lifts sorrow from the hearts of the believers and fills them with hope.









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Then there are the Dardai’l who travel the world seeking out those who remember God and pray alongside them. The Darda'il praise God, but also pray for the souls of humankind.









Ali A Olomi
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The catalog of angels form a particular genre of literature in classical and medieval Islamic writings. They show the porous confessional boundaries between religious communities, shared beliefs and influences, as well as an attempt to catalogue everything in heaven and on earth.









Ali A Olomi
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Many of these angelic stories are part of flurry of encyclopedic writings which emerge alongside the natural sciences and to the historian are evidence of the attempt to order the world around.








Ali A Olomi
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We’ll continue to cover Islamic history and cosmology in future threads.


















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One question Ali. Were there female angels? What are their names?









Ali A Olomi
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Angels have no gender
 

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those were doing the rounds here a couple of years ago or so. cant remember who posted them.
 

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"Jibra’il, Mik’ail, Israfi’l, and Azra'il are chief of the angels."

So we know Gabriel but who are the other two?
 

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No idea. Angels are all over stuff


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