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....Allah has appointed
some places to the angels; their nurishment is spiritual abundance,
and their ultimate goal is to attain the consent of Allah.
....Once our beloved Prophet desired
to meet with the angel called Gabriel more often, and so he asked
him to come. Archangel Gabriel replied him: "We descend not
but by command of thy Lord." (Maryam, 64)
....Only Allah Almighty knows the
qualities, numbers, duties, and prayers of the angels. Let us
summarize some of the angels that are named in the Qur'an.
....The Carriers of the Throne:
These are the angels who carry the Divine Throne,
....The angels surrounding the
Divine Throne on all sides, Mala-i A'la (High Council):
The archangels in supreme and divine places.
....Gabriel -alaihissalam- :Gabriel,
one of the most powerful, most illustrious, and sacred angels,
who is in charge of delivering the Revelation to the prophets.
Moreover, the duties of Gabriel include earthquakes, storms, floods,
torrents, the destruction of some places, the eruption of volcanos,
the events on stars, and the explosions on the Sun. These duties
also include the destruction of people upon whom Allah's wrath
is to be sent.
....Michael -alaihissalam- :
Michael, one of the greatest and sacred angels, runs the rule
of causality on the Earth and in the skies for the sustenance
of creatures foreordained and inscribed on the Guarded Tablet
(al-Lawh al-Mahfuz).
....The duties of Michael and the
angels that help him include the condensation of water vapor within
the clouds
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