"I Was A Hidden Treasure,
And I Love To Be Known, So I
Created The Entire Universe,
So I Might Be Known."
Hadith Qudsi
The Quran
Ash-Shuraa
The Consultation
Verse 5
The heavens are almost broken
apart from above as the angels
proclaim the praises of their
Lord and ask forgiveness for
those on earth. Allah is indeed
the Most Forgiving,
the Most Merciful.
The Quran
Surah Ar-Ra'd
The Thunder
Verse 12-14
It is He who shows you
the lightning, inspiring
fear and hope; He builds up
the clouds heavy with rain;
the thunder sounds His praises,
as do the angels in awe of Him;
He sends thunderbolts to strike
whoever He will. Yet still they
dispute about God- He has
mighty plans. The only
true prayer is to Him.
Angels were created
from light, jinn were
created from a smokeless
flame of fire, and 'Adam was
created from that which you
have been told (i.e., sounding
clay like the clay of pottery).
Reference
Riyad as-Salihin 1846
In-book reference
Book 18, Hadith 39
When Allah decrees
an affair in the heavens,
the Angels strike their wings
in submission to His statement,
as if it [His voice] were a chain
being dragged upon smooth rocks
and it penetrates them
causing them
to be terrified.
Sahih al-Bukhari
4701
The Quran
Surah As-Sajdah
The Prostration
Verse 5
He arranges every matter
from the heavens to the earth,
then it all ascends to Him
on a Day whose length
is a thousand years
by your counting.
The Quran
Surah As-Saffat
Those Who Set Ranks
164. [The angels say],
"There is not among us any except
that he has a known position.
165. And indeed, we are those
who line up [for prayer].
166. And indeed, we are those
who exalt Allah.”
The Quran
Surah Ghafir
The Forgiver
7. Those [angels] who
carry the Throne and those
who surround it celebrate
the praise of their Lord and
have faith in Him. They
beg forgiveness for the
believers: ‘Our Lord, You
embrace all things in
mercy and knowledge, so
forgive those who turn to
You and follow Your path.
Save them from
the pains of Hell
8. and admit them, Lord, to
the lasting Gardens You
have promised to them,
together with their
righteous ancestors,
spouses, and offspring:
You alone are the
Almighty, the All Wise.
9. Protect them from all
evil deeds: those You
protect on that Day from
[the punishment for] evil
deeds will receive Your
mercy- that is the
supreme triumph.’
The Quran
Surah Fussilat
Explained In Detail
30. As for those who say, ‘Our Lord is God,’
and take the straight path towards Him, the
angels come down to them and say, ‘Have no
fear or grief, but rejoice in the good news of
Paradise, which you have been promised.
31. We are your allies in this world and in the
world to come, where you will have
everything you desire and ask for
32. as a welcoming gift from the Most
Forgiving, Most Merciful One.’
The Quran
Surah Al-Ahzab
The Allies
41. Believers,
remember God
often
42. and glorify Him
morning and
evening:
43. it is He who
blesses you, as do
His angels, in order
to lead you out of
the depths of
darkness into the
light. He is ever
merciful towards
the believers-
44. when they meet Him
they will be greeted with
‘Peace’- and He has
prepared a
generous reward
for them.
The Quran
Surah Al-Hijr
The Stone City
Verse 29-30
“When I have
completed shaping him
and have breathed
into him of My Spirit,
then fall you down
before him in prostration.”
So, the angels - all of them -
fell down in prostration.
The Quran
Surah Al-Kahf
The Cave
Verse 50
(Recall) when We said to the angels,
“Prostrate yourselves before Adam.”
So, they prostrated themselves,
all of them but Iblis (Satan).
He was of the Jinn, so he rebelled
against the command of your Lord.
Do you still take him and his progeny
as protectors instead of Me,
while they are enemies to you?
What a bad bargain for the evildoers!
The Quran
Surah Qaf
Letter 'Qaf'
Verse 16
Indeed,
We created
humankind
and know what
their souls whisper
to them, and We
are closer to them
than their jugular vein.
The Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah
The Cow
Verse 30
And (remember), as your Lord said to the Angels,
"Surely I am making in the earth a successor."
The Angels said, "Will You make therein,
one who will corrupt in it
and shed blood (literally bloods)
while we are the ones who are empty,
hallow for you, admiring You
with praise, and call You Holy?"
He said, "Surely I know whatever
you do not know."
The Quran
Surah Fatir
Originator
Verse 1
All praise
is due to Allah,
Creator of the heavens
and the earth, who made
the angels to be messengers
having wings, two or three or
four [in pars]. He increases
in creation what He wills.
Indeed, Allah is capable of
absolutely everything.
No one goes out from
his house except there
are two banners in hand:
one in the hand of an angel
and one in the hand of Satan.
Verily, if he goes out for a reason
Allah loves, the angel will follow
him with his banner and he will
continue to be under the banner
of the angel until he returns home.
If he goes out for a reason displeasing
to Allah, Satan will follow him with
his banner and he will continue to
be under the banner of Satan
until he returns home.
Musnad Aḥmad
8286
The Quran
Surah At-Tahrim
The Prohibition
Verse 6
O you who
have believed,
protect yourselves
and your families
from a Fire whose fuel
is people and stones,
over which are angels,
harsh and severe;
they do not disobey
Allah in what He
commands them
but do what they
are commanded.
The Quran
Surah Al-Mursalat
Winds Sent Forth
1. By the winds sent forth
one after another.
2. And by the winds
that blow violently,
3. And by the winds that
scatter clouds and rain;
4. And by the Verses that separate
the right from the wrong.
5. And by the angels that bring
the revelations to the Messengers,
6. To cut off all excuses and to warn;
7. Surely, what you are promised
must come to pass.
A group of angels
stay with you by night and
another group of angels by day.
They meet together at the time of
afternoon prayer and dawn prayer,
then those who stayed with you
ascend to the heavens. Allah asks them,
although He knows better than them:
How did you leave My servants?
The angels say: We left them
while they were praying and we came
to them while they were praying.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7486,
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 632
The Quran
Surah As-Sajdah
The Prostration
Verse 11
Your soul will be taken by
the Angel of Death,
who is in charge of you.
Then to your Lord
you will be returned.
When the deceased is buried
in his grave, two black and blue
angels come to him. One of them is
called Munkar and the other is called
Nakir. They will both say: What do you
say about this man? He will say
what he said before: He is the
servant of Allah and His messenger,
I bear witness there is no God but
Allah and Muhammad is His servant
and His messenger. They will both say:
We knew you would say this! Then
his grave is expanded by seventy cubits
on each side, it is illuminated for him, and
it is said to him: Sleep! He will say: May
I return to my family to tell them? They
will both say: Sleep like a bridegroom,
whom none awakens but the most beloved
of his family, until Allah resurrects him
from his place of rest. If he was a hypocrite,
he will say to the angels: I heard people
saying something, so I said the same as them,
for I do not know! They will both say: We knew
you would say that! It will be said to the
earth to constrict him, so it will constrict
him by squeezing his ribs together. He will
continue being punished until
Allah resurrects him
from that place of his.
Sunan al-Tirmidhī
1071
The Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah
The Cow
Verse 97
Whoever is an enemy
to Angel Gabriel
(should know that)
he revealed this (Qur’an)
to your heart by Allah’s leave:
it confirms the Scriptures
revealed before it,
and is a guidance
and good tiding to
the people of faith.
The Quran
Surah Al-Isra
The Night Journey
57. Those [angels] they pray
to are themselves seeking a
way to their Lord, even
those who are closest to Him.
They hope for His mercy and
fear His punishment.
The punishment of your
Lord is much to be feared:
58. there is no community
We shall not destroy, or punish
severely, before the Day of
Resurrection - this is written
in the Book Of Decrees.
The Quran
Surah Qaf
Letter 'Qaf'
Verse 17-18
Moreover,
there are two scribes,
assigned on each person
sitting on the right
and on the left,
recording everything.
They utter not a word,
except there is a vigilant
watcher at hand.
The Quran
Surah An-Nazi’at
Angel Who Pulls Out
Verse 1-7
By those angels
stripping out
evil souls harshly,
and those pulling out
good souls gently,
and those gliding
through heavens
swiftly,
and those taking
the lead vigorously,
and those conducting
affairs obediently!
Consider the Day when
the quaking Blast
will come to pass,
followed by a
second Blast.
No people gather to
remember Allah Almighty
but that the angels surround
them, cover them with mercy,
send tranquility upon them, and
mention them to Allah among
those near to Him.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
2700
No people sit together to
remember Allah Almighty
and stand to leave until a
heavenly caller says to them:
Stand and your sins are forgiven
by Allah! Your bad deeds have
been replaced with good deeds!
al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr
6039
Allah's Messenger, Peace Upon Him:
"Verily, I see what you do not see
and I hear what you do not hear.
The heavens quake, and rightly so.
There is no place a span of four
fingers but that an angel is
placing his forehead in prostration
to Allah. By Allah, if you knew
what I know, you would laugh
little and weep often. You would not
feel any pleasure in the beds
of women, and you would go
out to the highest hills
to loudly beg to Allah.”
Sunan al-Tirmidhī
2312
When a man retires to his
bed, an angel and a devil rush
to him. The angel says: End your
day with good! The devil says:
End your day with evil! If he
remembers Allah and then falls
sleep, the angel will spend the
night to take care of him.
al-Sunan al-Kubrā lil-Nasā’ī
10624
The Quran
Surah Ar-Ra’d
The Thunder
Verse 11
For each person
there are successive
[angels] in front
and behind them
who protect them by
the decree of Allah.
Indeed, Allah will
not change
the condition of a people
until they change what is
within themselves.
And when Allah
intends for a people ill,
there is no repelling it.
And there is not for them
besides Allah, any helper.
The Quran
Surah Az-Zukhruf
Ornaments Of Gold
78. We certainly brought
the truth to you,
but most of you
were resentful
of the truth.
79. Or have they
mastered
some evil plan?
Then We too are
surely planning.
80. Or do they think
that We do not hear
their evil thoughts
and secret talks?
Yes We do! And
Our messenger-angels
are in their presence,
recording it all!
The Quran
Surah An-Nur
The Light
Verse 35
Allah is the Light
of the heavens and the earth.
The example of His light is that of
a niche, in which there is a lamp; the
lamp is in a glass - the glass looks like a
brilliant star - it is lit by (the oil of) a
blessed tree, the olive, which is neither
eastern, nor western. Its oil is about to
emit light even though the fire has not
touched it - (it is) light upon light. Allah
guides to His light whomsoever He wills;
Allah describes examples for the people,
and Allah knows everything well.
The Quran
Surah Al-Haqqah
The Reality
13. Then when the Trumpet
will be blown with one blowing,
14. And the earth and the mountains
shall be removed from their places,
and crushed with a single crushing,
15. Then on that Day shall
the (Great) Event befall,
16. And the heaven will split asunder,
for that Day it will be frail, and torn up,
17. And the angels will be on its sides,
and eight angels will, that Day,
bear the Throne of your
Lord above them.
18. That Day shall you be brought
to Judgement, not a secret
of you will be hidden.
The Quran
Surah Ghafir
The Forgiver
55. What God has promised
is sure to come. Ask forgiveness
for your sins; praise your Lord
morning and evening.
56. As for those who,
with no authority to do so,
dispute God’s messages, there is
nothing in their hearts but a thirst
for a greatness they will never attain.
Seek refuge in God, for He is
the All Hearing, the All Seeing.
57. The creation of the heavens
and earth is greater by far than
the creation of mankind,
though most people
do not know it.
The Quran
Surah At-Tawbah
The Repentance
Verse 3
Know that
you cannot
escape God
if you turn away.
