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The Basic Tenets of Islam: Faith in the angels

Contents
  1. Preface
  2. There is no god but allah
  3. Allah encompasses everything
  4. Allah is near to man
  5. Allah created everything according to a fixed decree
  6. Allah has power over everything
  7. Allah sees and knows everything
  8. All beings are subjected to allah
  9. False beliefs about allah
  10. Faith in allah free of idolatry
  11. Assessing allah with a just assessment
  12. Allah's infinite greatness and power
  13. Love of allah and fear of allah
  14. The qur'an is a guide
  15. Belief in the books revealed by allah and belief in his messengers
  16. Faith in the angels
  17. The temporary nature of the life of this world
  18. It's a magnificent blessing to love allah with passion
  19. Man is being tested
  20. Death is not the end
  21. Belief in the hereafter
  22. Faith in the day of judgment
  23. The resurrection
  24. The day of judgment
  25. Paradise and hell
  26. Everything is positive in paradise, and everything is negative in hell
  27. The aim is to attain the good pleasure of allah
  28. Sin and repentance
  29. Scrupulousness regarding religious observances
  30. The morality of religion is in conformity with the natural inclination of mankind
  31. Believers must be together and cooperate
  32. The last word

Angels, as we learn from the Qur'an, are the servants of Allah, who carry out His commands. Allah has assigned them different duties. Gabriel, for instance, delivers the Divine revelation to prophets. There are the angels on each side of a man, writing down whatever he does; angels welcoming people to paradise, and those angels who are the guardians of the hell; the angels that take back the souls of men, the angels who assist the believers, the angels who communicate to the messengers who among their rebellious people will receive Allah's punishment, the angels who give the good news of a newborn to the messengers. Angels are obedient beings, who are never arrogant, but who continually glorify Allah:

Everything in the heavens and every creature on the earth prostrates to Allah, as do the angels. They are not puffed up with pride.

Surat an-Nahl: 49

Throughout history, angels have delivered Allah's commands to mankind. Angels appeared to many prophets, and, in some cases, to sincere believers, such as Mary, and communicated to them the commands and the Divine wisdom of Allah. Allah informs us about faith in angels in the Qur'an, making it a prerequisite of faith in the Qur'an for Islam. In a verse of the Qur'an, it is stated that faith in angels is an attribute of a believer:

The Messenger has faith in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each one has faith in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers. We do not differentiate between any of His Messengers. They say, 'We hear and we obey. Forgive us, our Lord! You are our journey's end.'

Surat al-Baqara: 285