Black Muslims : Malaikat or Angels

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The Characteristics of Angels

Angels are created from light. The Arabic word for
angel is malak. According to its root form, malak
means Messenger,Deputy,Envoy,Superintendent,・and Powerful one.・The root meaning
also implies descent from a high place. Angels are
beings who build relations between the macrocosmic
world and the material one, convey the commands of
God, direct the acts and lives of beings (with God
permission), and represent their worship in their own
realms.

Angels move very rapidly and permeate all realms of
existence

Having refined or subtle bodies of light, angels move
very rapidly and permeate or penetrate all realms of
existence. They place themselves in our eyelids or in
the bodies of other beings to observe the works of God
through our or their eyes. They also descend into the
hearts of Prophets and saintly people to bring them
inspiration. Such inspirations are usually from God,
but sometimes they may be from angels.

Some angels represent species of earthly creatures and
control and protect them

Some animals, like honeybees, act according to Divine
inspiration, although science asserts that all animals
are directed by impulses. But science cannot explain
what an impulse is and how it occurs. Scientists are
trying to discover how migrating birds find their way,
how young eels hatched in the waters of Europe find
their way to their nature waters in the Pacific. Even
if we attribute this to information coded in their
DNA, this information is assuredly from God, Who knows
everything, controls the universe, and assigns angels
to direct the lives of such creatures. If science says
we must accept without question the existence of such
invisible forces as the law of growth in living
creatures, then it is even more scientific to
attribute such forces to angels, God痴 special
servants.

Everything that exists, either as an individual or as
a species, has a collective identity and performs a
unique, universal function. Each flower displays a
superlative design and symmetry and recites, in the
tongue of its being, the Names of the Creator
manifested on it; the entire Earth performs a
universal duty of glorification as though it were a
single flower; the vast ocean・of the heavens praises
and glorifies the Majestic Maker of the universe
through its suns, moons, and stars. Even inert
material bodies, although outwardly inanimate and
unconscious, perform a vital function in praising God.
Angels represent these immaterial bodies in the world
of the inner dimensions of things, and express their
praise. In return, these immaterial bodies are the
angels・representatives, dwellings, and mosques in
this world.

There are various classes of angels. One class is
engaged in constant worship; another worships by
working. These working angels have functions that
resemble human occupations, like shepherds or farmers.
In other words, the face of the Earth is like a
general farm, and an appointed angel oversees all of
its animal species by the command of the All-Majestic
Creator, by His permission and power and strength, and
for His sake. Each species of animal is overseen by a
lesser angel appointed to act as its shepherd.

The face of the Earth is also an arable field where
all plants are sown. Another angel is appointed to
oversee all of them in the Name of Almighty God and by
His power. Lower ranking angels worship and glorify
Almighty God by supervising particular plant species.
Archangel Michael, upon him be peace, one of the
bearers of God Throne of Sustenance, oversees the
angels of the highest rank.

Angels who function as shepherds or farmers bear no
resemblance to human shepherds or farmers, for their
supervision is purely for God sake, in His Name, and
by His power and command. They observe the
manifestations of God Lordship in the species they
are assigned to supervise, study the manifestations of
Divine Power and Mercy in it, communicate Divine
commands to it through some sort of inspiration, and
somehow arrange its voluntary actions.

Their supervision of plants, in particular, consists
of representing in the angelic tongue the plants・glorification in the tongue of their being. In other
words, they proclaim in the angelic tongue the praises
and exaltations that all plants offer to the Majestic
Creator through their lives. These angels also
regulate and employ the plants・faculties correctly
and direct them toward certain ends. Angels perform
such services through their partial willpower and a
kind of worship and adoration. They do not originate
or create their acts, for everything bears a stamp
particular to the Creator of all things, meaning that
only God creates. In short, whatever angels do is
worship, and it is therefore not like the ordinary
acts of human beings.

Since there is one angel to represent every kind of
creature and present its service and worship to the
Divine Court, the Prophet, upon him be peace and
blessings, description of the angels is entirely
reasonable and true. According to him, there are
angels with 40,000 heads, each with 40,000 mouths, and
40,000 praises sung by 40,000 tongues in each mouth.
This Prophetic tradition means that angels serve
universal purposes, and that some natural creatures
worship God with 40,000 heads in 40,000 ways. The
firmament, for example, praises the Majestic Creator
through its suns and stars; the Earth, although a
single body, worships with many thousands of heads,・each with many thousands of mouths,・and each with
many thousands of tongues.・Thus this tradition is
considered to refer to the angel who represents the
Earth in the world of the inner dimensions of things,
or in the world of immaterial bodies.

Angels carry out whatever God commands them

The Majestic Maker of this huge palace of creation
employs four kinds or classes of laborers: angels and
other spirit beings; inanimate things and vegetable
creations, which are quite important servants of God
working without wages; animals, which serve
unconsciously in return for a small wage of food and
pleasure; and humanity, which works in awareness of
the Majestic Creator purposes. Men and women learn
from everything, and supervise lower-ranking servants
below in return for wages in the form of rewards here
and in the Hereafter.

The first class consists of angels. These beings are
never promoted for what they do, for each has a fixed,
determined rank and receives a particular pleasure
from the work itself, as well as a radiance from
worship. That is, their reward is found in their
service. Just as we are nourished by and derive
pleasure from air and water, light and food, angels
are nourished by and receive pleasure from the lights
of remembrance and glorification, worship and
knowledge, and love of God. Since they are created of
light, light sustains them. Even fragrant scents,
which are close to light, are a sort of enjoyable
nourishment for them. Indeed, pure spirits take
pleasure in sweet scents.

From their jobs performed at the command of the One
Whom they worship, their actions for His sake, their
service rendered in His Name, their supervision
through His view, their honor gained through
connection with Him, their refreshment・found in
studying His Kingdom material and immaterial
dimensions, and their satisfaction in observing His
Grace and Majesty manifestations, angels receive
such elevated bliss that we cannot even begin to
comprehend it. In addition, only they can perceive
this bliss.

Angels have no sexes and they have no evil-commanding souls.

Angels do not sin or disobey, for they do not have an evil-commanding soul that must be resisted. They have fixed stations, and so are neither promoted nor abased. They are also free of such negative qualities as envy, rancor, and enmity, and from all lusts and animal appetites found in human beings and jinn. They have no gender, do not eat or drink, and do not feel
hunger, thirst, or tiredness. Although they receive no wages for their worship, they derive special pleasure from carrying out God commands, delight in being near to Him, and receive some sort of spiritual pleasure from their worship. Praise, worship, recitation of God Names, and glorification of Him are their nourishment, as are light and sweet fragrances.

On the other hand, we struggle with our
evil-commanding soul and Satan. While angels invite us
to true guidance, inspire us with belief and good
conduct and virtue, and call us to resist the
temptations of Satan and our evil-commanding self,
Satan and our evil-commanding self try to seduce us. A person's life is the history of his or her continuous struggle between angelic inspiration and satanic temptation. This is why we can be elevated to the highest rank or abased to the lowest rank. Also, this is why the elect of humanity, the Prophets and great saints, are higher in rank than the greatest angels,
and why ordinary believers are higher than common
angels. Also, although angels have more knowledge of God and His Names and Attributes than we do, we are more comprehensive mirrors of God's Names and Attributes by virtue of our developed human senses, or ability to reflect, and our complex nature.

Angels have different kinds

There are different kinds of angels. Besides those
deputed to represent and supervise various species on
the Earth and present their worship to God, there are
four Archangels and the angels who carry God Throne.
(We do not know what God's Throne is like and how It is carried.) There are other groups of angels known as
Mala・i Ala (the Highest Council), Nadiyy-i Ala (the
Highest Assembly), and Rafiq-i Ala (the Highest
Company), as well as angels appointed to Paradise and
Hell. Angels who record a person's deeds are called
Kiramun Katibun (the Noble Recorders), and, as stated
in a hadith, 360 angels are responsible for each
believer's life. They guard their charges, especially
during infancy and old age, pray for them, and ask God
to forgive them. Other angels help believers during
times of war, attend assemblies that praise and
glorify God, as well as study meetings held for God sake and to benefit people.

Angels, particularly angels of mercy, do not enter
houses containing statues or places where dogs are
fed, and refrain from close contact with ritually
impure people and menstruating women. They also avoid those with bad breath, derived from eating onions or garlic or from smoking, and do not visit those who sever relations with their parents and relatives.

God Almighty is powerful over everything. Even though
He can guard everyone by Himself, He may appoint
angels to guard His servants. To earn such a
guardianship and the company of angels, one has to
willingly do what is good and establish a close
relation with God Almighty. One must have strong
belief in God and all other pillars of faith, never
abandon regular worship and prayer, lead a disciplined life, and refrain from forbidden things or sinful acts.

Angels helped the believers during the battles of Badr and Uhud, and also during the conquest of Makka. They always help believers who sincerely struggle in the way of God, regardless of time and place.

Belief in angels has many benefits. For example, it provides us with some sort of peace and removes our loneliness. The inspiration breathed by angels exhilarates us, enlightens us intellectually, and opens new horizons of knowledge and thought. Awareness
of the continuous company of angels also helps us
abstain from sin and improper behavior.

The Quran's description of angels

We may use some Quranic verses, such as the following, to observe angels:

By the loosed ones successively, storming
tempestuously; by the scatterers scattering, and the
severally severing and those hurling a reminder,
excusing or warning. (77:1-6)

By those that pluck out violently; and those that draw
out gently; by those that float serenely, and those
that outstrip suddenly; by those that direct an
affair. (79:1-5)

... in (the Night of Power) the angels and the spirit
descend, by the leave of their Lord, upon every
command. (97:4)

... a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, and over
which are harsh, terrible angels who disobey not God
in what He commands them and do what they are
commanded. (66:6)

Glory be to Him! Nay, but they are honored servants
that outstrip Him not in speech, and perform as He
commands. (21:26-7)

Surah 35 - Fatir THE ORIGINATOR OF CREATION
035.001 Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for God has power over all things.

035.002 What God out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can withhold: what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
 

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