The Angels, Servants made of light
The unseenServants made of light
The Angelsالملائكة
Created from light, they never disobey Allah and carry out what they are commanded.
Before Adam was made, Allah told the angels He would place a successor on earth. They asked why, then bowed to Adam when commanded. They have wings, two, three or four, and more. They worship without tiring, night and day. Belief in them is one of the pillars of faith.
What does the Quran say?
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
Quran 66:6
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
Some of the most constant worshippers of Allah are beings we will never see.
Source: the Quran · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth