"is simply a way of referring to God, not a created angel. In the Book of Jubilees, the Angel of the Presence explains to Moses the history of Israel. Jubilees depicts this entity as one of God's special agents and does not provide him with a specific name. In the Testament of Judah, Judah states that he has received blessing from the Angel of the Presence. In the book of Enoch, four angels that stand before the Lord of Spirits are given as: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel. According to some scholars, the Second Book of Enoch identifies Uriel, known"
"Luke, the angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah and the Virgin Mary, foretelling the births of John the Baptist and Jesus, respectively (Luke 1:11–38). In many Christian traditions including Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic, Gabriel is also referred to as a saint. In Islam, Gabriel is an archangel whom God sent with revelation to various prophets, including Muhammad. The first five verses of the 96th chapter of the Quran, the Clot, is believed by Muslims to have been the first verses revealed by Gabriel to Muhammad. In the Latter Day Saint movement, the angel Gabriel is the same individual as"
"the fact so exiguous that few have failed to be convinced that what is in our copy of the Quran is in fact what Muhammad taught, and is expressed in his own words. According to Islamic tradition, the Quran is the literal word of God as recited to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. Muhammad, according to tradition, recited perfectly what the angel Gabriel revealed to him for his companions to write down and memorize. Muslims believe that the wording of the Quranic text available today corresponds exactly to that revealed to Muhammad in the years 610–632. Maurice"
"by God to reveal the Qur'an to the prophet Muhammad and who delivered the Annunciation to Mary. In the two suras in which the Qur'an refers to the angel Gabriel, it does so by name. However, some hadith and parts of the Qur'an may arguably lend support to the alternative view. It appears to be indicated by the Quran in sura ""Maryam"" ayat 16–21, that it was the angel Gabriel who gave to Mary the tidings that she was to have a son as a virgin: She chose to seclude herself (from her people); then we sent to her Our"
"to Muslim belief, God revealed the Quran to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel, and the fifty-third chapter of the text describes the angel without naming him, in a passage that Islamic commentators have unanimously interpreted as referring to Gabriel. The passage in question, , reads: Gabriel is also ""named"" numerous times in the Qur'an ( and for example). In , the Quran mentions Gabriel along with Michael, who is also venerated as an exalted angel in Islam. In Muslim tradition, Gabriel is considered one of the primary archangels. Exegesis narrates that Muhammad saw Gabriel in his full"
"in 610 AD, when he, at the age of forty, received the first revelation from the angel Gabriel, who had given him the responsibility for inscribing these messages from God to give to mankind. The Quran uses the term ""ummi"" to describe Muhammad. The majority of Muslim scholars interpret this word as a reference to an illiterate individual, though some modern scholars instead interpret it as a reference to those who belong to a community without a scripture. According to Bukhari (810–870), Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid described that the first Quranic revelation occurred when the angel Gabriel visited Muhammad"
"from Allah (God) through the angel Gabriel incrementally between 609 and 632 C.E., the year of Muhammad's death. During prayers, the ""Quran"", as the miraculous and inimitable word of Allah, is recited only in Arabic. However, as of 1936, it had been translated into at least 102 languages. A fundamental difficulty in translating the ""Quran"" accurately stems from the fact that an Arabic word, like a Hebrew or Aramaic word, may have a range of meanings, depending on context. This is said to be a linguistic feature, particularly of all Semitic languages, that adds to the usual similar difficulties encountered"
"individual; Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his heavenly name. Gabriel (Arabic: جبريل, ""Jibrīl"" or جبرائيل ""Jibrāʾīl"") is venerated as an archangel and as the Angel of Revelation in Islam. As the Bible portrays Gabriel as a celestial messenger sent to Daniel, Mary, and Zechariah, so too Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel was sent to numerous pre-Islamic prophets with revelation and divine injunctions, including Adam, whom Muslims believe was consoled by Gabriel some time after the Fall. He is known by many names in Islam, such as ""the holy spirit"", ""keeper of holiness"" and ""peacock of paradise"". According"
"of Muhammad. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last and final messenger and prophet of God who began receiving direct verbal revelations in 610 CE. The first revealed verses were the first five verses of sura Al-Alaq that the archangel Gabriel brought from God to Muhammad in the cave Mount Hira. After his marriage with Khadijah and during his career as a merchant, although engaged in commercial activities and family affairs, Muhammad gradually became preoccupied with contemplation and reflection. and began to withdraw periodically to a cave named Mount Hira, three miles north of Mecca. According to Islamic tradition, in"
"occurred in 570, the year that the Islamic prophet Mohammed was born. Ababil (mythology) Ababil () refers to the miraculous birds (identified as swallows) mentioned in Sura 105 of the Quran that protected the Ka'ba in Mecca from the Aksumite elephant army of Abraha, then self-styled governor of Himyar, by dropping small clay stones on them as they approached. The actual phrase from the Quran from which the word is derived from reads as """"ṭayran abābīl(a)"""" (طَيْرًا اَبَابِيلَ) and translates as ""birds in flocks"". But the phrase can also be translated as ""Abābīl birds"" giving rise to the notion of"
"Quran The Quran ( ; , literally meaning ""the recitation""; also romanized Qur'an or Koran) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (""Allah""). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. The Quran is divided into chapters (Arabic: سورة‎ ""sūrah"", plural سور ""suwar""), which are subdivided into verses (Arabic: آية‎ ""āyāh"", plural آيات ""āyāt""). Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final Prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel (""Jibril""), incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609"
"named Hira on Mount Jabal al-Nour, near Mecca for several weeks every year. Islamic tradition holds that during one of his visits to that cave, in the year 610 the angel Gabriel appeared to him and commanded Muhammad to recite verses that would be included in the Quran. Consensus exists that the first Quranic words revealed were the beginning of Surah . Muhammad was deeply distressed upon receiving his first revelations. After returning home, Muhammad was consoled and reassured by Khadijah and her Christian cousin, Waraka ibn Nawfal. He also feared that others would dismiss his claims as being possessed."
"to the faith of Islam. The Arabic word for angel ( """") means ""messenger"", like its counterparts in Hebrew (""malʾákh"") and Greek (""angelos""). Angels do not possess any bodily desire and are not subject to temptations such as eating, drinking or procreation. Angels' duties include communicating revelations from God, glorifying God, recording every person's actions, and taking a person's soul at the time of death. Muslims believe that angels are made of light. They are described as ""messengers with wings—two, or three, or four (pairs): He [God] adds to Creation as He pleases..."" Some scholars have emphasized a metaphorical reinterpretation"
"the night on which the Qur'an was first revealed. According to Islamic tradition, the Angel Gabriel (Jibrail in Arabic) was involved in many military campaigns of Muhammad helping, protecting and guiding him. The first was the Invasion of Dhi Amr. According to the Muslim scholar Sami Strauch, it is reported in Sahih Bukhari that it was raining, and Muhammad took his garments off and hung it on a tree to dry, while the enemy was watching, Ghwarath ibn al-Harith went to attack Muhammad. He threatened Muhammad with his sword and said ""who will protect you from me on this day""."
"day"". The biblical story of Lot ends here. According to the Quran, Lot (or Lut, as he is called in the Quran) was a Prophet. He was also a nephew of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). A group of Angels visited Ibrahim as guests and gave him glad tidings of a son ""endowed with wisdom""; they told him that they had been sent by God to the ""guilty people"" of Sodom, to destroy them with ""a shower of stones of clay (brimstone)"" and deliver Lot and those who believed in him. However, Lot's wife was specifically excluded, with the angels saying ""she"
"revelation and literal word of God and is widely regarded as the finest literary work in the classical Arabic language. Muslims believe that the verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad by God through the archangel Gabriel (""Jibrīl"") on many occasions between 610 CE until his death on June 8, 632. While Muhammad was alive, all of these revelations were written down by his companions (""sahabah""), although the prime method of transmission was orally through memorization. The Quran is divided into 114 chapters (""suras"") which combined, contain 6,236 verses (""āyāt""). The chronologically earlier suras, revealed at Mecca, are primarily"
"mercy from us (God), and it is a matter (already) decreed (by God).' "" It is narrated in hadith that the angel Gabriel accompanied Muhammad during the Mi'raj, an ascension to the heavens in which Muhammad is said to have met other messengers of God and was instructed about the manner of Islamic prayer (sujud). (Bukhari .) It is also held by Muslims that the angel Gabriel descends to Earth on the night of Laylat al-Qadr (""The Night of Power""), a night in the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan (Islamic calendar) which is said to be"
"are carried out by God's command: ""O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a fire [Jahannam] whose fuel is men and stones, over which are [appointed] angels stern and severe, who flinch not [from executing] the commands they receive from God, but do [precisely] what they are commanded"". According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad met the angel Maalik during his heavenly journey. Therefore, Muhammad arrived in heaven and all the angels greeted him with a smile except Maalik. Then Muhammad asked Jibra'il, why he remains taciturn therefore, he reveals Maalik as the guardian of Hell who never smiles."
"Mecca, for contemplation and reflection. Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad during this period began to have dreams replete with spiritual significance which were fulfilled according to their true import; and this was the commencement of his divine revelation. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, during one such occasion while he was in contemplation, the archangel Gabriel appeared before him in the year 610 AD and said, ""Read"", upon which he replied, ""I am unable to read"". Thereupon the angel caught hold of him and embraced him heavily. This happened two more times after which the angel commanded Muhammad to recite the"
"some point Muhammad adopted the practice of meditating alone for several weeks every year in a cave on Mount Hira near Mecca. Islamic tradition holds that in one of his visits to Mount Hira, the angel Gabriel began communicating with him in the year 610 and commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses of Surah Alaq, the 96th Surah of the Quran: Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-"
"a narration from a companion (Sahaba) not from Muhammad, but from Gabriel. It is also one of those unique hadith where the Archangel Gabriel assumed human form and manifested himself before not only Muhammad but also his companions. Narrated by Abu Huraira, one of the Prophet's closest Sahabah: One day while the Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, ""What is faith?"" Allah's Messenger replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection."" Then he further asked, ""What is Islam?"" Allah's"
"The voice from sky The voice from sky () are words spoken by Gabriel claimed as one of the signs of Muhammad al-Mahdi's reappearance in Islamic traditions. The voice from sky by Gabriel is amongst five certain signs for reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi. The voice will be heard by everyone of his/her own language. Sky is introduced as the sound source in many narrations. The voice can be heard from near and far alike and will awaken sleeping people. It is mercy for the believers and for disbelievers is the torment, then Muhammad al-Mahdi will become renowned. Though the voice"
"that not even the angels knew. Hadraniel Hadraniel (or Hadarniel among other variant spellings), whose name means ""majesty [or greatness] of God"", is an angel in Jewish Angelology assigned as gatekeeper at the second gate in heaven. He is supposed to be more than sixty myriads of parasangs (approximately 2.1 million miles) tall and a daunting figure to face. When Moses arrived in heaven to get the Torah from God, it was said that he was speechless with awe at the sight of Hadraniel. Hadraniel didn't think Moses should have the Torah, and made him weep in fear, which caused"
"a voice from heaven saying, “O Muhammad! thou art the apostle of God and I am Gabriel.” ""(Ibn Ishaq, ""Sirat Rasul Allah"", p. 106) Muhammad's first revelation Muhammad's revelation was an event described in Islam as taking place in 610 AD, during which the Islamic prophet, Muhammad was visited by the archangel Jibrīl, who revealed to him the beginnings of what would later become the Quran. The event took place in a cave called Hira, located on the mountain Jabal an-Nour, near Mecca. According to biographies of Muhammad, while on retreat in a mountain cave near Mecca (the cave of"
"the Qur'an, Chapter Al-Hashr, verse 7, write that the Angel Gabriel came to Muhammad and commanded him to give the appropriate rights to the ""“Dhul Qurba”"" (near kin). When asked by Muhammad, who the ""Dhul Qurba"" referred to, Gabriel replied ""Fatima"" and that by ""rights"" was meant ""Fadak"", upon which Muhammad called Fatima and presented Fadak to her. Besides the above Quranic verses, there some authenticated references for this issue. For example, Ali Ibn Burhanu'd-din Halabi Shafi'i writes in his Siratu'l-Halabiyya, p. 39 that at first Fatimah complained to Abu Bakr about the fact that she was given the fadak"
"body was chaste. According to the Quran, the following conversation transpired between the angel Gabriel and Mary when he appeared to her in the form of a man: And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east. And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man. She said, ""Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."" He"
"successors until the rising of the dawn of the day of reappearance of Qa'im [the one who rises, a title for the Islamic Messiah, Mahdi].” Laylat al-Qadr Some commentators believe that the Quran was revealed to Muhammad twice; the 'immediate revelation' happening on the Laylat al-Qadr and 'gradual revelation' across 23 years. The Quran uses the word ""Inzal"" () which justifies 'the immediate revelation', according to Allamah Tabatabai. However some others believe that the revelation of Quran occurred in two phases, with the first phase being the revelation in its entirety on Laylat al-Qadr to the angel Gabriel (Jibril in"
"Haizum In Islamic tradition, Haizum () is the horse of the archangel Gabriel. It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse that has wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second. Haizum was God's gift to Gabriel for pleasing Him. A legend based on sura Ta-Ha, 96 relates that dust from Haizum’s hoofprints was thrown the golden calf’s mouth. It is mentioned in Sahih Muslim that Abd Allah ibn Abbas said: ""While on that day a Muslim from the Ansar was chasing a disbeliever, he heard over him the swashing"
"Mohammed was about to send a letter to the Emperor Heraclius, he was told he needed a seal to be recognized as coming from him. Mohammed had a seal made of silver, with the words ""Mohammed Rasu^l Allah"" or ""Mohammed the Apostle of God."" The three words, on three lines, were on the ring, and Mohammed ordered that no duplicate was to be made. After his death, the ring came down to Uthman, who unluckily, let the ring fall from his hand into the well of Aris. The well was so deep the bottom has never been found, and the"
"humans; for instance, ""Mal’akh"" is the root of the name of the prophet Malachi, whose name means ""my messenger"". In modern Hebrew, ""mal’akh"" is the general word for ""angel""; it is also related to the words for ""angel"" in Arabic (""malak"" ملاك), Aramaic and Ethiopic. The Tanakh reports that angels appeared to each of the Patriarchs, to Moses, Joshua, and numerous other figures. They appear to Hagar in Genesis 16:9, to Lot in Genesis 19:1, and to Abraham in Genesis 22:11, they ascend and descend Jacob's Ladder in Genesis 28:12 and appear to Jacob again in Genesis 31:11–13. God promises"
"Son of God, the Logos, whom thou hast brought forth, as the Angel Gabriel announced to thee; and my Father has sent me for the salvation of the world."" Abdullah Yusuf Ali The Quran Surah 19:29-34 ""But she pointed to the babe. They said: ""How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"" He said: ""I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet; And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He) hath"
"Muslims believe that the reference in Sura 11:69 is Michael, one of the three angels who visited Abraham. According to rabbinic Jewish tradition, Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (cf. 10:13) and particularly with the angel Samael, Israel's accuser. Michael's enmity with Samael dates from the time when the latter was thrown down from heaven. Samael took hold of the wings of Michael, whom he wished to bring down with him in his fall; but Michael was saved by God. Michael said ""May The Lord rebuke you"""
"angels, in front and behind him, while the two recorders are located right and left. Muhammad said: ""There is no one among you but he has with him a constant companion (qareen) from among the jinn and a constant companion from among the angels."" They said, ""You too, O Messenger of Allah?"" He said, ""Me too, but Allah has helped me against him (the devil-companion) and he has become Muslim."""" Kiraman Katibin In Islamic tradition the two kiraman katibin ( ""honourable scribes""), are two angels called Raqib and Atid, believed by Muslims to record a person's actions. Whether a person"