Angels exist in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Scripture
It is believed that God created Angels out of light, before He created humans from earth and clay. Angels are naturally obedient creatures, worshipping God and carrying out His commands. As such, they have no free choice and cannot disobey God.Belief in Angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam. The table below lists a few popular Angels in the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
| Abaddon
Apollyon |
| Angel of Destruction Abaddon is the Angel of the bottomless pit who appears to be a ruler of evil spirits as described in the book of Revelation. |
| Ariel |
| Angel of Personification of Israel |
| Azrael
Azrael |
| Angel of Death Azrael is responsible for parting the soul from the body. He is not mentioned by name, only referred as Malak Al-Maut, meaning Angel of Death in the Quran Quran 32:11 |
| Barachiel |
| Angel of Lightning Blessings/Guardian Angels |
| Beelzebul |
| Prince of Demons In the Testament of Solomon, Beelzebul appears as prince of the demons and says that he was formerly a leading heavenly angel. Seemingly, Beelzebul here is simply Lucifer. Beelzebul claims to cause destruction through tyrants, to cause demons to be worshipped among men, to excite priests to lust, to cause jealousies in cities and murders and to bring on war. |
| Camael |
| Leader of the Powers/Dominions |
| Cassiel |
| Angel of Solitude/Tears |
| Darda'il |
| The Journeyers Angels who travel in the earth searching out assemblies where people remember God's name |
| Gabriel
Jibreel |
| Angel of Revelation Gabriel is the Angel of Revelation tasked with delivering God's message to the prophets.
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| Hafaza |
| The Guardian Angels Two of whom are charged to every human being; one writes down good deeds and another one writes down evil deeds |
| Hamalat al-'Arsh |
| Carriers of The Throne of God (Arsh) The Angels assigned to carry the Throne of God are comparable to the Christian Seraph Quran 40:7 |
| Haniel |
| Leader of the Principalities |
| Horot and Morot
Harut and Marut |
| Angel of productiveness and profitableness of the Earth and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. Quran 2:102 |
| Jundullah |
| Angels who helped Muhammad in the battles |
| Kiraman Katibin |
| Honourable Recorders two of whom are charged to every human being; one writes down good deeds and another one writes down evil deeds. They are both described as 'Raqeebun 'Ateed' in the Quran. Quran 82:11 |
| Lucifer |
| Angel of Bringer of Light |
| Maalik |
| Guardian of Hell Maalik is the chief of the angels who govern Hell Quran 43:77 |
| Metatron |
| Angel of The Celestial Scribe |
| Michael
Mikhail |
| Angel of The Military Michael means 'who is like God'. He appears to be the one who does battle. Michael battles against Satan and his angels. In Islam, Mikail is often depicted as the archangel of mercy who is responsible for bringing rain and thunder to Earth. He is also responsible for the rewards doled out to good people in this life. Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function verse(), 2 passed in /homepages/4/d650232079/htdocs/html-articles/angels.php on line 223 and at least 3 expected in /homepages/4/d650232079/htdocs/functions.inc.php:362 Stack trace: #0 /homepages/4/d650232079/htdocs/html-articles/angels.php(223): verse('Jude', 9) #1 /homepages/4/d650232079/htdocs/article.php(35): include('/homepages/4/d6...') #2 {main} thrown in /homepages/4/d650232079/htdocs/functions.inc.php on line 362 |