Depending on who is the eyewitness; the Angels could be seen either extremely beautiful or very horrifying ugly beings. And, this is one of Allah’s miracles.
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The Angels are extremely beautiful it is common to see the picture of an Angel in the western media; wherein the Angel is portrayed as a small beautiful boy with two little wings.
It is also a common knowledge throughout man’s history that the Angels are strikingly nice-looking.
The idea that Angels are beautiful is firmly established in all people’s minds, so much so that they liken a beautiful human to an Angel, as the women said about the Prophet Yusuf (Joseph), the son of Jacob: “. . . When they [the women] saw him, they did extol him and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said: ‘Allah preserve us! No mortal is this! This is none other than a noble Angel!’” (The verse 12:31)
Upon describing the great Angel Gabriel (Jibreel), the Quran says that he is “Dhoo Mirrah”. It is an Arabic word that means free from any defect and he has a very beautiful appearance (the verse 53:5-6)
The Angels also came to the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and the Prophet Lut (Lot) in the form of young men with beautiful faces. (The verses 51:24-28 and the verses 11:77-81 respectively)
Also, Allah sent the Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) to Saint Mary (Maryam) in the form of a good looking man (the verse 19:17)
In addition, The Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) used to come to the Prophet Muhammad in the form of a good looking man
In short, the Angels are generally extremely beautiful beings with wings as described in the Quran (The verse 35:1).
It is said that looking at the beautiful Angels is a great Bliss.
We knew that the Spectator of the beautiful Angels were:
- The Prophet Abraham
- The Prophet Lot
- The Prophet Muhammad
- Saint Mary
All of them were strictly submissive to Allah
All of them deserve the great Bliss of watching the beautiful Angels.
Now, the question is: do the unbelievers deserve the great bliss of seeing the beautiful Angels?
The verse 68:35 answers this question, it says:
- Shall your Lord (O Muhammad) make the reward of those who submit to Allah as the reward of the unbelievers?
- Are your Lord then to treat those who submit as the sinners?
It follows that the unbelievers, unlike the believers, will not be able to see the beautiful Angels.
But, they will see them for sure face to face at the moment of their death (Read the Articles 22-24)
The thing is that the Angels are able to change their form, shape, color, voice etc. to whatever they want.
Allah gave them this unique ability to change their form, shape, color, voice etc.
It is forbidden for the unbelievers to see them as beautiful beings.
For this reason, the Angels will appear to the unbelievers as Very horrifying ugly beings with very terrifying loud voices.
And this is one of the many Allah’s miracles
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The verse 68:35 in different translations:
QARIB:
What, shall we make those who are submissive like the wrongdoers?
SHAKIR:
What! Shall we then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
PICKTHAL:
Shall we then treat those who have surrendered as we treat the guilty?
YUSUFALI:
Shall we then treat the people of faith like the people of sin?
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