Angels in Islam (27) Gabriel conveyed Allah’s message

The great Angel Gabriel conveyed Allah’s message to His entire Prophets.

The event of the first revelation of the Quran is mentioned in the Bible.

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The duties of the Angels are many.

One of their important duties is to convey the revelation from Allah to His Messengers.

The great Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) is the one responsible for handing over Allah’s message to Allah’s Messengers and Prophets.

Gabriel conveyed Allah’s message to some thousands of Prophets which Allah sent.

Although the Quran mentions 25 Prophets by names, however; Allah sent at least one messenger to every nation from Adam up to Muhammad (the last one).

Gabriel conveyed Allah’s message to the Prophets Noah, Hood, Salih, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Shu’aib, Moses, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Elisha, Jonah, Zachariah, John, Jesus etc.

Allah’s message to His entire Messengers and Prophets is the same that is there is no god but Allah and submit to Him.

Literally, submission to Allah means Islam

The story of the first revelation of the Quran

Essential background:

Muhammad was born and raised in Mecca, he was illiterate.

His family was very big power-wise and authority-wise.

However, he was concerned with the social conflict, injustice, widespread discrimination (principally against women and black people), fighting among tribes and abuse of ancestral authorities dominant in pre-Islamic Arabia. The moral deterioration of his fellow people, and the err religion of worshipping idols.

He never ever worshiped an idol

He used to spend many hours or few days in a cave sitting alone looking for his Creator and feeling sorry about his people who used to worship many different idols.

When He was 40 years and while he was in the cave, Gabriel appeared to him.

Gabriel gave him a piece of paper and commanded him to read what was written in it.

Muhammad said: I cannot read, I am not a reader

Gabriel hugged him powerfully, then left him and commanded him again to read what was written. Muhammad’s reply was the same.

The powerful Gabriel’s hug and his command repeated twice but yielding the same Muhammad’s reply.

Then Gabriel said:

Read! In the name of your Lord and Cherisher, He is the One Who created

He Created man, out of “Alaq”

Read! And your Lord is Most Bountiful,

Who taught man with the use of the pen,-

He taught man that which he knew not.

(The verses 96:1-5)

And this was the first revelation of the Quran.

To whom it may concern

The event of the first revelation of the Quran is mentioned in the Bible (Isaiah 29:12).

Attention: None of the Israelites’ prophets was illiterate!

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Isaiah 29:12

21st Century King James Version

12- And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, “Read this, I pray thee”; and he saith, “I am not learned”.

Common English Bible:

12- And when the scroll is given to one who can’t read, saying, “Read this,” that one will say, “I can’t read.”

American Standard Version

12- And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

Amplified Bible

12- And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read.

Angels in Islam (15) the Arabs worshiped female Angel gods

– The Angels are honored Allah’ servants who have no sex, they do not marry; they are not like us.

– Shall man have whatever he wishes for like worshipping the Angels?

– Shall man have the right to say that the Angels are Allah’s daughters and gives them feminine names although such man dishonors the girls?

– However, the Angels’ intercession in the Afterlife cannot avail in any way except after Allah gives them the permission for it.

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Throughout the history, man was confused about the nature of the Angels.

The scholars and the philosophers have four different belief concerning the nature of Angels and who they are:

1. The first party believes that they are the sons of God
2. The second party believes that they are the daughters of God
3. The third party believes that they are God
4. The fourth party believes that they are partners of God

The Quran denies and disproves all of the above belief.

In the article Angels in Islam (10) the Quran denies the Bible’s claim that the Angels are the sons of God who married the daughters of the People!(Genesis 6:2)

In the article Angels in Islam (11) the Quran says that neither Jesus nor the Angels who are close and favored, to Allah, would never disdain, scorn or reject haughtily, to be a slave of Allah.

In the article Angels in Islam (13) the Quran condemns the pre-Islamic belief of the daughters are to be for Allah, while the sons are to be for Arabs.

In the article Angels in Islam (14) the Quran declares that Satan was the source of the belief that the Angels are the daughters of Allah

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The Arabs before Islam believed that Allah is the Supreme Allah and the gate to Him is his daughters, the Angels. They had to worship His daughters to satisfy him; they gave the Angels feminine names as:

• al-Lat,
• al-Uzza,
• Manat, the third

According to the previous article, such belief and names are but Satanic invented stuffs.

The verses 53:19-31 say:

– Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza, and Manat, the third?

– Do these idols have the power over anything, such that you worship them besides Allah Who has the power over all that has been mentioned?’

– And because of their assertion also that the angels were Allah’s daughters, despite their aversion to daughters (they used to favor sons and dishonor girls) the Quran continues:

Are you to have males, and Allah females?

That, then, would indeed be an unfair division! Unjust division!

– These, the mentioned deities, are nothing but invented names which you and your fathers have named idols that you worship.

Allah has not revealed any warrant, any proof or evidence, for the worship of them.

– They follow nothing but conjecture, in their worship of them, and that which ignoble souls desire, of that which Satan adorned for them, that they may intercede for them before Allah, exalted be He, even though guidance has already come to them from their Lord, by the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad, with definitive proof; yet they do not desist from their ways.

– Or shall man, that is, shall every human being among them, have whatever he wishes for? Such as [their wish] that the idols intercede for them. No! It is not so.

– Yet to Allah belong the Afterlife and the former life, and so nothing comes to pass in them except what He, exalted, wills.

– And how many an angel, there is in the heavens, and how honored they are in Allah’s sight but, whose intercession cannot avail in any way except after Allah gives permission, to them for this intercession, for whomever He wills, of His servants, and, with whom, He is satisfied.

– Truly those who do not believe in the Afterlife give the angels the names of females, for they say: ‘They are Allah’s daughters’

– But they do not have any knowledge thereof, of this claim. They follow, in this respect, nothing but conjecture, which they have conjured up, and indeed conjecture can never substitute for the truth.

– So shun him who turns away from Our Remembrance that is, from the Quran, and desires nothing but the life of this world

Turn your face, O Muhammad from him who turns away from our remembrance, from our divine Oneness and Scripture and desires but that which is in the life of the world ignoring the Afterlife.

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The verses 53:19-31 (YUSUFALI translation):

19-20) have ye seen allat and al’uzza, and another, the third (goddess), manat?

21-22) What! For you the male sex, and for him (Allah), the female? Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!

23) These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- even though there has already come to them guidance from their lord!

24-25) Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after? But it is to Allah that the end and the beginning (of all things) belong

26) How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom he pleases and that he is acceptable to him.

27-28) those who believe not in the hereafter, name the angels with female names. But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against truth.

29-30) therefore shun those who turn away from our message and desire nothing but the life of this world. That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy lord knoweth best those who stray from his path, and he knoweth best those who receive guidance.

31) Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that he rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and he rewards those who do good, with what is best.

Allah’s Oneness (1) the meaning

Nothing is similar to Allah in His Divinity, Lordship, Attributes and Names

 

Allah’s Oneness means

§  Allah’s Consolidation,

§  Allah’s Unification,  

§  Allah’s Integration,

§  Allah’s Cohesion,

§  Allah’s Unanimity,

§  Allah’s Singleness,

§  Allah’s Unity,

This indicates that:

·         Nothing has Similarity to Allah

·         Nothing has Resemblance to Allah

·         Nothing has Likeness to Allah

·         Nothing has Correspondence to Allah

·         Nothing has Propinquity to Allah

·         Nothing has Parity to Allah

·         Nothing has Equality to Allah

Allah’s Oneness should entail:

1)      Allah’s Divinity Oneness

2)      Allah’s LordshipOneness

3)      Allah’s AttributesOneness

4)      Allah’s NamesOneness

1) Allah’s Divinity Oneness means that nothing is similar to Allah in his Divinity, Godhood, Deity, Goddess, Divine being, Holy being, Divine

2) Allah’s LordshipOneness means that nothing is similar to Allah in his Godhead and his Lordship

3) Allah’s AttributesOneness means that nothing is similar to Allah in his Attributes, Qualities, Styles, methods, manners, ways, techniques, Features, characteristics, traits

4) Allah’s NamesOneness means that nothing is similar to Allah in his many beautiful Names

 

Allah presents His Oneness In few words that comprise the chapter 112 of the Quran

Chapter 112 of the Quran in four different translations:

QARIB:

Say: ‘he is Allah, the one, the called upon. who has not given birth, and has not been born, and there is none equal to him. ‘

SHAKIR:

Say: he, Allah, is one. Allah is he on whom all depend. He begets not, nor is he begotten and none is like him

PICKTHAL:

Say: he is Allah, the one! Allah, the eternally besought of all! He begetteth not nor was begotten. And there is none comparable unto him.

YUSUFALI:

Say: he is Allah, the one and only; Allah, the eternal, absolute; he begetteth not, nor is he begotten; and there is none like unto him.

This is Allah (41) How Allah Saved His Prophet Hood?

1- Allah Saved Hood by His Mercy and Get Rid of Aad’s Disbelievers by His Justice

2- Allah Cut the Root of Aad’s Disbelievers Who Denied His Revelations

3- Aad’s people Said unto Hood: If you Are Truthful, Bring upon us what you Warned of Chastisement

4- The Names of Aad’s gods were Man-Made

5- Aad’s people said unto Hood: Should we Worship Allah Alone and Forsake our many gods? 

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Many people do not know Allah. This series of articles is an attempt to help people to know and acknowledge their Creator.

The verses 7:70-72 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Aad’s people said unto Hood: should we worship Allah alone and forsake the many gods that our fathers worshipped?  ,

2) The names of Aad’s gods were man-made,

3) Aad’s people said unto Hood: If you are of the truthful, bring upon us what you warned us of chastisement,

4) Allah saved Hood and the believers by His mercy and get rid of Aad’s disbelievers by His Justice and

5) Allah cut the root of Aad’s disbelievers who denied His revelations

 

In the previous article, the Prophet Hood, Allah’s messenger, said unto his folk, the ancient Aad who were the Vicegerents after the People of Noah:

Allah increased your stature in extension, in strength and in height. Remember then all the bounties of Allah, His graces, so that you might believe in Him, prosper, triumph and that haply you may escape Allah’s wrath and torment.  In the present article, we will see what happened.

 

The meaning of verse 7:70

Aad’s people (especially the leaders)  said unto Hood:

Have you come to us that we should worship Allah alone, and forsake and abandon what our fathers worshipped? And abandon the many gods that our fathers worshipped? 

If you are of the truthful in what you say, Then bring upon us what you promised us of chastisement.

 

The meaning of verse 7:71

Hood said:

Already, terror, chastisement, and wrath from your Lord have fallen (and must be sent down) on you, have been decreed upon you.

Do you dispute with me concerning just names which you and your fathers, have named idols that you worship.

Allah has not revealed any warrant, any definitive argument or any scripture or proof about your gods, idols and or names.

You are waiting for the punishment, then await the chastisement.

Truly I shall be waiting with you, for that, on account of your denial of me:

N.B.: a blighting wind was unleashed against them and get rid of all the disbelievers [see verse 51:4].

But what happened to Hood and the believers?

 

The meaning of verse 7:72

Allah saved and delivered Hood and those with him, from among the believers by His mercy and,

Allah cut the root of those who denied His revelations; Allah exterminated those who denied His Scripture and His Messenger Hood.

Those who were destroyed were all disbelievers.

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Verses 7:70-72 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

 

QARIB:

70) They said: ‘have you come to us in order that we worship Allah alone and renounce that which our fathers worshipped? bring down that with which you threaten us if you are from the truthful!

71) He answered: ‘the punishment and wrath of your lord has already fallen upon you. Would you dispute with me about names which you and your fathers have invented, and for which no authority has been sent down from Allah? wait if you will, i am waiting with you. ‘

72) We saved him and all who were with him through our mercy and annihilated those who belied our verses. They were not believers!

 

SHAKIR:

70) They said: have you come to us that we may serve Allah alone and give up what our fathers used to serve? then bring to us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones

71) He said: indeed uncleanness and wrath from your lord have lighted upon you; what! Do you dispute with me about names which you and your fathers have given? Allah has not sent any authority for them; wait then, i too with you will be of those who wait

72) So we delivered him and those with him by mercy from us, and we cut off the last of those who rejected our communications and were not believers

 

PICKTHAL:

70) They said: hast come unto us that we should serve Allah alone, and forsake what our fathers worshipped? then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us if thou art of the truthful!

71) He said: terror and wrath from your lord have already fallen on you. Would ye wrangle with me over names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which no warrant from Allah hath been revealed? Then await (the consequence), lo! i (also) am of those awaiting (it).

72) And we saved him and those with him by a mercy from us, and we cut the root of those who denied our revelations and were not believers.

 

YUSUFALI:

70) They said: “comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!”

71) He said: “punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised – ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah? then wait: i am amongst you, also waiting.”

72) We saved him and those who adhered to him. by our mercy, and we cut off the roots of those who rejected our signs and did not believe.