The size of the Angels is outstandingly very huge.
An Angel’s length is more than 45 thousand times the diameter of the Earth and more than 400 times the diameter of the Sun!
It is funny to see the picture of an Angel in the western media; they portray the Angel as if a little beautiful boy with two little wings.
Such picture is very far from the truth.
Allah says concerning the appointed Angels of Hell
“O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are Angels stern and severe, who flinch not (from executing) the commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.” [The verse 66:6, see the appendix but remember that it is addressed to the believers!]
The greatest of all the Angels is Jibreel (Gabriel) peace is upon him who was described in many report and we will discuss them later on.
Among the greatest Angels are those who carry the Throne (of Allah), who were described in the following Hadith:
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘
“I have been given permission to speak about one of the Angels of Allah who carry the Throne. The distance between his ear-lobes and his shoulders is equivalent to a seven-hundred-year journey.’”
In another Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad said:
“I have been granted permission to speak about one of the Angels of Allah, one of the bearers of the Throne. The distance from his earlobes to his shoulders is the distance of a seven – hundred year journey.”
In a third Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad said:
“I have been granted permission to speak to an angel, one of the bearers of the Throne. The distance from his earlobe to his shoulder is like that of a bird flying for seven hundred years. That angel says, ‘Glory be to You, wherever You are.”
Considering that the distance of a bird flying during his migratory journey is about 150 kilometers per day, then the distance from the earlobe to the shoulder of the above Angel is 38,325,000 km i.e. more than 38 million kilometers.
In this case the length of such angel is about 574,875,000 km i.e. more than 500 million kilometers (more than half a billion km).
This means that the above Angel is 45,067 times the diameter of the Earth!
This also indicates that this Angel is 412 times the diameter of the Sun!
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Appendix:
The verse 66:6 in four different translations:
QARIB:
Believers, guard yourselves and your families against the fire the fuel of which is people and stones, over which there are harsh, and stern Angels who never disobey Allah in that which he orders and do what they are ordered.
SHAKIR:
O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men and stones; over it are Angels stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah in what he commands them, and do as they are commanded
PICKTHAL:
O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a fire whereof the fuel is men and stones, over which are set Angels strong, severe, who resist not Allah in that which he commandeth them, but do that which they are commanded.
YUSUFALI:
O ye who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) Angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.
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