Belief on Angels, Prophets, Books, Akhirat

1. Belief on Angels, Prophets,
Books & Akhirat
Arshad Khan

2. Belief in Angels
• Angles are created from light, as Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)
reported: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) said: ‘The angels are created from light, just as the jinn are created from
smokeless fire and mankind is created from clay.”
• We doesn’t know much about their physique
• They come to earth in human form on Allah’s orders

3. Angels Characteristics
• They are naturally obedient creatures, "They do not disobey Allah's commands that
they receive; they do precisely what they are commanded" [66:6]
• All angels praise and glorify God and they never become tired of doing this. “They
celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.” [21:20]
• Angels are genderless.
• They do not require sleep, food, or drink; they are invisible to us.
• Angels are numerous. No one except Allah knows their exact number.
• Mala'ika , which means "to assist and help."

4. Angels mentioned in the Quran
• Jibreel (Gabriel): in charge of communicating Allah's words to His prophets.
• Israfeel (Raphael): in charge of blowing the trumpet to mark the Day of Judgment.
• Mikail (Michael): in charge of rainfall and sustenance.
• Munkar and Nakeer: after death, these angels will question souls in the grave about their
faith and deeds.
• Malak Am-Maut (Angel of Death): in charge of taking possession of souls after death.
• Malik: guardian of hell.
• Ridwan: guardian of heaven.

5. Belief in Books
• “Torah” is an Arabic word, which means “The law”. It was revealed to Hazrat Musa
(A.S),
• “Zaboor” is an Arabic word, which is derived from “Zimr” that means psalms (the
holy poems or songs). It was revealed to Hazrat David (Dawood) (A.S)
• The word “Injil” is derived from Greek language, and is translated in English as
“Gospel”. And it was revealed on Hazrat Isa (A.S).
• The word “Quran” is derived from the Arabic word “Quraa” which stands for “to
read or recite” or “something which is continuously recited”.

6. Books Characteristics
• Muslims believe in all the revealed books and sahifas but follow only Quran
• All the revealed books are not present in their original form. Their followers
have made many changes in them.
• Revealed language is now extinct
• All the revelations that came before Quran were meant for particular group
of people till a particular period of time till the next revelation came. But
Quran is the last and final revelation; it is for whole of humanity till the Day
of Judgment.

7. Belief in Prophets
• The Arabic word for prophet is Nabi; Its plural is Anbiya’
• The Arabic word for Messenger is Rasool; Its plural is ‘Rusul’.
• Prophets were all human beings.
• They taught their people by example.

8. Allah Sent Prophets to All Nations
• Allah says in the Qur’an:
•‫ُول‬‫س‬َّ‫ر‬ ٍ‫ة‬َّ‫م‬ُ‫أ‬ ِ‫ل‬ُ‫ك‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫و‬(‫یونس‬:47)
• And for every nation there is a Messenger.
•ً‫یر‬ِ‫ذ‬َ‫ن‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ً‫ير‬ِ‫ش‬َ‫ب‬ ِ‫ق‬َ‫ح‬ْ‫ال‬ِ‫ب‬ َ‫اك‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫س‬ْ‫ر‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬‫ا‬َ‫ه‬‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬ َ‫خَل‬ َّ‫َّل‬ِ‫إ‬ ٍ‫ة‬َّ‫م‬ُ‫أ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬
‫یر‬ِ‫ذ‬َ‫ن‬(‫فاطر‬:24)
• Verily We have sent you in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner. And
there never was a people, without a warner having lived among them (in the past).
[35:24]

9. We Must Believe in All Prophets
• A Hadith reported by Imam Ahmad ibn Hibban on the authority of Abu Tharr
puts the total number of messengers at 315 and prophets at 124000.
• Only 25 prophets have been mentioned by name in the Qur’an.
•ُ‫ص‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ن‬ ْ‫م‬َّ‫ل‬ ً‫َل‬ُ‫س‬ُ‫ر‬َ‫و‬ ُ‫ل‬ْ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫ْك‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬‫ا‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ص‬َ‫ص‬َ‫ق‬ ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬ ً‫َل‬ُ‫س‬ُ‫ر‬َ‫و‬َ‫ْك‬‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ْ‫ص‬(4:164)
• And We told you about some messengers, while We did not tell you about others.
• Muslims must believe in and respect all the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an.
• They should believe that Allah sent many prophets and messengers whose names
are not known and respect them too.

10. Their characteristic
• Their Message was same
• They were given Miracles
• Morally and intellectually superior in their community
• Selfless and well wishers of the people
• They lead an exemplary practical life
• Prophet Muhammed was the last prophets and he only should be followed

11. Prophets mentioned in Quran
Adam Idrees Nuh Hud Salih Ibraheem Isma’eel
Ishaq Lut Ya’qoob Yousuf Shu’ayb Ayyoob Musa
Haroon Thul-kifl Dawood Suleyman Ilyas Al-Yasa’ Younus
Zakariyya Yahya ‘Isa Muhammad

12. Belief in Akhirah
• On Doomsday (Qiyamah) all creature will be vanished
• On Re-Aliving will be present before Allah (Hashr)
• Results will be declared (Nama e Aamal)
• Weightier pan will be successful and lighter will be the losers
• Winner will go to Jannah and losers to Jahannum.
• No relations, power, money and status will be helpful

13. Why Akhirath?
• World is a place for test and not reward
• Cruel people often goes un punished
• Good people often are unrewarded
• Intentions will be checked
• Punishment / rewards as per actual deeds are not proportionate in world
• Most compelling belief for being Virtuous

14. Different concepts of Akhirath
AkhirathRebirth
Life ends
here only