ANGELS
(1) Angels feeling of awe &
fear
when listening to Ordains from Allah
(32) CHAPTER. The Statement of Allah "Intercession with Him profits not, except for him whom He permits. So much so that when fear is banished from their (angels') hearts, they (angels) say, 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say, 'The truth. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.'" (34:23)
Allah does not say, "What is it that your Lord created?" (Note 1)
Allah also said: "...Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission." (2:255) And Masruq said that Ibn Mas'ud said, "When Allah speaks the revelation, the inhabitants of the heavens hear something (and become scared) and when that fear is banished from their hearts and the Voice (of Allah) quietened, they come to know that, that was true and just, whereupon they call (each other saying), 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say, ‘The Truth.' (34:23)
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Unais: I heard the
Prophet (s) saying, "Allah will gather the people and call them with a Voice which will be heard by
those who will be far away and those who will be near, by saying, 'I am the King; I am the Daiyan.'
(The Daiyan means
the One Who judges people for their
deeds after calling them to account.)
Translator’s Note: Some sects such as Mu'tazila and others, believe that the Qur'an is created, but Bukhari and the Muslims of the first three centuries of Islam believe that the Qur'an is a Quality of Allah (like seeing, hearing, knowing) and not created. So Bukhari refuted the dogma of Mu’tazila and others.
Bukhari Volume 9, Book 97, Number 7481:
Narrated Aba Hurairah:
The Prophet (s) said, "When Allah ordains something on the heaven the angels beat with their wings in obedience to His Statement which sounds like that of a chain dragged over a rock. His Statement: "...So much so that when fear is banished from their (angels') hearts, they (angels) say, 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They reply, '(He has said) the Truth. And He is the Most
High,
the Most Great.' (34:23)
Bukhari Volume 6, Book 65,
Number 4701: [4800]
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (s)said, "When Allah has ordained some
affair in the Heaven, the angels beat with their wings in obedience to His
statement, which sounds like a chain dragged over a rock." ('Ali and other
sub-narrators said, "The sound reaches them.") "Until when fear
is banished from their (angels) hearts, they (angels) say, 'what was it that
your Lord said? They say, 'The truth; And He is the Most High, the Most Great.'
(34.23) Then those who gain a hearing by stealing (i.e. devils) will hear
Allah's Statement: 'Those who gain a hearing by stealing, (stand one over the
other like this).
(Sufyan, to illustrate this, spread the fingers of his right
hand and placed them one over the other horizontally.) A flame may overtake and
burn the eavesdropper before conveying the news to the one below him; or it may
not overtake him till he has conveyed it to the one below him, who in his turn,
conveys it to the one below him, and so on till they convey the news to the
earth. (Or probably Sufyan said, "Till the news reaches the earth.")
Then the news is inspired to a sorcerer who would add a hundred lies to it. His
prophecy will prove true (as far as the heavenly news is concerned). The people
will say. 'Didn't he tell us that on such-and-such a day, such-and-such a thing
will happen? We have found that is true because of the true news heard from
heaven."
(2) Angels with each human being
meet at Asar & Fajar as shift change
Bukhari Volume 9, Book 97,
Number 7429: [7486
Volume 9]
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle (s) said, "(A group of) angels stay with you at night and (another group of) angels by daytime and both groups gather at the time of the 'Asar and Fajar prayers. Then those angels, who have stayed with you overnight, ascend (to Heaven) and Allah asks them (about you) and He knows everything about you. "In what state did you leave My slaves?' The angels reply, 'When we left them, they were praying, and when we reached them they were praying.' (See Hadis 555, Volume 1)
