Quran Verses about Angels

مَن كَانَ عَدُوّٗا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبۡرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوّٞ لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٩٨

Man kāna ʿaduwwal lillāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa rusulihī wa jibrīla wa mīkāla fa innallāha ʿaduwwul lil-kāfirīn.

Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers.

ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٢٨٥

Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi mir rabbihī wal-muʾminūn, kullun āmana billāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa kutubihī wa rusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim mir rusulih, wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.

The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ ءَامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِن قَبۡلُۚ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ فَقَدۡ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلَۢا بَعِيدًا ١٣٦

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū āminū billāhi wa rasūlihī wal-kitābil-ladhī nazzala ʿalā rasūlihī wal-kitābil-ladhī anzala min qabl, wa may yakfur billāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa kutubihī wa rusulihī wal-yawmil-ākhiri faqad ḍalla ḍalālam baʿīdā.

O you who have believed, believe¹ in Allāh and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allāh, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.

لَّن يَسۡتَنكِفَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبۡدٗا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَۚ وَمَن يَسۡتَنكِفۡ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَكۡبِرۡ فَسَيَحۡشُرُهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ جَمِيعٗا ١٧٢

Lay yastankifal-masīḥu ay yakūna ʿabdal lillāhi wa lal-malāʾikatul-muqarrabūn, wa may yastankif ʿan ʿibādatihī wa yastakbir fasayaḥshuruhum ilayhi jamīʿā.

Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant of Allāh, nor would the angels near [to Him]. And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant - He will gather them to Himself all together.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ وَلَهُۥ يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢٠٦

Innal-ladhīna ʿinda rabbika lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihī wa yusabbiḥūnahū wa lahū yasjudūn.

Indeed, those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, and they exalt Him, and to Him they prostrate.

وَلِلَّهِۤ يَسۡجُدُۤ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن دَآبَّةٖ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٤٩

Walillāhi yasjudu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi min dābbatiw wal-malāʾikatu wa hum lā yastakbirūn.

And to Allāh prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَيَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُؤۡمَرُونَ۩ ٥٠

Yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wa yafʿalūna mā yuʾmarūn.

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩

Wa lahū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa man ʿindahū lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihī wa lā yastaḥsirūn.

To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠

Yusabbiḥūnal-layla wan-nahāra lā yafturūn.

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦

Wa qāluttakhadhar-raḥmānu waladā, subḥānah, bal ʿibādum mukramūn.

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they¹ are [but] honored servants.

لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧

Lā yasbiqūnahū bil-qawli wa hum biʾamrihī yaʿmalūn.

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٢٨

Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yashfaʿūna illā limanirtaḍā wa hum min khashyatihī mushfiqūn.

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,¹ and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُوْلِيٓ أَجۡنِحَةٖ مَّثۡنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَۚ يَزِيدُ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ١

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi fāṭiris-samāwāti wal-arḍi jāʿilil-malāʾikati rusulan ulī ajniḥatim mathnā wa thulātha wa rubāʿ, yazīdu fil-khalqi mā yashāʾ, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ نَارٗا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ عَلَيۡهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٞ شِدَادٞ لَّا يَعۡصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمۡ وَيَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū qū anfusakum wa ahlīkum nāraw waqūduhan-nāsu wal-ḥijāratu ʿalayhā malāʾikatun ghilāẓun shidādul lā yaʿṣūnallāha mā amarahum wa yafʿalūna mā yuʾmarūn.

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٞ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِيفَةٗۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَتَجۡعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفۡسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسۡفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحۡنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۖ قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٠

Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī jāʿilun fil-arḍi khalīfah, qālū atajʿalu fīhā may yufsidu fīhā wa yasfikud-dimāʾa wa naḥnu nusabbiḥu biḥamdika wa nuqaddisu lak, qāla innī aʿlamu mā lā taʿlamūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority."¹ They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?"² He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِي بِأَسۡمَآءِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣١

Wa ʿallama ādamal-asmāʾa kullahā thumma ʿaraḍahum ʿalal-malāʾikati faqāla anbiʾūnī biʾasmāʾi hāʾulāʾi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلۡمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمۡتَنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٣٢

Qālū subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā, innaka antal-ʿalīmul-ḥakīm.

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing,¹ the Wise."²

قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئۡهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ غَيۡبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَأَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡتُمُونَ ٣٣

Qāla yāʾādamu anbiʾhum biʾasmāʾihim, falammā anbaʾahum biʾasmāʾihim qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu ghaybas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa aʿlamu mā tubdūna wa mā kuntum taktumūn.

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٣٤

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa abā wastakbara wa kāna minal-kāfirīn.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

قُلۡ مَن كَانَ عَدُوّٗا لِّـجِبۡرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَهُدٗى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٩٧

Qul man kāna ʿaduwwal lijibrīla fa innahū nazzalahū ʿalā qalbika biʾidhnillāhi muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayhi wa hudaw wa bushrā lil-muʾminīn.

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down upon your heart, [O Muḥammad], by permission of Allāh, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."

يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ بِٱلرُّوحِ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱتَّقُونِ ٢

Yunazzilul-malāʾikata bir-rūḥi min amrihī ʿalā may yashāʾu min ʿibādihī an andhirū annahū lā ilāha illā ana fattaqūn.

He sends down the angels, with the inspiration [i.e., revelation] of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."

ٱللَّهُ يَصۡطَفِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلٗا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٧٥

Allāhu yaṣṭafī minal-malāʾikati rusulaw wa minan-nās, innallāha samīʿum baṣīr.

Allāh chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Nazala bihir-rūḥul-amīn.

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ١٩٤

ʿAlā qalbika litakūna minal-mundhirīn.

Upon your heart, [O Muḥammad] - that you may be of the warners

وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَاهِرُ فَوۡقَ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَيُرۡسِلُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ تَوَفَّتۡهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ ٦١

Wa huwal-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādih, wa yursilu ʿalaykum ḥafaẓatan ḥattā idhā jāʾa aḥadakumul-mawtu tawaffathu rusulunā wa hum lā yufarriṭūn.

And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ٥٠

Wa law tarā idh yatawaffal-ladhīna kafarul-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa adbārahum wa dhūqū ʿadhābal-ḥarīq.

And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved...¹ They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٞ مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ يَحۡفَظُونَهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوۡمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوۡمٖ سُوٓءٗا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ ١١

Lahū muʿaqqibātum mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī yaḥfaẓūnahū min amrillāh, innallāha lā yughayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā biʾanfusihim, wa idhā arādallāhu biqawmin sūʾan falā maradda lah, wa mā lahum min dūnihī miw wāl.

For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]¹ before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.² Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,³ there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨

Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ẓālimī anfusihim, fa alqawus-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sūʾ, balā, innallāha ʿalīmum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves,¹ and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٢

Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumudkhulul-jannata bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

۞ قُلۡ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ ٱلَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١

Qul yatawaffākum malakul-mawtil-ladhī wukkila bikum thumma ilā rabbikum turjaʿūn.

Say, "The angel of death who has been entrusted with you will take you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ١٧

Idh yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyāni ʿanil-yamīni wa ʿanish-shimāli qaʿīd.

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,¹ seated on the right and on the left.

مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ ١٨

Mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīd.

He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠

Wa inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīn.

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,¹

كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١

Kirāman kātibīn.

Noble and recording;

يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢

Yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūn.

They know whatever you do.

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤

In kullu nafsil lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ.

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

إِذۡ تَقُولُ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ أَلَن يَكۡفِيَكُمۡ أَن يُمِدَّكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِثَلَٰثَةِ ءَالَٰفٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُنزَلِينَ ١٢٤

Idh taqūlu lil-muʾminīna alay yakfiyakum ay yumiddakum rabbukum bithalāthati ālāfim minal-malāʾikati munzalīn.

[Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down?

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِن تَصۡبِرُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ وَيَأۡتُوكُم مِّن فَوۡرِهِمۡ هَٰذَا يُمۡدِدۡكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِخَمۡسَةِ ءَالَٰفٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ ١٢٥

Balā, in taṣbirū watattaqū wa yaʾtūkum min fawrihim hādhā yumdidkum rabbukum bikhamsati ālāfim minal-malāʾikati musawwimīn.

Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allāh and they [i.e., the enemy] come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels having marks [of distinction]."

إِذۡ تَسۡتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَجَابَ لَكُمۡ أَنِّي مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلۡفٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُرۡدِفِينَ ٩

Idh tastaghīthūna rabbakum fastajāba lakum annī mumiddukum biʾalfim minal-malāʾikati murdifīn.

[Remember] when you were asking help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."

إِذۡ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمۡ فَثَبِّتُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۚ سَأُلۡقِي فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلرُّعۡبَ فَٱضۡرِبُواْ فَوۡقَ ٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ وَٱضۡرِبُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ كُلَّ بَنَانٖ ١٢

Idh yūḥī rabbuka ilal-malāʾikati annī maʿakum fathabbitul-ladhīna āmanū, saʾulqī fī qulūbil-ladhīna kafarur-ruʿba faḍribū fawqal-aʿnāqi waḍribū minhum kulla banān.

[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."¹

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۚ وَكَانَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ رَحِيمٗا ٤٣

Huwal-ladhī yuṣallī ʿalaykum wa malāʾikatuhū liyukhrijakum minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūr, wa kāna bil-muʾminīna raḥīmā.

It is He who confers blessing upon you,¹ and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا ٥٦

Innallāha wa malāʾikatahū yuṣallūna ʿalan-nabiyy, yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīmā.

Indeed, Allāh confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allāh to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allāh to grant him] peace.

ٱلَّذِينَ يَحۡمِلُونَ ٱلۡعَرۡشَ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۖ رَبَّنَا وَسِعۡتَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ رَّحۡمَةٗ وَعِلۡمٗا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٧

Al-ladhīna yaḥmilūnal-ʿarsha wa man ḥawlahū yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wa yuʾminūna bihī wa yastaghfirūna lil-ladhīna āmanū, rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shayʾir raḥmataw wa ʿilman faghfir lil-ladhīna tābū wattabaʿū sabīlaka waqihim ʿadhābal-jaḥīm.

Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.

رَبَّنَا وَأَدۡخِلۡهُمۡ جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنٍ ٱلَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمۡ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٨

Rabbanā wa adkhilhum jannāti ʿadninil-latī waʿadttahum wa man ṣalaḥa min ābāʾihim wa azwājihim wa dhurriyyātihim, innaka antal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فَقَدۡ رَحِمۡتَهُۥۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٩

Waqihimus-sayyiʾāt, wa man taqis-sayyiʾāti yawmaʾidhin faqad raḥimtah, wa dhālika huwal-fawzul-ʿaẓīm.

And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment."

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُواْ وَلَا تَحۡزَنُواْ وَأَبۡشِرُواْ بِٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ٣٠

Innal-ladhīna qālū rabbunallāhu thummastaqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimul-malāʾikatu allā takhāfū wa lā taḥzanū wa abshirū bil-jannatil-latī kuntum tūʿadūn.

Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh" and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِن فَوۡقِهِنَّۚ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٥

Takādus-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinn, wal-malāʾikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wa yastaghfirūna liman fil-arḍ, alā innallāha huwal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

The heavens almost break from above them,¹ and the angels exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is Allāh who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ٢٥

Wa yawma tashaqqaqus-samāʾu bil-ghamāmi wa nuzzilal-malāʾikatu tanzīlā.

And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,¹ and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

وَتَرَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ حَآفِّينَ مِنۡ حَوۡلِ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡۚ وَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ وَقِيلَ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٥

Wa taral-malāʾikata ḥāffīna min ḥawlil-ʿarshi yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim, wa quḍiya baynahum bil-ḥaqq, wa qīlal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne, exalting [Allāh] with praise of their Lord. And it will be judged between them in truth, and it will be said, "[All] praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ٧٧

Wa nādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuk, qāla innakum mākithūn.

And they will call, "O Mālik,¹ let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ ١٧

Wal-malaku ʿalā arjāʾihā, wa yaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaʾidhin thamāniyah.

And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ ٣٠

ʿAlayhā tisʿata ʿashar.

Over it are nineteen [angels].

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ ٣١

Wa mā jaʿalnā aṣḥāban-nāri illā malāʾikah, wa mā jaʿalnā ʿiddatahum illā fitnatal lil-ladhīna kafarū liyastayqinal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba wa yazdādal-ladhīna āmanū īmānaw wa lā yartābal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba wal-muʾminūna waliyaqūlal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-kāfirūna mādhā arādallāhu bihādhā mathalā, kadhālika yuḍillullāhu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, wa mā yaʿlamu junūda rabbika illā huw, wa mā hiya illā dhikrā lil-bashar.

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

Wa jāʾa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffā.

And your Lord has come¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَلَا يَأۡمُرَكُمۡ أَن تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ أَرۡبَابًاۚ أَيَأۡمُرُكُم بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ٨٠

Wa lā yaʾmurakum an tattakhidhul-malāʾikata wan-nabiyyīna arbābā, ayaʾmurukum bil-kufri baʿda idh antum muslimūn.

Nor could he order you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?

أَفَأَصۡفَىٰكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٤٠

Afaʾaṣfākum rabbukum bil-banīna wattakhadha minal-malāʾikati ināthā, innakum lataqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīmā.

Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ ١٥٠

Am khalaqnal-malāʾikata ināthaw wa hum shāhidūn.

Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

وَجَعَلُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًاۚ أَشَهِدُواْ خَلۡقَهُمۡۚ سَتُكۡتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمۡ وَيُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٩

Wa jaʿalul-malāʾikatal-ladhīna hum ʿibādur-raḥmāni ināthā, ashahidū khalqahum, satuktabu shahādatuhum wa yusʾalūn.

And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

Innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati layusammūnal-malāʾikata tasmiyatal-unthā.

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,