Guardians of humanity: how angels are portrayed in Islam

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dc.contributor.authorAbaido, Ghada M.
dc.contributor.authorAttaweya, Passant G.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-28T07:40:14Z
dc.date.available2021-02-28T07:40:14Z
dc.date.copyright© 2021
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThis article is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this article is published in PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology (2021), available online at: https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/6740en_US
dc.description.abstractThe concept of angels is pivotal and holds a very strong place in Islam. This is because faith in the unseen world that Allah created is an essential element and one of the six articles of faith. A Muslim’s faith would be deemed incomplete without a belief in the existence of angels and other articles of faith such as the belief in Allah, his holy book, all his prophets and messengers, in the day of judgement and in fate and destiny. Believing in such transcendental and metaphysical beings has been a vital characteristic of faith, not just in Islam but in various other religions as well. While angels perform crucial roles in Islam and act as the messengers between the human realm and the unseen world, their perception remains of an enigmatic and obscure nature to many. Through readings of previous literature and the Holy Quran, this research paper discusses and analyses the concept of angels in Islam. In doing so, it aims to specify several aspects of angels—creation, characteristics, duties, names—many of which have been subject to confusion. © 2021 Ghada M. Abaido, Passant G. Attaweya.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAbaido, G.M. & Attaweya, P.G. (2021). Guardians of humanity: how angels are portrayed in Islam. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 18(4), 2943-2952. https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/6740en_US
dc.identifier.issn1567-214X
dc.identifier.urihttps://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/6740
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/343
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPalArch Foundationen_US
dc.relationAuthors Affiliations : Ghada M. Abaido, Passant G. Attaweya, Canadian University, Dubai,United Arab Emirates
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology;Vol. 18 No. 4
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.subjectAngelsen_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.subjectHoly Quranen_US
dc.subjectMuslimen_US
dc.subjectBeliefsen_US
dc.titleGuardians of humanity: how angels are portrayed in Islamen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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