قُلْ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ٱلَّذِى وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ ١١
Say, "The angel of death who has been entrusted with you will take you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."
Quran verses about the angels
الملائكة
59 verses in 26 surahs · 16 subtopics
Servants of Allah who glorify Him and carry out His commands, the angels prostrated to Adam at His order, and they must not be worshipped; believing in them is an obligation. These verses show them invoking blessings on the believers and asking forgiveness for them, and recall that some were sent with glad tidings to Abraham, Zechariah or Mary.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 59
- Sent down to Abraham with glad tidings 1
- Sent down to Abraham and Lot concerning Lot’s people 1
- Bringing down the Ark to the Children of Israel 1
- Messengers chosen from among them 2
- Descending to Zechariah with glad tidings of John 1
- Descending to Mary with glad tidings of Jesus 1
- Their prostration to Adam by Allah’s command 5
- Their blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ 1
- They bless the believers, seek forgiveness for them and are their allies 3
- An angel is not sent as a messenger to mankind 7
- The angels of Paradise 1
- They are Allah’s servants; worshipping them is not allowed 4
- The obligation to believe in them 2
- They greet the believers there 2
- They glorify Allah and do as they are commanded 4
- Characteristics of the angels 33
- Other characteristics 14
- The angels of Paradise 1
- Angels assigned to other tasks 1
- The angels of death 7
- Those assigned to the children of Adam 3
- They were created before jinn and humans 9
59 verses
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَلِّى عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَكَانَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا ٤٣
It is He who confers blessing upon you, 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 ٱلنَّبِىِّ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا ٥٦
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.
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٤٠
And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَ يَزِيدُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ١
[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.
وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّا ١
By those [angels] lined up in rows
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ ١٦٦
And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ ٧١
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٧٣
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
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