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ANGEL: Their bodies are created by Allah from light. They are
not to be described as male or female. They are not produced by
birth, nor do they eat or drink. They are not disobedient to Allah,
and they do exactly as He orders. In the Holy Qur'an Allah says,
"O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire
whose fuel is men and stones, over which are [appointed] angels
stern [and] severe, who flinch not [in executing] the Commands
they receive from Allah, but do [precisely] what they are com-
manded (Holy Qur'an 66:6)."

Each person has two angels who record his or her righteousness
or sin. The Holy Qur'an says, "It was We Who created man, We
know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are
nearer to him than [his] jugular vein. Behold, two [guardian
angels] appointed to learn [his doings] learn [and note it] (Holy
Qur'an 50:16-18)."

There are other angels who protect man from evil. The Holy
Qur'an says, "In the case of those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," j.