1661 - صِفَةُ المَلائِكَةِ

1661. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ANGELS

5823.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في صفَةِ الملائكةِ - : هُم أعلَمُ خَلقِكَ بكَ ، وأخوَفُهُم لكَ ، وأقرَبُهُم مِنكَ، لَم يَسكُنوا الأصلابَ ، ولَم يُضَمَّنوا الأرحامَ ، ولَم يُخلَقوا مِن ماءٍ مَهينٍ ، ولَم يَتشَعَّبْهُم رَيبُ المَنونِ ، وإنّهُم على‏ مَكانِهِم مِنكَ ، ومَنزِلَتِهِم عِندَكَ ، واستِجماعِ أهوائهِم فيكَ ، وكَثرَةِ طاعَتِهِم لكَ ، وقِلَّةِ غَفلَتِهِم عن أمرِكَ ، لَو عايَنوا كُنهَ ما خَفِيَ علَيهِم مِنكَ لَحَقَّروا أعمالَهُم .¹

5823. Imam Ali (AS), describing angels said, 'They are the most knowledgeable of Your creation about You, the most fearful of You and the closest to You. They did not come from loins nor did they enter wombs; they were not created from worthless liquid; they were not dispersed by vicissitudes of time. They are on their places [distinct] from You and in their positions near You. Their desires are concentrated in You. Their worship for You is very much. Their neglect from Your command is little. If they were to witness what remains hidden about You, they would belittle their actions.' ²

5824.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ الملائكةَ لا يأكُلونَ، ولا يَشرَبونَ ، ولايَنكِحونَ ، وإنّما يَعيشونَ بِنَسيمِ العَرشِ.³

5824.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Angels do not eat or drink or copulate, rather they subsist through the breeze of the Throne.' ⁴

366 - المَلائكة

366. ANGELS

1660 - خِلقَةُ المَلائِكَةِ

1660. THE CREATION OF ANGELS

(الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ‏ِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلائِكَةِ رُسُلاً أُوْلِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَثْنَى‏ وَثُلاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ) .¹

"All praise belongs to Allah , originator of the Heavens and the earth, maker of the angels [His] messengers, possessing wings, two, three or four [of them]. He adds to the creation whatever He wishes, Indeed Allah has power over all things." ²

5819.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما مِن شي‏ءٍ مِمّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ أكثَرَ مِن الملائكةِ .³

5819.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Nothing of what Allah created is more [numerous] than the angels' ⁴

5820.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ثُمّ خَلَقَ سُبحانَهُ لإسكانِ سَماواتهِ ، وعِمارَةِ الصَّفيحِ الأعلى‏ مِن مَلَكوتِهِ ، خَلقاً بَديعاً مِن مَلائكتهِ ، ومَلأ بِهِم فُروجَ فِجاجِها ، وحَشا بِهِم فُتوقَ أجوائها (أجْوابِها) .⁵

5820.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He, Glory be to Him, then created for the inhabiting of His skies and populating the higher strata of his realm a great creation from among His angels. With them He filled the openings of its cavities and populated with them the vastness of its circumference.' ⁶

5821.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ خَلَقَ المَلائكةَ مِن النُّورِ .⁷

5821.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah Almighty created the angels from light.' ⁸

5822.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : والّذي نَفسي بيَدِهِ ، لَملائكةُ اللَّهِ في السَّماواتِ أكثَرُ مِن عَدَدِ التُّرابِ في الأرضِ ، ومافي السَّماءِ مَوضِعُ قَدَمٍ إلّا وفيها مَلكٌ يُسَبِّحُهُ ويُقَدِّسُهُ ، ولا في الأرضِ شَجَرٌ ولا مَدَرٌ إلّا وفيها مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ بِها .⁹

5822.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'By He who owns my soul, the number of angels in the Heavens is more than the amount of sand on the earth, and there is not even the space of a footstep in Heaven that does not have an angel glorifying and sanctifying Him, nor is there a tree or a ground without having an angel responsible for it.' ¹⁰