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Tau di h-e-Mar a m 56 potentialities. Gabriel, for instance, is a great angel— the archangel in fact. He is associated with an extremely resplendent heavenly body and has been assigned a number of duties which are in consonance with the functions that this particular sphere is required to per- form. Although this angel visits each and every person who is blessed with Divine revelation, it should be remembered that the nature of this so-called angelic visit is not actual; it only signifies the influence it exerts on the recipient. However, the sphere of its influence is further divided into larger or smaller spheres depending on the potentialities and capacities of the vassals ( at the receiving end ). The largest sphere of this spiritual influence is the one which is concerned with the Wa hi or revelations received by the Seal of Prophets, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. That is why the kind and quality of truths and verities it contains and the surpassing beauty, cadence and eloquence of its style and diction are found in the Holy Qur’ a n alone. No other book can come anywhere near it. It should also be kept in mind, as has already been pointed out, that the angelic influence on the human soul or self is of two kinds: (i) the influence exerted through God's pleasure on the kinds of seed in the womb; (ii) after the formation of the human person has taken place, this influence helps the latent potentialities of this form