The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 157
Angles 157 157. We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and we have made them the means of driving away satans. . It has been established by the Qur'anic text that the regulators and distributors of all matters from the heaven to the earth are angels, and in this verse it is said that the shooting stars are the stars which are in the lower heaven. . This might appear to contradict the verses relating to the angels, but if we consider carefully there is no contradiction. The Holy Qur'an teaches that the angels are like the souls of heaven and heavenly bodies and it is obvious that the soul of anything is not apart from it. That is why God. Almighty has in some places in the Holy Qur'an mentioned the angels as the cause of shooting stars and at other places has mentioned the stars as their cause, inasmuch as angels influence the stars as the soul influences the body. That influence proceeds from the stars and affects the earthly vapours that have the capacity to become shooting stars and they are set aflame by the power of Almighty God. In another way, the angels establish a connection with the shooting stars and direct them to the right and left with their light. No philosopher will deny that whatever happens on the earth or in the atmosphere its originative cause are the stars and heavenly influences. Not everyone can penetrate the mystery that the faculties of the stars derive grace from the angels. This mystery was disclosed by the Holy Qur'ān and those possessing insight paid attention to it. [Ā'ina-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, pp. 137-143, footnote]. Everything that has a spirit is safeguarded by angels. . Thus, according to this verse, we have to believe with regard to the spirit of the planets that all stars, the sun, the moon, mercury and mars, etc. , are under the protection of angels, that is to say, everyone of them has an angel