The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 149
Angles 149 ripens the fruits and performs other functions. The winds are God's angels which assemble the clouds and influence the fields in different ways, and then above them there are other angels which exercise their influence. . Natural sciences bear witness that angels are essential beings; we observe them with our own eyes. [Nasim-e-Da'wat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, pp. 461-463]. Three Types of Angels. The Holy Qur'an mentions three types of angels: (1) The particles of earthly bodies and the faculties of souls. (2) Heaven, the sun, the moon and the clouds of the earth that are in operation. (3) The higher powers above all these like Gabriel and. Michael, 'Izrā'il and others which are called Jum in the Vedās. . . . . The Holy Qur'an uses the word angel very frequently. . Everything that hears God's voice is His angel. Thus every particle of the world is an angel of God for it hears. His voice and obeys Him. [Nasim-e-Da'wat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, pp. 456-457]. Angels do not Move from their Appointed Places. Islamic scholars do not affirm that angels descend upon the earth in person walking on their feet. This notion is obviously false for had it been necessary for the angels to descend upon the earth in their proper person for the performance of their functions it would have been impossible for them to carry out anything to its end. For instance, the angel of death takes possession in one second of the souls of thousands of people who dwell in