The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 153
Angles 153 and more perfect is the influence. The Holy Qur'ān shows that the stars and the planets each possess a spirit and as each of them has characteristics which influence everything in the earth according to their capacity, in the same way, their illumined spirits also possess diverse qualities which by the command of the All-Wise One influence the spirit of the earthly universe. These bright spirits appear in human form to perfect servants of God. . These words are not rhetoric but the truth which must be accepted by everyone who seeks truth and wisdom. [Tauḍīḥ-e-Marām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, pp. 66-72]. We do not deny the descent of angels and if anyone were to offer proof that the angels descend in such manner that they depart from heaven, we would be prepared to examine this proof and to accept it if it were established. . The existence of angels is part of faith. The descent of God towards the heaven of the world and the descent of angels are both realities which we cannot comprehend. So much is established by the Book of God that angels appear on the earth as a new creation. The appearance of Gabriel in the form of Deḥya Kalbi was a new creation, or what else was it? It is not necessary that to admit the possibility of a new creation, we should destroy the first creation. The first creation is established and settled in heaven and the second creation is a result of God Almighty's wide power. Is it beyond the power of God Almighty that He should exhibit one being at two places in two bodies?. Certainly not. الم تعلم أنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرُ 38 [Sirr-ul-Khilafah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 8, pp. 414-415] 38 'Dost thou not know that Allāh has power to do all that He wills? Al-Baqarah, 2:107 [Publisher]