His Spirit And His Angels
The last major monotheistic religion is Islam, founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 622 AD in Arabia. Like its sister/brother religions Judaism and Christianity angels played a role in the belief system. Mala'ika, messenger, is the Islamic term for angel and the chief duty of the angels were to carry messages to Allah, the name of the Muslim God.
His Spirit And His Angels
On December 27, 1995, at about 4:30 p.m. preparations to perform Christmas Puja for Jesus Christ were in progress. Kash was alone in his room, deep in meditation.
Then Shri Nirmala Devi spoke to him for about 10 minutes, inquiring about his state of mind. Kash told the Ruh of Allah that he was still not ready spiritually. She replied that this was normal and he should lead an ordinary life. (Till date Kash has given no indication that he is ready and continues to rebuff all attempts to change his mind.)
The Spirit of Allah then revealed to him that there were five special occasions among more than a thousand encounters with Her that She appeared in Her highest form of Allah's Ruh. By this She meant that Kash witnessed Her purest form only five times, the rest being Her Mahamaya form! Few people understand the immensity of this Revelation. We can only say that it is extremely difficult to see even Her Mahamaya form in the Sahasrara.
But why did She have to stoop to allow Her genuine Self to be revealed to a mere child? Maybe She had to for the sake of Truth as there will always be humans who will argue and doubt Revealed Truth. She had foreseen various obstacles and provided the means to overcome them, leaving no room for future doubt or dissent. The Ruh of Allah had to intervene upon witnessing Kash's father trying to delete specific evidence vital to validate the Truth about angels, an absolute requirement to validate the prophecies and revelations of the Qur'an and Bible.
The five occasions were:
i) The very first day he saw Her. This was on the Diwali of 13th. November 1993, the Hindu New Year.
ii) The day he came to request from Her to bestow the boon of a baby sister. This day is unknown as Kash had done it on his own initiative, without informing anyone.
iii) April 3, 1994, the day She revealed that his just hours-old baby sister Lalita, born at midnight on the Christian holy day of Easter Sunday (April 3, 1994), is an angel.
iv) April 18, 1994, the day She revealed that Kash, born on the Muslim holy day of Id Al-Adha (October 19, 1980), is also an angel.
v) July 26, 1995, the day She revealed that the Miracle Photo was genuine and implied that all the Messengers of God Almighty had given enough evidence necessary for the Believers on Earth to surrender to the Truth. She then ended Kash's mystical journeys into his own Sahasrara with these parting words: "We Have Done Our Job Here."
It is with the above Revelations that we have the courage to lay before humankind the Truth for all to examine, in relation to all that has been posted on this website so far. Wa maa alainaa illa al-balaagh there is nothing upon us except to convey (the truth).
We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power: [6217]
And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand Months.
Therein come down the angels, and the Spirit by Allah's permission,
On every errand: Peace! This until the rise of morn!
surah 97:1-5 Al Qadr (The Night of Power and Honour)
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
"6217. . . . It is best to take this in the mystic sense, which also accords with verse 3 below, which says that the Night of Power is better than a thousand Nights. It transcends Time: for it is Allah's Power dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance, by His Revelation, in every kind of affair.
The subject matter is the mystic Night of Power (or Honour), in which Revelation comes down to a benighted world it may be to the wonderful Cosmos of an individual and transforms the conflict of wrongdoing into Peace and Harmony through the agency of the angelic host, representing the spiritual powers of the Mercy of Allah."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord,
With all decrees. (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.
surah 97:1-5 (Al Qadr)
Mohammed Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Quran,
University of Michigan.
predestination 1 Theol. the doctrine that a) God foreordained everything that would happen b) God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation 2 a predestinating or being predestined; destiny; fate
angels 1 Theol. a) a messenger of God b) a supernatural being, either good or bad, to whom are attached greater than human power, intelligence, etc. 2 a guiding spirit or influence [one's good angel]
Spirit 1 a) the life principle, esp. in man. orig. regarded as inherent in the breath or as infused by a deity b) soul 2 the thinking, motivating, feeling part of man, often as distinguished from the body; mind; intelligence 3 life, will, consciousness, thought, etc., regarded as separate from matter
Descend 1 to move from a higher to a lower place, or go down 2 to pass from an earlier to a later time, from greater to less, from general to particular, etc. permission the act of permitting; esp. formal consent; leave;
license [permission to go]
decree(s) 1 an official order, edict, or decision, as of a church, government, court, etc. 2 something that is or seems to be foreordained
dispensation Theol. a) the ordering of events under divine authority b) any religious system"
Webster New World Dictionary
Third College Ed., Simon & Schuster, 1988.
O ye that believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do so often;
And glorify Him morning and evening.
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels,
That He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: And He is full of Mercy to His Believers.
surah 33: 43 Al Ahzabi (The Confederates)
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall [5675]
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent. [5676]
The angels and the Spirit [5677] ascend unto Him in a Day,
The measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years.
surah 70: 1-4 Al Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent)
"5675. Any one might ask, When will Judgement come? That question usually implies doubt. The answer is: the mystery of Time is beyond man's comprehension . . . we are reminded of another title of Allah, "Lord of the Ways of Ascent"; which means that though He sits high on His Throne of Glory, He is not inaccessible, but His infinite Mercy has provided ways of ascent to Him; see next note.
5676. Ma'arij: stairways, ways of ascent . . . Here there is a profound spiritual meaning. Can we reach up to Allah Most High? In His infinite grace He gives that privilege to angels and spiritual beings, man being such in his highest aspect. But the way is not easy, nor can it be traveled in a day.
5677. Ruh: "The Spirit," Cf. 78:38, "the Spirit and the angels"; and 97:4, "the angels and the Spirit." In 16:2, we have translated Ruh by "inspiration." Some commentators understand the angel Gabriel by "the Spirit." But I think a more general meaning is possible."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
ADDITIONAL QUOTES
"The Qur'an provides many keys to the nature and ontological status of the angels. A verse constantly quoted represents the words of the angels themselves: "None of us there is but has a known station" (XXXVII, 164). God also says, "They are honored servants who precede Him not in speech and act as He commands" (XXI, 27)....
Basing themselves on these and other verses, the Quran commentators were able to discern a hierarchy of different kinds of angels, each performing a specified task. The Sufi 'Izz al-Din Kashani (d. 735/1334-35), author of the well-known Persian paraphrase of Abu Hafs Suuhrawardi's 'Awarif al-ma'arif, summarizes these discussions as follows:
All believers have faith in the existence of the angels, who dwell in the monasteries of holiness and the communities of divine intimacy ... Some of them are more excellent, others lower in degree. Their stations are various and their ranks multiple, as is explained by the verse, "By the rangers in their ranks" (XXXVII, 1).
Some have been brought nigh to the Presence of Majesty and cling to the Threshold of Perfection; these are alluded to in the words, "Then those who are foremost in going ahead" (LXXIX, 4). Others govern the affairs of creation: "Then those who govern the Command" (LXXIX, 5).
Another group guards the doorway to the Court of Magnificence: "By the drivers driving" (XXXVII, 2). Others sing the praises of the Presence of Kingship and the Divine Books: "By the reciters of a Remembrance" (XXXVII, 3).
Others carry news and relay reminders: "By those who deliver a reminder" (LXXXVII, 5). Many are their levels and ranks; each busies himself with a specific command and possess a known station: "None of us there is but has a known station" (XXXVII, 164).
Angels in Islam (www.islamia.com)
"He doth send down His angels with the inspiration of His Command, to such of His servants as He pleaseth, (saying):
"Warn (Man) that there is no god but I: So do your duty unto Me."
surah 16: 2 Al Nahl (Bees)
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an
"The Doctrines of Islam
Angels: Islam affirms the reality of angels as messengers and agents of god. Evil spirits or "Jinn" also exist. Satan is a fallen angel. Angels perform important functions for god both now and at the end of time.
Angels (www.namb.net)
"A Muslim has to proclaim faith in seven things, these are:
I believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, in the Day of Judgment, and that Fate good and bad is given by Allah, and the life after death.
www.inter-islam.org
"Allaah has honoured some of the angels by choosing them as Messengers, just as He has chosen some of mankind as Messengers:
Allaah chooses Messengers from angels and from men [al-Hajj 22:75 interpretation of the meaning] ...
Belief in the angels is one of the pillars of faith, and whoever denies it is a kaafir:
and whosoever disbelieves in Allaah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away" [al-Nisaa 4:136 interpretation of the meaning]
Angels in Islam (www.a2youth.com)
"The last major monotheistic religion is Islam, founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 622 AD in Arabia .Like its sister/brother religions Judaism and Christianity angels played a role in the belief system. Mala'ika, messenger, is the Islamic term for angel and the chief duty of the angels were to carry messages to Allah, the name of the Muslim God. The Koran, the Islamic Holy Book, regularly mentions angels, such as Djibril (Gabriel) and Mikhail (Michael). It was Djibril who contacted Muhammad and dictated the Koran to him, and Djibril was the angel who conducted The Prophet to heaven during the Night Journey (Leilat al-isra'). Like the angels in other religions, the Islamic angels protect, deliver messages, and wage war against evil. They also give praise to Allah.
History of Angels (angelspeake.com)
