سوره: ASH-SHŪRĀ 

آيه : 5

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِن فَوۡقِهِنَّۚ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

The heavens almost break from above them,[1] and the angels exalt [AllŒh] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is AllŒh who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.


1- i.e., from the grandeur of AllŒh (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ) above them.


سوره: AZ-ZUKHRUF 

آيه : 77

وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ

And they will call, "O MŒlik,[1] let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."


1- Addressing the keeper of Hell.


سوره: AZ-ZUKHRUF 

آيه : 80

أَمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.



سوره: QĀF  

آيه : 17

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,[1] seated on the right and on the left.


1- And record each word and deed.


سوره: QĀF  

آيه : 18

مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ

He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].



سوره: QĀF  

آيه : 21

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ

And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.[1]


1- i.e., one angel driving the soul to the Judgement and one to testify as to its deeds.


سوره: QĀF  

آيه : 22

لَّقَدۡ كُنتَ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ حَدِيدٞ

[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover,[1] so your sight, this Day, is sharp."


1- Of heedlessness, or that which had sealed your hearing, your vision and your heart from guidance.


سوره: QĀF  

آيه : 23

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ

And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."



سوره: AN-NAJM 

آيه : 26

۞وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after AllŒh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.



سوره: AN-NAJM 

آيه : 27

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,



سوره: AN-NAJM 

آيه : 28

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.



سوره: AT-TAḤREEM 

آيه : 6

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ نَارٗا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ عَلَيۡهَا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٞ شِدَادٞ لَّا يَعۡصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمۡ وَيَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُؤۡمَرُونَ

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey AllŒh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.



سوره: AL‑ḤĀQQAH 

آيه : 17

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ

And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].



سوره: AL‑MA‘ĀRIJ 

آيه : 4

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.



سوره: AL‑JINN 

آيه : 27

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٖ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسۡلُكُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ رَصَدٗا

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers[1]


1- Guardian angels to protect the messenger and the message.


سوره: AL‑MUDDATHTHIR 

آيه : 31

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does AllŒh intend by this as an example?" Thus does AllŒh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.



سوره: AN-NABA’ 

آيه : 38

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.



سوره: AN-NĀZI‘ĀT 

آيه : 1

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا

By those [angels] who extract with violence[1]


1- i.e., those who tear out the souls of those destined for Hell.


سوره: AN-NĀZI‘ĀT 

آيه : 2

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا

And [by] those who remove with ease[1]


1- i.e., those angels who ease out the souls of those destined for Paradise.


سوره: AN-NĀZI‘ĀT 

آيه : 3

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming[1]


1- Speeding to execute AllŒh's commands.


سوره: AN-NĀZI‘ĀT 

آيه : 4

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا

And those who race each other in a race[1]


1- Racing to deliver the souls of the believers to Paradise.


سوره: AN-NĀZI‘ĀT 

آيه : 5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا

And those who arrange [each] matter,[1]


1- According to AllŒh's decree.


سوره: AL‑INFIṬĀR 

آيه : 10

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,[1]


1- Angels who preserve the deeds of men in records.


سوره: AL‑INFIṬĀR 

آيه : 11

كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ

Noble and recording;



سوره: AL‑INFIṬĀR 

آيه : 12

يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ

They know whatever you do.



سوره: AL‑FAJR 

آيه : 22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا

And your Lord has come[1] and the angels, rank upon rank,


1- To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19


سوره: AL‑‘ALAQ 

آيه : 18

سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

We will call the angels of Hell.[1]


1- Those who push the wicked into the Fire.


سوره: AL‑QADR 

آيه : 4

تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرٖ

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.[1]


1- Bringing the exact measures apportioned for everything by AllŒh in the course of the coming year.