The Holy Prophet (SAW) used to retire to the cave of Hira to meditate. Once he heard a voice say, "Read." The voice was of Hazrat Jibrael (R). He replied that he did not know how to read. The voice again said to read. He replied "I cannot read". Then he hugged the Prophet (SAW) and told him to read. He said, "What can I read?" The voice said:
"Read in the name of your Lord Who creates,
Creates man from cloth
Read: And your Lord is Most Bounteous
Who teaches by the pen.
Teaches man that which he knew not."
The angel then told him he had been appointed the messenger of Allah.
The angel who spoke to Joseph in the biblical story was the angel Gabriel.
Some famous stories of angels include the Archangel Gabriel's announcement to Mary about the birth of Jesus in the Bible, the Angel Gabriel delivering revelations to the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic tradition, and the story of the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) helping the prophet Daniel interpret his visions in the Old Testament.
The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary in the biblical story.
the angel Gabriel from the Christmas story
Gabriel the Archangel has always been an angel and has never lived as a human.
The Angel Gabriel told Joseph in the biblical story that Mary would give birth to a son named Jesus, who would save people from their sins.
The supposed meeting between Muhammad and Gabriel is not recounted in the Qur'an, since the Qur'an is not actually a story of Muhammad's life, but rather the moral lessons that God wanted to impart to the world through Muhammad. Discussions of Muhammad's encounters with Gabriel are recounted in numerous Hadiths and the Sirat An-Nabi (Biography of Muhammad).As for the physical location where Muhammad is said to have met Gabriel, this was the CAVE AT MOUNT HIRA, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
The supposed meeting between Muhammad and Gabriel is not recounted in the Qur'an, since the Qur'an is not actually a story of Muhammad's life, but rather the moral lessons that God wanted to impart to the world through Muhammad. Discussions of Muhammad's encounters with Gabriel are recounted in numerous Hadiths and the Sirat An-Nabi (Biography of Muhammad).As for the physical location where Muhammad is said to have met Gabriel, this was the CAVE AT MOUNT HIRA, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
A:The most important reason is of course that Muslims actually believe in angels. Another important reason is that the angel Gabriel (Jibrail) is believed to have revealed the Koran (Quran) to Muhammad. This story means that Islam actually depends on the existence of angels.
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Gabriel's Story was created in 2001.
The ISBN of Gabriel's Story is 0385498144.