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[[File:Metatron Islamic Angel.jpg|400px|thumb|14th Century depiction of Archangel Metatron]] | |||
Belief in angels is fundamental to [[Islam]]. The Quranic word for angel (''Arabic'': ملاك ''Malāk'') derives either from ''Malaka'', meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, or from the root either from ʼ-l-k, l-ʼ-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just like its counterparts in Hebrew (malʾákh) and Greek (''angelos''). Unlike their Hebrew counterpart, the term is exclusively used for heavenly spirits of the divine world, but not for human messengers. The Quran refers to both angelic and human messengers as "rasul" instead. | Belief in angels is fundamental to [[Islam]]. The Quranic word for angel (''Arabic'': ملاك ''Malāk'') derives either from ''Malaka'', meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, or from the root either from ʼ-l-k, l-ʼ-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just like its counterparts in Hebrew (malʾákh) and Greek (''angelos''). Unlike their Hebrew counterpart, the term is exclusively used for heavenly spirits of the divine world, but not for human messengers. The Quran refers to both angelic and human messengers as "rasul" instead. | ||