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The Arabic name for Gabriel is Jibril, '''Jibrīl''', '''Jibreel''', '''Jabril''' or '''Djibril''' (جبرئيل,جبرﺍئيل,or جبريل, IPA [dʒibrɛ̈ʔiːl ). Muslims believe Gabriel to have been the Angel who revealed the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad . Gabriel's physical appearance is described in the Hadith ():
Gabriel's primary tasks are to bring messages from God to his messengers and to accompany the angel Azrael ("Angel of Death") to take the soul of a person who dies with Ablution . As in Christianity , Gabriel is said to be the angel that informed Mary (Arabic Maryam ) of how she would conceive Jesus ( Isa ):
Muslims believe Gabriel to have accompanied Muhammad in his Ascension To The Heavens , where Muhammad is said to have met previous messengers of God, and was informed about the Islamic Prayer (Bukhari ). Muslims also believe that Gabriel descends to Earth on the night of Lailat-ul-Qadr ("The Night of Power"), a night in the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic Calendar . REFERENCES Hadith explaining how Gabriel accompanied Muhammad, in his ascension to the heavens SEE ALSO |
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