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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A spiritual being created by Allah who worships Him, obeys His commands and carries out assigned tasks. The Arabic plural for angels is malaikah.
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Paper 1
Revise: AngelsIn Islam, angels are spiritual beings created by Allah to worship Him and carry out His commands. They belong to the unseen world: reality which humans cannot ordinarily observe. Muslims learn about angels through revelation and Islamic tradition, rather than through everyday observation.
Paper 3
An unseen being created by Allah to serve him and carry out his commands; the Arabic plural is malaikah.
Revise: AngelsMalaikah is the Arabic word for angels. Muslims believe that angels are beings created by Allah to serve him and carry out particular tasks. They are not gods or independent powers: their authority comes from Allah.
Distinguish nature from role: nature means what angels are like; role means what they do.
Keep the named angels distinct: Jibril brings revelation; Mika'il is associated with mercy, rain and nourishment.
For an influence question, connect a belief to a specific action and explain why: recording angels may encourage honesty because actions will be accounted for at judgement.
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