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2) Belief in the Angels: (Malaikah)
The second condition of fifth (al- Iman) is to believe in the angels, who have been made from light.
The angles are honored creatures, gentle, spiritual beings that can take any form they wish. They are neither male nor female nor do they disobey God (Allah s.w.t.) in carrying out His orders.
The angles worship God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. They do not need to eat or drink and they do not get tired.
Among the angles some are charged with tasks in the heaven, some with tasks on the earth and some with tasks at the divine throne (al- arsh). Only God (Allah S.w.t.) knows the number of angels.
Four high- ranking angels (the archangels) are like the prophets of the angels. They are: Gabriel (Jibra’il a.s.) Michael (Mikail a.s.) Raphael (Israfil a.s.) Azrael (Azrail a.s).
Some responsibilities of the Four Archangels:
1- (Jebra’il a.s.) Gabriel: He was charged with the responsibility of communicating the revelations of Holy Scripture of God the Most High to the Prophets (p.b.u.h.). These angels acted as the intermediary between God the Most Great and His Prophets by revelation.
2- (Mikail a.s.) Michael: He is charged with the formation of some natural phenomena such as the wind, the rain, the snow, and the growth of vegetation.
3-(Israfil a.s.) Raphael: He has been charged with the task of blowing the trumpet (al- Thur) on Doomsday (al- Qiyamah) and again for the resurrection of humanity.
4- (Azrail a.s.) Azrael: He is the charged with the task of taking the souls at the time of death.
Beyond these there exist, for each and every human being, three hundred eighty four other appointed angels. Of these, those called al - Kiram’an - Katebeen and al -Hafadhah are called with recording everyone’s good and evil deeds.

3) Belief in God’s Revealed Books:
The third essential condition of faith (al- Iman) is to believe in the Holy Scriptures.
God the Most Great from time to time revealed to creation through His Prophet (p.b.u.h.) the Holy Books.
Thus, He could communicate to mankind His wishes, His commands, His Prohibitions and in general His divine wisdom. These Holy Scriptures are collectively referred to as the divine books. The total number of the divine books (al- Kutub) and smaller collections of pages (al- Suhuf) that were revealed to the Prophets (p.b.u.h.) by means of Gabriel (p.b.u.) is one hundred and four.
THE PAGES  (AL- SUHUF) 
The total number of pages (al - Suhuf) which were revealed to the Prophets (p.b.u.) are one hundred.
••• Ten pages   (10) to Adam (p.b.u.)
••• Fifty pages  (50) to Seth (Shith p.b.u.)
••• Thirty pages (30) to Enoch (Idris p.b.u.)
••• Ten pages    (10) to Abraham (Ibrahim P.b.u.)

THE BOOKS (AL- KUTUB)
The Holy Scriptures which were revealed to the Prophets (p.b.u.h.) are four.
••• The Torah (Taurat) to Moses (Musa p.bu.)
••• The Psalms (Zaboor) to David (Dawood p.b.u.)
••• The Gospel (Injil) to Jesus Christ (Isa p.b.u.)
••• The Noble Qur’an to the last Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)
With the revelation of the Glorious Qur’an the obligation of following the orders of the first three books was canceled.
Muslims believe that God revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them.
Not a single letter of the Glorious Qur’an has been changed and all copies of the Noble Qur’an  in the world are exactly the same.
The Noble Qur’an protected from change by God the Most Great. God has guaranteed the Qur’an’s protection from any corruption or distortion up until the Day of Judgment.
God has said: “Indeed, We have sent down the Qur’an, and surely We will guard it (from corruption).” (Qur’an, 15.9)

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