“The Messenger believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and (so have) the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers …” (Quran 2: 289)
Yes! At a time like this, it might be useful to remember that what Islam demands of us is very simple. It is that we should believe, first of all, that He is One. The One whose oneness cannot be duplicated. He is One. He is the One whose oneness cannot be triplicated. He is One who was there when there was no one else. He remained the only One after He brought every other thing into life. He is the One whose oneness would have no end. He is the One from whose existence all existents derive their existence. He is the beginning. He is the real Present. He is going to be the last. Nothing will take over after Him.
Now to believe in Him is to believe in the unseen for ‘Un-see-able’. But again, to believe in Him, is to possess the powers to ‘see’ Him in portents in the heavens and on earth. If you desire to see the Almighty, look at yourself, ponder your world, contemplate His wonderful ways in creation.
The Almighty demands nothing more from us other than for us to also believe in the existence of angels that have been created to perform specific functions in creation. The arch-angel is Jibril- the conveyor of divine messages to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). Angels are beings created from light.
They are numinous entities vested with inimitable powers. Of these we know of Mikahil, of Israfil and Azrail (a.s). We know that they equally exist- Raqib and Atid (a.s). We know there are others whose characterizations are known only to their Creator, the Almighty.
Islam demands of Muslims to believe in all revealed books, the culmination of which is the Quran, the last testament. Yes. The Quran is the last testament from the Almighty to humanity. It is that book that must be read and re-read. It is a book of honour. It is that scripture that has no conclusion. It is that book that has no reference nor bibliography. If there are editions of classics, there can be no old or new editions of the Glorious Quran.
