At the time of the creation of Adam, all the Angels and Jinn’s were commanded by Allah to bow down before Adam. The fact that the Angels did not possess a free will made them obediently bow down. Their bowing down was a sign of obedience to Allah and respect to Adam. They bowed down except Iblis (Satan). He was one of the Jinn’s. The report common in the Jewish and Christian religion is that Iblis did not bow down and has since been seen as a fallen Angel. This term is not accepted in Islam, as there are no fallen Angels and The Holy Quran is quite clear on this point. Ilbis was definitely not an angel, but was one of the Jinn’s, who possessed a free will like humans do. He was fiery and had an arrogant nature, full of pride. When questioned by Allah as to why he did not also bow down to Adam, he said that as a Jinn, "I am better than he is: Thou did create me of (smokeless) fire and him from the earth (clay)." This arrogant attitude led to his being eventually expelled from heaven.
In Islam there are 5 Archangels, with countless Angels under their respective command being: Jibril (Gabriel), Mika'IL (Michael), Israfrl, Ezrail, and Malik. The one specific Archangel mentioned in the scriptures is Jibril (Gabriel), the conveyor of the divine message to all the prophets to whom he was sent by Allah. He conveyed and inspired the Holy Quran to the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Gabriel did the same thing with the Bible to Jesus PBUH, and the Torah to Moses PBUH.
We are reminded of that modest girl Mary, whose life was completely changed by the message which the Angel Gabriel brought to her, being that she would give birth to a son who would be called Isa or Jesus.
Mika'IL (Michael) is the Archangel of Justice and Israfil, The Archangel of the Trumpet Call, who will call all the people to the court of Allah on the Day of Judgment.Ezrail, the Archangel of Death, who will order the assigned Angels to take an individual's soul at a time specified by Allah. He has countless Angels under his command. Archangel Malik is assigned as the guardian of the gates of Hell.
There are "guardian angels" which are assigned to every human being and who is guarded according to Allah's command. "Verily over you (are appointed Angels) to protect you." Also two (recording angels) are appointed to write down a persons doings and note them, “One sitting on the right and one on the left". These two recording angels are called Rakeeb and Ateed. The one on the right records every good deed performed by the individual. The one on the left records every misdeed. However the one on the left hesitates to write for some time in the hope that the individual will repent and seek forgiveness. Failing to repent, the angel reluctantly records it. On the Day of Judgment these two Angels will present the individual with a copy of their records, being their good
deeds and their bad ones.
There is also an Angel called Ridwan and he is the guardian of Paradise as stated in Hadiths.
Angels are ever present in the mosques recording the prayers of the faithful and will testify at the Day of Judgment.
Now I will move onto Jinn’s. The Quran and the Hadiths describe the Jinns as invisible spirits, created of smokeless fire. Like humans, they possess a free will. They may believe or disbelieve, accept or reject, Lead to the good or to evil.
The evil Jinn’s are always seeking to mislead mankind. Jinns have the power to whisper into the hearts of people. Evil Jinn’s do this to stir up evil for people to commit. Men and women are required to keep their passions under control at all times and to resist the Jinn's evil prompting.
When men or women succeed in overcoming the urge to commit evil acts, the Jinn’s are converted and cannot do anything to incite evil in people. The will power of the human being when it is used in the right way will enable all men and women to overcome there passions. They would bring themselves nearer to Allah.
There is a common story about Jinn’s and that a group of them overheard the Prophet Muhammad PBUH reciting verses from The Holy Quran. They returned to their fellow Jinn’s giving the 'Good News'. There are among the Jinn’s, and among humans, those who are believers and those who are disbelievers.
Every man and woman has an associate from among the angels, who inspires them to good and noble actions, and an associate from among the Jinn’s who incites in them their base passions to commit Sinful acts.
Finally people who have had an encounter with an angel or Jinn are
reluctant to discuss their experience fearing that they would
Be ridiculed; however, there are many people who have reported
An Angelic experience.
