Angels, Gabriel and Michael,

Say: Whoever is an enemy
To Gabriel- for he brings down
The (revelation) to thy heart
By God's will, a confirmation
Of what went before,
And guidance and glad tidings
For those who believe,-

Whoever is an enemy to God
And His angels and prophets,
To Gabriel and Michael,-
Lo! God is an enemy to those
Who reject Faith.


A party of the Jews in the time of Muhammad ridiculed
the Muslim belief that Gabriel brought down to Muhammad
Al-Mustafa. Michael was called in their books "the great
prince which standeth of thy people":.
The vision of Gabriel inspired fear.
But this pretence-that Michael was their friend and
Gabriel their enemy-was merely a manifestation of
their unbelief in angels, Prophet and God Himself; and
such unbelief could not win the love of God. In any
case it was disingenuous to say that they believed in
one angel and not in another. Muhammad's inspiration
was through visions of Gabriel. Muhammad had been
helped to the highest spiritual light, and the message
which he delivered and his spotless integrity who were
obstinate and perverse. Besides, the verses of the Qur-an
were in themselves reasonable and clear.