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==Gabriel’s Role in the World== | ==Gabriel’s Role in the World== | ||
The Holy Quran, in numerous verses, refers to the role of angels in the affairs of the world<ref>Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt (79), verse, 1; Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt (79), verse 5; Sūrat al-Dhāriyāt (51), verse 4; al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān", vol. 30, p. 18–20; al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān",vol. 26, p. 116–117; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, " al-Mīzān", vol. 18, p. 364–365; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, " al-Mīzān", vol. 20, p. 180.</ref> | The Holy Quran, in numerous verses, refers to the role of angels in the affairs of the world<ref>Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt (79), verse, 1; Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt (79), verse 5; Sūrat al-Dhāriyāt (51), verse 4; al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān", vol. 30, p. 18–20; al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān",vol. 26, p. 116–117; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, " al-Mīzān", vol. 18, p. 364–365; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, " al-Mīzān", vol. 20, p. 180.</ref> Considering the various attributes mentioned in the Holy Quran for Gabriel(a), it can be understood that, in addition to his exalted status with God, this angel plays an important role in managing the affairs of existence, the most significant of which is the revelation of divine guidance.<ref>Sūrat al-Baqarah (2), verse 97; Sūrat al-Naḥl (16), verse, 102.</ref> and its instruction<ref>Sūrat al-Najm (53), verse 5; al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān ", vol. 27, p. 25; Ibn Kathīr, " Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr" , vol. 7, p. 412; Ibn al-Jawzī, " Zād al-Masīr", vol. 4, p. 184; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, " al-Mīzān", vol. 19, p. 27.</ref>to the [[Prophet(s)]]. | ||
Regarding Gabriel’s (a) role in cosmic affairs, for example, one can refer to the expansion of the earth (Dahw al-Ard). It is said that the spreading of the earth mentioned in the verse '''وَالاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ دَحَاهَا''' ﴾<ref>Al-Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt (79), verse, 30.</ref> It is mentioned that this was carried out by Gabriel (a) from beneath the [[Ka'ba]].<ref>Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī, " Rawḍ al-Jinān" , vol. 20, p. 140.</ref> | |||
Regarding Gabriel’s (a) role in cosmic affairs, for example, one can refer to the expansion of the earth (Dahw al-Ard). It is said that the spreading of the earth mentioned in the | |||
==Teaching Hajj to Adam(a)== | ==Teaching Hajj to Adam(a)== | ||
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The light of the tent’s pillar illuminated the mountains of [[Mecca]] and its surroundings, and God named the area reached by the pillar’s light as Haram (the Sacred Sanctuary). Then Gabriel (a), by God’s command, dismantled the tent and built the [[Ka'ba]] in its place.<ref>al-Kulaynī , "Al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 195–197; al-ʿAyāshī , "Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī ", vol. 1, p. 35–38.</ref> On the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, Adam (a) was commanded to perform Ghusl (ritual purification) and enter [[Ihram]], and then the rituals of Hajj, such as [[Talbiyah]], [[Wuguf in Mina]] and [[Arafat]], [[Taqsir or Halq|Halq]] (shaving the head), [[stoning the Jamrah]], and [[Tawaf]], were taught to him.<ref>al-Qummī , "Tafsīr al-Qummī" , vol. 1, p. 44–45; al-Kulaynī , " al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 191–194.</ref> | The light of the tent’s pillar illuminated the mountains of [[Mecca]] and its surroundings, and God named the area reached by the pillar’s light as Haram (the Sacred Sanctuary). Then Gabriel (a), by God’s command, dismantled the tent and built the [[Ka'ba]] in its place.<ref>al-Kulaynī , "Al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 195–197; al-ʿAyāshī , "Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī ", vol. 1, p. 35–38.</ref> On the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, Adam (a) was commanded to perform Ghusl (ritual purification) and enter [[Ihram]], and then the rituals of Hajj, such as [[Talbiyah]], [[Wuguf in Mina]] and [[Arafat]], [[Taqsir or Halq|Halq]] (shaving the head), [[stoning the Jamrah]], and [[Tawaf]], were taught to him.<ref>al-Qummī , "Tafsīr al-Qummī" , vol. 1, p. 44–45; al-Kulaynī , " al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 191–194.</ref> | ||
According to Sunni narrations, Gabriel (a) also accompanied Adam (a) in the plains of Arafat and [[Mina]]. In Arafat, he reminded Adam that the angels had performed [[Tawaf]] around the [[Ka'ba]] fifty thousand years before his creation.<ref>al-Ḥalabī , "Al-Sīrah al-Ḥalabiyyah", vol. 1, p. 219; al-Ṣāliḥī , "Subul al-Hudā" ,vol. 1, p. 209; al-Suyūṭī , "al-Durr al-Manthūr", vol. 1, p. 315.</ref> When parting from Adam(a) in the land of Mina, he said: “Tamann” means: “Ask God for whatever you wish.<ref>al-ʿAynī ,"ʿUmdat al-Qārī", vol. 7, p. 118. </ref> | According to Sunni narrations, Gabriel (a) also accompanied Adam (a) in the plains of Arafat and [[Mina]]. In Arafat, he reminded Adam that the angels had performed [[Tawaf]] around the [[Ka'ba]] fifty thousand years before his creation.<ref>al-Ḥalabī , "Al-Sīrah al-Ḥalabiyyah", vol. 1, p. 219; al-Ṣāliḥī , "Subul al-Hudā" ,vol. 1, p. 209; al-Suyūṭī , "al-Durr al-Manthūr", vol. 1, p. 315.</ref> When parting from Adam(a) in the land of Mina, he said: “Tamann” means: “Ask God for whatever you wish.<ref>al-ʿAynī ,"ʿUmdat al-Qārī", vol. 7, p. 118. </ref> According to a Shia narration, Gabriel(a) said these words to [[Abraham (a)|Abraham]].<ref>al-Ṣadūq," ʿUyūn Akhbār al-Riḍā, vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> For this reason, this land was named [[Mina]].<ref>al-Ṣadūq," ʿUyūn Akhbār al-Riḍā, vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> | ||
==Teaching Abraham and Ishmael== | |||
After Hagar and Ishmael settled in Mecca, causing the [[Zamzam]] water to flow beneath Ishmael’s feet was one of Gabriel’s (a) missions.<ref>al-Ṣadūq," Al-Khiṣāl, vol. 1, p. 455; Ibn Isḥāq , "Sīrat Ibn Isḥāq", p. 26; al-Kulaynī, " al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 202.</ref> For this reason, one of the names of Zamzam is Raqdat Jibril (the place where Gabriel stepped).<ref>al-Ṣadūq," Al-Khiṣāl", p. 455; al-ʿAynī ,"ʿUmdat al-Qārī", vol. 9, p. 277.</ref> | |||
When [[Abraham(a)]] was commanded by God to build the Ka'ba, Gabriel (a) showed him its location.<ref>Sūrat al-Ḥajj (22), verse, 26; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī , "Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 2, p. 168; Kāshānī , "Manhaj al-Ṣādiqīn", vol. 6, p. 142.</ref> Then, upon reaching the location of the Black Stone, he sent Ishmael(a) to bring a stone for that place.<ref>Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, p. 629.</ref> | When [[Abraham(a)]] was commanded by God to build the Ka'ba, Gabriel (a) showed him its location.<ref>Sūrat al-Ḥajj (22), verse, 26; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī , "Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 2, p. 168; Kāshānī , "Manhaj al-Ṣādiqīn", vol. 6, p. 142.</ref> Then, upon reaching the location of the Black Stone, he sent Ishmael(a) to bring a stone for that place.<ref>Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, p. 629.</ref> Gabriel(a), who had hidden the [[Black Stone]] on [[Mount Abu Qubays]] during the [[flood of Noah(a)]],<ref>Ibn Isḥāq , "Sīrat Ibn Isḥāq", p. 96.</ref> he entrusted it to Ishmael (a) to give to his father.<ref>Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, p. 629.</ref> After the construction of the Ka'ba, Gabriel (a) commanded Abraham(a) to call people to [[Hajj]].<ref>Ibn Abī Jumhūr, "ʿAwālī al-Luʾālī", vol. 4, p. 35–36.</ref> | ||
[[Abraham]] and Ishmael (a) asked God to teach them the [[rituals of Hajj]].<ref>Sūrat al-Baqarah (2), verse, 128.</ref> Gabriel (a) came to the two of them and taught them the rituals of Hajj.<ref>al-Kulaynī , " Al-Kāfī" ,vol. 4, p. 202–203; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī , " Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 2, p. 160/ 171; al-Qurṭubī, " Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī" , vol. 2, p. 128–129.</ref> | |||
In Islamic narrations, there are details of Gabriel’s accompaniment of Abraham in [[Muzdalifah]],<ref>al-Barqī , "Al-Maḥāsin", vol. 2, p. 336; al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ", vol. 2, p. 436.</ref> | In Islamic narrations, there are details of Gabriel’s accompaniment of Abraham in [[Muzdalifah]],<ref>al-Barqī , "Al-Maḥāsin", vol. 2, p. 336; al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ", vol. 2, p. 436.</ref> | ||
Arafah,<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ", vol. 2, p. 436; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī, " Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 3, p. 123; al-Fakhr al-Rāzī, " al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr" , vol. 4, p. 55.</ref> and the Jamrat<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ" , vol. 2, p. 437.</ref>have been reported. | Arafah,<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ", vol. 2, p. 436; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī, " Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 3, p. 123; al-Fakhr al-Rāzī, " al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr" , vol. 4, p. 55.</ref> and the Jamrat<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ" , vol. 2, p. 437.</ref>have been reported. According to some Sunni narrations, Abraham, with Gabriel’s guidance, determined and marked the boundaries of the [[Haram]] (Sacred Sanctuary) of [[Mecca]].<ref>al-Fākhī, " Akhbār Makkah" , vol. 2, p. 259; al-Ṣanʿānī, " al-Muṣannaf " ,vol. 5, p. 25.</ref> | ||
===Teaching Moses=== | |||
==Teaching Moses== | |||
According to a Shia narration, Gabriel(a) was also present when [[Moses(a)]] performed [[Hajj]], and in response to Moses’ question about the reward for one who performs Hajj sincerely, he conveyed God’s message that such a person would be placed in the highest realm of Paradise alongside the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh ", vol. 2, p. 235–236.</ref> | According to a Shia narration, Gabriel(a) was also present when [[Moses(a)]] performed [[Hajj]], and in response to Moses’ question about the reward for one who performs Hajj sincerely, he conveyed God’s message that such a person would be placed in the highest realm of Paradise alongside the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh ", vol. 2, p. 235–236.</ref> | ||
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==Gabriel’s Accompaniment During the Farewell Pilgrimage== | ==Gabriel’s Accompaniment During the Farewell Pilgrimage== | ||
Gabriel accompanied the Prophet during the Farewell Pilgrimage and taught him the [[Rites of Hajj al-Tamattu'|rituals of Hajj]].<ref>al-Ḥākim al-Nīshābūrī, "Al-Mustadrak", vol. 1, p. 477; al-Bayhaqī , "al-Sunan al-Kubrā ", vol. 5, p. 153.</ref> | Gabriel accompanied the Prophet during the Farewell Pilgrimage and taught him the [[Rites of Hajj al-Tamattu'|rituals of Hajj]].<ref>al-Ḥākim al-Nīshābūrī, "Al-Mustadrak", vol. 1, p. 477; al-Bayhaqī , "al-Sunan al-Kubrā ", vol. 5, p. 153.</ref> Some of Gabriel’s instructions regarding the Hajj rituals were conveyed to the people through the Prophet (s).<ref>al-Kulaynī , "Al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 246; al-Ṣadūq, " Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh ", vol. 2, p. 236; al-Fārisī, " Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān", vol. 9, p. 112; al-Ṭabarānī, " al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr ",vol. 5, p. 229; al-Nūrī , "Mustadrak al-Wasāʾil ",vol. 9, p. 177. </ref> | ||
Some of Gabriel’s instructions regarding the Hajj rituals were conveyed to the people through the Prophet (s).<ref>al-Kulaynī , "Al-Kāfī", vol. 4, p. 246; al-Ṣadūq, " Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh ", vol. 2, p. 236; al-Fārisī, " Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān", vol. 9, p. 112; al-Ṭabarānī, " al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr ",vol. 5, p. 229; al-Nūrī , "Mustadrak al-Wasāʾil ",vol. 9, p. 177. </ref> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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*al-Yaqīn: Sayyid Ibn Ṭāwus (d. 664 AH). Edited by Anṣārī. Dār al-Kitāb, 1413 AH. | *al-Yaqīn: Sayyid Ibn Ṭāwus (d. 664 AH). Edited by Anṣārī. Dār al-Kitāb, 1413 AH. | ||
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