Faith in the angels implies firm belief that Allah has angels, that they are His creations which He made from light to do certain tasks which they execute, that they are subject to His Lordship and subjugated to Him, and that Allah gave them power to execute His commands.

Belief in the angels includes faith in general and belief in certain particularities.
With regard to belief in the particulars, it refers to belief in those angels whose names Allah and His Messenger have made known to us, as well as to belief in the truthfulness of messages about their attributes and actions. As for belief in general, it is related to all other issues.

Muslim in his “Sahih” and Ahmad in his “Musnad” report a hadith, from Aisha, Allah be pleased with her, who narrated that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Angels were created from light, jinn were created from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam was created from that which you have been told (i.e., sounding clay like the clay of pottery).”

One of the attributes proper of angels are the wings. Almighty Allah said,
“All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels messengers with wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things.” Surah “Fātir”, ayah 1.

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for his part, narrated that he had seen Angel Jibril (Gabriel) in his original form and he had six hundred wings.

By the command of Allah the Almighty angels can take the form of a man, for which reason Jibril, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, appeared before Maryam in the form of a man, perfectly formed; and as for Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he saw Jibril coming towards him as a man with extremely white clothing and extremely black hair. Angels which were sent by Allah to Ibrahim and Lut, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them, also came to them in human form.

Almighty Allah commented on their worship, complete obedience and submission in this way:

“Surely, those who are with your Lord are never too proud to perform acts of worship to Him, but they glorify His Praise and prostrate themselves before Him.” Surah “Al-A‘rāf”, ayah 206.

Almighty Allah also said, “And those who are near Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor are they weary of His worship. They glorify His Praises night and day, they never slacken.” Surah “Al-Anbiyā”, ayahs 19-20.

Almighty Allah also said, “And they say, ‘The Most Gracious has begotten a son.’ Glory to Him! They are but honoured slaves. They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His command. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased. And they stand in awe for fear of Him.” Surah “Al-Anbiyā”, ayahs 26-28.

Almighty Allah also said, “…who disobey not the commands they receive from Allah, but do that which they are commanded.” Surah “At-Tahrīm”, ayah 6.

Various verses of the Qur’an and hadiths mention some names of angels, their categories and the tasks they were entrusted with.

Thus, for example, Jibril was entrusted with carrying revelations to the

Messengers. Almighty Allah said, “Say, ‘Whoever is an enemy to Jibrîl (Gabriel), for indeed he has brought this Qur’ân down to your heart by Allah’s permission…’ ” Surah “Al-Baqarah”, ayah 97.

Almighty Allah also said, “And truly, this is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe, which the trustworthy Spirit (Jibrîl) has brought down upon your heart that you may be a warner…” Surah “Ash-Shu‘arā’”, ayahs 192-194.

Some of the hadiths mention that Angel Mikhail is assigned with the task of distributing rain and vegetation, while Angel Israfil has been assigned the task of blowing the Trumpet that signals the events of the Day of Resurrection.
Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to mention the names of these three angels in commencement to his voluntary night prayer; he would get up at night and start his prayer with these words: “O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikhail, and Israfil, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You judge between Your slaves concerning that in which they used to differ. Guide me, by Your permission, to the truth about which people differ. Verily, You guide whom You will to the straight path!” This hadith was recorded by Muslim.

The Qur’an also has references to an angel named Malik, the keeper of Hell. Almighty Allah said, “And they will cry, ‘O Malik! Let your Lord make an end of us.’ ” Surah “Az-Zukhruf”, ayah 77.