as He has said: ﴿فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ﴾[1]; “So believe in Allah and His Prophets.”

[The Angels]

Another example is His informing about the existence of His angels, who have wings with which they fly; as He has said: ﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ﴾[2]; “Praise be to Allah, Creator of the heavens and the Earth, who has made the angels messengers with wings—two, three, or four.” They obey Him in speech and in action; as He has said: ﴿لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ وَهُمْ بِأَمْرِهِ يَعْمَلُونَ﴾[3]; “They do not precede Him in speech, and they act by His command.” Therefore, they are His intermediaries in takwin—that is, in creation, sustenance, and management; as He has said: ﴿قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا﴾[4]; “He said: ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord, to grant you a pure son,’” and: ﴿فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا﴾[5]; “So they are the distributors of the affair,” and: ﴿فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا﴾[6]; “So they are the managers of the affair.” Accordingly, affirming this is obligatory, since His informing is certain and obedience to Him is obligatory; as He has said: ﴿كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ﴾[7]; “They all believed in Allah and His angels,” and: ﴿مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِلَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ﴾[8]; “Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His angels, His Messengers, Jibreel, and Mika’il—then Allah is the enemy of the disbelievers.”

[The Hereafter]

Sometimes His informing is about something that has not yet occurred, and in this respect, it is considered His promise. An example is His informing about the Day of Judgment, when—after the Trumpet is blown and the heavens and the Earth are transformed—the dead rise from their graves; are brought before Him for reckoning; and—with the presence of the Scales of Justice and the Truthful Witnesses—become aware of all their deeds,