{"id":15771,"date":"2025-11-23T06:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15771"},"modified":"2025-11-23T06:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:38:29","slug":"common-misconceptions-about-angels-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/common-misconceptions-about-angels-in-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Misconceptions About Angels in Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do Angels have Free Will in Islam?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A common misconception is that angels have free will or they possess divine qualities. In Islam, angels are seen as servants of Allah, without any divine powers of their own. They did not possess the divine powers of their own nor they have free will. They act solely on Allah\u2019s commands. In Quran it is mentioned that they follow Allah\u2019s commands without disobedience, do exactly what they are instructed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical Appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to some cultural depictions, angels in Islam do not possess human-like physical features. They are created from light and their appearances are beyond human comprehension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender of Angels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Islamic teachings clarify that angels are genderless, created by Allah solely to fulfill their divine duties. Assigning genders to angels is considered an incorrect understanding of their nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Angels have Free Will in Islam? A common misconception is that angels have free will or they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-angels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15772,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions\/15772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}