ISLAM
total obedience. Angels' duties include communicating revelations from God, glorifying God ,
recording every person's actions, and taking a person's soul at the time of death. Muslims
believe that angels are made of light.
The Islamic holy books are the records which most Muslims believe were dictated by God to
various prophets. Muslims believe that parts of the previously revealed scriptures, the Tawrat
and the Injl, had become distorted- either in interpretation, in text, or both. The Koran is
viewed by Muslims as the final revelation and literal word of God and is widely regarded as
the finest literary work in the Arabic language.
The Koran is divided into 114 suras(chapters), which contain 6236 verse. The chronologically
earlier suras, revealed at Mecca, are primarily concerned with ethical and spiritual topics. The
later Medinan suras mostly discuss social and moral issues relevant to the Muslim