Islam Jibreel Hadith/

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opposites, form and chaos, substance and oblivion, light and dark and all the infinite variations of the balance between antithesis’. Thus in this form the Arch Angel represents the synthesis or the universal balance within his physical form.
“No sign of journey was visible on him, and none of us knew him.”

This again is another symbol of his divine status, during the time of the Prophet, due to geographic location and mans need for survival, men and women were forced together in tight knit family units and groups much like Muhammad’s (pbuh) original Ummah. One can make the assumption that the majority of the people knew one another if not by a family name basis then by appearance alone, so for Umar to claim that none of us knew him, implies that he came from quite a long distance. And his pristine presence shows that he travelled without travelling so to speak.

“O Muhammad, tell me about Islam” the Messenger said: “Islam is that you bear witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, to...