The four supporters (angels) of the celestial throne
Bearers of the Throne or ḥamlat al-arsh are a group of angels in Islam. The Quran mentions them in Quran40:7 and Quran69:17.
In Islamic traditions, they are often portrayed in zoomorphic forms. They are described as resembling different creatures: An eagle, a bull, a lion and a human.[citation needed] Other hadiths describes them with six wings and four faces.[1] The portrayal of these angels is comparable to the seraphim in the Book of Revelation.[2] These four angels are also held to be created from different elements: One from light, one from fire, one from water and one from mercy. It is also said they are so large that a journey from their earlobes to their shoulders would take seven hundred years.[3]
They might be identified with cherubim or seraphim of Jewish traditions.[4]
^Stephen Burge (2015). Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-malik. Routledge. p. 265. ISBN978-1-136-50473-0.
^Bruno Becchio; Johannes P. Schadé (2016). "Hierarchy of angels". Encyclopedia of World Religions. Foreign Media Group. ISBN9781601360007.
^Syrinx von Hees (2002). Enzyklopädie als Spiegel des Weltbildes: Qazwīnīs Wunder der Schöpfung: eine Naturkunde des 13. Jahrhunderts (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 283. ISBN978-3-447-04511-7.
^Schöck, Cornelia. "Die Träger Des Gottesthrones in Koranauslegung Und Islamischer Überlieferung." Die Welt Des Orients, vol. 27, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), 1996, p. 105, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25683589.
