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unusual facts about Angel Gabriel



John S. Folk

During 1854, he led police during the Angel Gabriel riot as well as violence among abolitionists and volunteer firefighters.


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Criticism of the Quran

Some early Islamic histories recount that as Muhammad was reciting Sūra Al-Najm (Q.53), as revealed to him by the angel Gabriel, Satan tempted him to utter the following lines after verses 19 and 20: "Have you thought of Al-lāt and al-'Uzzā and Manāt the third, the other; These are the exalted Gharaniq, whose intercession is hoped for."

Mongol elements in Western medieval art

This sort of textile is represented in the clothing of the angel Gabriel in the Annunciation by Simone Martini (1333).

Quranic timeline

22 December 609 CE, Muhammad recites a chapter of the Quran for the first time after angel Gabriel reveals surah Al-Alaq in the cave of Hira.