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We proceeded from those people and arrived to a group of Angels, who Allah the Glorious and High ‑ by His own desire had created ‑ whose complete existence was spent in the glorification and remembrance of Allah (SWT).
These Angels, in a high voice, were praising and thanking the One God and out of their love and fear for Him were crying.
I asked regarding them and Jibra'il told me, "Just as you can see, each Angel is standing beside another Angel yet they do not talk to one other. Their only task is to glorify and praise Allah the High and Glorious ‑ thus they do not even look up or down."
I greeted them to which they replied by moving their head without even looking at me. Jibra'il said to them, "This is Muhammad, the seal of the Prophets and the Prophet of Mercy. He is the Leader and Master of all the Prophets. Why are you not speaking to him?" When they heard this, they greeted me, extended their respect to me and gave good tidings to me and to my Ummah."
From Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 18, p. 324, Bab 3 - Ithbaat al-Mi`raaj wa ma`anaahu wa kayfiyyatuhu wa sifatuhu wa ma jaraa feehi wa wasf al-buraaq, Hadith 34.
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