Do the angels have hearts, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Until when the terror is removed from their hearts”?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. We said that the angels possess intellects; is it correct to say that they also possess hearts?
The Shaykh : No, that argument is not valid.
The questioner : But Shaykh, Allah said in the Qur'an[Al-A'raf 7:179] ...?
The Shaykh : Who is being addressed?
The questioner : People are being addressed.
The questioner : .......
The Shaykh : Allah knows best about that... It may be said that "hearts" here means the spiritual heart, because it is well known among the Salaf that the angels are mute and have no cavities, and therefore they do not eat or drink and do not need food or drink.
The questioner : ....
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the spiritual heart. But the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Hajj 22:46] refers to a physical heart, because He described it by its location.
The questioner : .....؟
The Shaykh : We said this, we said this; up to now we have not reached this point; we have reachedAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 25:161 we have not reached it in the benefits.
The Shaykh : No, that argument is not valid.
The questioner : But Shaykh, Allah said in the Qur'an
They have hearts with which they do not understand
لهم قلوب لا يفقهون بهاThe Shaykh : Who is being addressed?
The questioner : People are being addressed.
The questioner : .......
The Shaykh : Allah knows best about that... It may be said that "hearts" here means the spiritual heart, because it is well known among the Salaf that the angels are mute and have no cavities, and therefore they do not eat or drink and do not need food or drink.
The questioner : ....
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the spiritual heart. But the saying of Allah the Exalted
but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
ولكن تعمى القلوب التي في الصدورThe questioner : .....؟
The Shaykh : We said this, we said this; up to now we have not reached this point; we have reached