{Gabriel}[4th September 1989]

[Redbook6:225][19890904:1350c]{Gabriel}[4th September 1989]

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*‘In one story Muhammed is questioned by Jews about his prophetic mission and answers them quite satisfactorily. But, when he says that Jibril is the bearer of his revelations, **the Jews attack the archangel as the spirit of destruction and the foe of Michael,** the angel of fertility. On another occasion the caliph ‘Umar is reported to have asked the Jews of the synagogue of Medina how Mikal and Jibril were regarded by God. ***The Jews replied that that Michael sat at God’s left and Gabriel at his right but that the two were enemies.*** ‘Umar revealed the falseness of their position and said that an enemy of either angel was immediately an enemy of God.’****

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****E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 8:120

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