Editing Seraph (section)

== In Islam ==
[[File:The four supporters (angels) of the celestial throne Wellcome L0030654.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The four supporters (angels) of the celestial throne]]
The [[Bearers of the Throne]] (''ḥamlat al-arsh'') are comparable to seraphim,<ref>{{cite book |author=Becchio |first1=Bruno |title=Encyclopedia of World Religions |last2=Schadé |first2=Johannes P. |date=2016 |publisher=Foreign Media Group |isbn=9781601360007 |chapter=Hierarchy of angels}}</ref> described with six wings and four faces according to tradition.<ref>{{cite book |author=Burge |first=Stephen |title=Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-malik |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-50473-0 |page=265}}</ref> No description of their features is given in the Quran, only that their number is eight in {{qref|69|17|pl=y}}. 

Their affiliation is not always clear and sometimes their role is swapped with the cherubim.<ref name="jstor25683589" /> In a book called ''Book of the Wonders of Creation and the peculiarities of Existing Things'', these angels rank the highest, followed by ''the spirit'', the archangels and then the cherubim.<ref>Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,&nbsp;New&nbsp;York,&nbsp;Komaroff,&nbsp;L.,&nbsp;Carboni,&nbsp;S.&nbsp;(2002).&nbsp;The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353.&nbsp;Vereinigtes Königreich:&nbsp;Metropolitan Museum of Art.</ref> The Bearers of the Throne are entrusted with continuously worshipping God. Unlike the messenger angels, they remain in the heavenly realm and do not enter the world.<ref name="jstor25683589">{{cite journal |last1=Schöck |first1=Cornelia |date=1996 |title=Die Träger des Gottesthrones in Koranauslegung und islamischer Überlieferung |journal=Die Welt des Orients |language=de |volume=27 |pages=104–132 |jstor=25683589}}</ref>

Seraphim (''Sarufiyyun'' or ''Musharifin'')<ref>Jerrold Seigel, ''Between Cultures: Europe and Its Others in Five Exemplary Lives,'' University of Pennsylvania Press 2015 {{ISBN|978-0-812-29193-3}}</ref> are directly mentioned in a [[hadith]] from [[Al-Tirmidhi]] about a conversation between [[Muhammad]] and [[God in Islam|God]], during the [[Isra and Mi'raj|Night Journey]], concerning what is between the Heavens and the Earth, often interpreted as a reference to the "Exalted assembly" disputing the creation of [[Adam in Islam|Adam]] in [[Surah]] [[Ṣād (surah)|Ṣād]] {{qref|38|69|pl=y}}.<ref>Mir Valiuddin (1987). ''The Quranic Sufism''. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. {{ISBN|978-8-120-80320-6}}. p. 69.</ref>

In Islamic traditions, they are often portrayed in [[zoomorphism|zoomorphic]] forms. They are described as resembling different creatures: An eagle, a bull, a lion and a human.{{cn|date=September 2021}} Other [[hadith]]s describes them with six wings and four faces.<ref>{{cite book |author=Burge |first=Stephen |title=Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-malik |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-50473-0 |page=265}}</ref> While according to a hadith transmitted from [[At-Targhib wat-Tarhib]] authored by ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm ibn ʻAbd al-Qawī al-Mundhirī, the bearers of the throne were angels who were shaped like a [[rooster]], with their feet on the earth and their nape supporting the [[Throne of God]] in the highest sky.{{efn|The hadith were: "...''Allah, the most exalted, has permitted me to speak of a rooster whose legs have separated the earth, and its neck is bent under the throne''..." through the narration of [[Abu Hurairah]] by Abd al-Qawi al-Mundhiri through [[Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la]]. The Hadith were judged as authentic and sound by numerous hadith scholars such as by [[Nur al-Din al-Haythami]] in his work, ''[[Majma al-Zawa'id]]'', [[Al-Tabarani]] in his work, ''[[Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat]]'', Mustafa al-Adawi in ''Sahih Al-Ahadith Al-Qudsi'' and also by [[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani]] in his work ''Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahihah''<ref name="Fatwa Number: 205000">{{cite web |author1=Abdullaah Al-Faqeeh |author2= Fatwa centers & Islamic educational institutes in Yemen and Mauritania |title=رتبة حديث: أذن لي أن أحدث عن ملك من ملائكة الله من حملة العرش... |trans-title=The rank of hadith: Permit me to narrate on the authority of one of the angels of God from among the bearers of the Throne... Fatwa Number: 205000 |url=https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/205000/%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A3%D8%B0%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B4 |website=Islamweb |publisher=Al-Imaam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University |access-date=3 March 2022 |location=Saudi Arabia |language=ar |date=2013 |quote=}}</ref> It also commented as safe as it is also supported by other Hadith from another chain from [[Jabir ibn Abd Allah]] in the [[Sunan Abu Dawood]].<ref name="Fatwa Number: 205000" />}} a number modern Islamic scholars from [[Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University]], and other institutes of Yemen and Mauritania also agreed the soundness of this hadith by quoting the commentary from [[Ibn Abi al-Izz]] who supported this narrative.<ref name="Fatwa Number: 205000" />

[[Fakhr al-Din al-Razi|Al-Razi]] identifies the seraphim with the angels around God's throne, next to the cherubim. They circulate the throne and keep praising God.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2021-12-17|doi=10.48070/erciyesakademi.1033831|first=Murat Cahid|issn=2757-7031|last=CINGI|title=ERCİYES KIŞ SPORLARI VE TURİZM MERKEZİ. GELİŞİMİ VE KAYSERİ'YE KATKILARI|journal=Erciyes Akademi|doi-access=free}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> [[Ibn Kathir]], on the other hand, identifies the seraphim with those who carry the throne, the highest order of angels.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schöck |first=Cornelia |date=1996 |title=Die Träger des Gottesthrones in Koranauslegung und islamischer Überlieferung |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25683589 |journal=Die Welt des Orients |language=de |volume=27 |pages=104–132 |jstor=25683589 |issn=0043-2547}}</ref>