[Has there reached you the story of the honoured guests of Ebrāhīm?] adh-Dhāriyāt:24 The honoured guests of Ebrāhīm were a group of Angels and Messengers of Allāh who had appeared in the form of men. Tafsīr al-Jalālayn suggests that their number might have been 12, 10 or three, amongst them were Jibrīl and Mīkā`īl, ‘alayhim as-salām. Further down in the sūrah we learn that these Angels were on their way to Qawm Lūṭ (people of Lūṭ) with promises of…
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