The Angels Who Send Salawat on the Prophet

The angels who bless the Prophet are the angels who bless the Prophet at every moment, as in Al-Ahzab 56 "God and His angels bless the Prophet". They are among the clearest reported works of the angels in the Qur'an ^{1 2}.

• Al-Ahzab 56: "God and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who believe, bless him and greet him with a worthy greeting" — in it that God and His angels bless the Prophet ¹.
• In the tafsir, "blessing" from God is His mercy and favour, and from the angels it is supplication for him of mercy and blessing ².
• In a narration, "the angels" in the verse are those who bless the Prophet at every moment ³.

• "Whoever blesses me, God blesses him tenfold" — in a narration of Muslim ³.
• "Whoever blesses me ten times, God blesses him a hundredfold; whoever blesses me a hundred times, God blesses him a thousandfold; whoever blesses me a thousand times, God admits him to Paradise" — in a narration of al-Tirmidhi ⁴.
• "The first of people to reach me on the Day of Judgment will be those who bless me most" — in a narration of al-Tirmidhi ⁴.
• "God and His angels and their prayers and the angels of the heavens..." — in it that blessing from God and the angels reaches the Prophet ⁴.
• "The angels do not tire of blessing you" — in it that they bless the believers ⁵.

• In the tafsir, "blessing" from God is His mercy and favour, and from the angels it is supplication for him of mercy and blessing ².
• In a narration, "blessing" from God is not like the blessing of creatures, but is His mercy and favour ².
• In a hadith, "blessing" from God is praise of Him, and from the angels it is supplication for him ³.

Ibn Kathir details that "blessing" in Al-Ahzab 56 from God is His mercy, and from the angels it is supplication for him of mercy and blessing ². Al-Qurtubi holds that the angels bless the Prophet at every moment ⁶.

• "Angels of blessing the Prophet" is a technical name; the Qur'an calls them "angels" in Al-Ahzab 56 ¹.
• In it is evidence of the Prophet's greatness and his standing with God and the angels ².
• Their companion in this topic is the angels on its page.