Mu'aqqibat
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The Arabic term al-mu'aqqibat (commonly encountered in the definite plural, Arabic معقبات "those who follow one upon another") is a term occurring in the Quran (Q.13:11) which some Islamic commentators consider to refer to a class of guardian angel. Therefore, these Angels are also called al hafathah (الحفظة) which means the guarding angels. They protect human from the harm of evil jinn (جن) and devils (شياطين).
In Islamic tradition, a guardian angel or lit. Watcher angel (raqib "watcher") is an angel which maintains every being in life, sleep, death or resurrection.[1][2] The Arabic singular for mu'aqqibat would be a mu'aqqib "a person which follows."[3] These angels are included in the hafazhah ("the guards") and the concept of the guardian angel in Islam is similar to the concept of the guardian angel in some Jewish and Christian traditions. Each person is assigned four Hafaza angels, two of which keep watch during the day and two during the night.[4][5]
Muhammad is reported to have said that every man has ten guardian angels.[6][7] Ali ben-Ka'b/Ka'b bin 'Ujrah,[8][9] and Ibn 'Abbas[10] read these as angels.