In Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to humankind as the messenger of God. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible,
Angel of the Annunciation from the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432
Gabriel announcing the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah, by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, 1824
Gabriel announcing the incarnation to Mary, by Fra Angelico, c. 1440–1445
A 16th-century Siyer-i Nebi image of the archangel Jibril (Gabriel) visiting Muhammad
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God. It is organized in 114 chapters which consist of individual
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…archangel with the power to announce God's will to humankind as the messenger of God. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran. In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions. Gabriel also appears in the Jewish apocryphal First Book of Enoch…
Two folios of the Birmingham Quran manuscript, an early manuscript written in Hijazi script on parchment carbon-dated to c. 568–645, overlapping with Muhammad's lifetime
Traditionally believed to be Muhammad's first revelation, Sura Al-Alaq, later placed 96th in the Quranic regulations, in current writing style
A page from the Nurse's Quran, written in Kairouani calligraphy. (1020 AD)
Quran − in Mashhad, Iran − said to be written by Ali but, based on the paleography, it is clearly a text written several centuries later. see also:Mushaf of Ali