The meaning of ‘angels’ is the confirmations of God and His
celestial powers. Likewise angels are blessed beings who have severed all ties
with this nether world, have been released from the chains of self and the
desires of the flesh, and anchored their hearts to the heavenly realms of the
Lord. These are of the Kingdom, heavenly; these are of God, spiritual; these
are revealers of God’s abounding grace; these are dawning-points of His
spiritual bestowals.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha)
