261 - Dahtham b. al-Faḍl al-Qurashī narrated to me: Dāwūd b. al-Jarrāḥ narrated to us from al-Awzāʿī, he said: It has reached me that there is no one among the creation of God, Mighty and Majestic, with a more beautiful voice than Isrāfīl, peace be upon him. So He, Blessed and Exalted, commands him, and he begins to sing. There remains no proximate angel in the heavens except that he interrupts his prayer. He remains doing that for as long as God wills him to remain. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says: "By My might and My majesty, if the servants knew the extent of My greatness, they would not worship anyone other than Me."
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