Cherubim
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al-Karūbiyyūn · the Cherubim · the golden figures
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Cherubim1 mention
Kitāb madhāhib al-Aʻrāb wa-falāsifat al-Islām fī al-jinn (Arabic)
and so too the angels — the guardians, the bearers and the Cherubim (2) — must have their classes;
in the texts
Stromata
Six-winged golden figures on the ark, interpreted as symbols of 'much knowledge' and the glorifying spirits.
Indeed, those golden figures too, each of them six-winged, whether they show forth the two Bears, as some would have it, or rather the two hemispheres — and the name Cherubim means "much knowledge" — but both together have twelve wings, and by the zodiacal circle and the time that is borne along it they show forth the world of sense.
except that it indicates rest in the company of the glorifying spirits, which are hinted at by the Cherubim.
Kitāb madhāhib al-Aʻrāb wa-falāsifat al-Islām fī al-jinn
The highest rank of angels, named among the angelic classes and glossed from the Qāmūs.
and so too the angels — the guardians, the bearers and the Cherubim (2) — must have their classes;
they are the lords of the angels