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For the charity, see <a href="/wiki/Ofanim_(charity)" title="Ofanim (charity)">Ofanim (charity)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ezekiel%27s_vision.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ezekiel%27s_vision.jpg/330px-Ezekiel%27s_vision.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Ezekiel%27s_vision.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="417" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption>A traditional depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Merkabah" class="mw-redirect" title="Merkabah">chariot vision</a>, based on the description in Ezekiel, with an opan on the left side</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>ophanim</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">אוֹפַנִּים</span> <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">ʼōp̄annīm</i></span>, <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">wheels</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>; singular: <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">אוֹפָן</span></span> <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">ʼōp̄ān</i></span>), alternatively spelled <b>auphanim</b> or <b>ofanim</b>, and also called <b>galgalim</b> (Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">גַּלְגַּלִּים</span> <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">galgallīm</i></span>, <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">spheres, wheels, whirlwinds</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>; singular: <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">גַּלְגַּל</span></span> <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">galgal</i></span>), refer to the wheels seen in <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel" title="Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a>'s vision of the chariot (Hebrew <span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Merkabah" class="mw-redirect" title="Merkabah">merkabah</a></i></span>) in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Ezekiel%201:15–21">Ezekiel 1:15–21</a>. One of the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" title="Dead Sea Scrolls">Dead Sea Scrolls</a> (4Q405) construes them as angels; late sections of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Enoch" title="Book of Enoch">Book of Enoch</a> (61:10, 71:7) portray them as a class of <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">celestial</a> beings who (along with the <a href="/wiki/Cherubim" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherubim">Cherubim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seraphim" class="mw-redirect" title="Seraphim">Seraphim</a>) never sleep, but guard the <a href="/wiki/Throne_of_God" title="Throne of God">throne of God</a>. In some systems of <a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Christian angelology</a>, they are one of the choirs (classes) of angels, and are also identified as <b><a href="/wiki/Throne_(angel)" title="Throne (angel)">Thrones</a></b>. </p><p>These "wheels" have been associated with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Daniel%207:9">Daniel 7:9</a> (mentioned as <span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn">galgal</i></span>, traditionally "the wheels of <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he-Latn" style="font-style: normal;">galgallin</span></span>", in "fiery flame" and "burning fire") of the four, eye-covered wheels (each composed of two nested wheels), that move next to the winged Cherubim, beneath the throne of God. The four wheels move with the Cherubim because the spirit of the Cherubim is in them. The late <a href="/wiki/Second_Book_of_Enoch" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Book of Enoch">Second Book of Enoch</a> (20:1, 21:1) also referred to them as the "<b>many-eyed ones</b>". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/First_Book_of_Enoch" class="mw-redirect" title="First Book of Enoch">First Book of Enoch</a> (71.7) seems to imply that the Ophanim are equated to the "<a href="/wiki/Throne_(angel)" title="Throne (angel)">Thrones</a>" in Christianity when it lists them all together, in order: "...round about were Seraphim, Cherubim, and Ophanim".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_(with_flame).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg/250px-Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg/330px-Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg/500px-Ophanim_Ophannin_Throne_wheel_of_eyes_ezekiel_%28with_flame%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="757" /></a><figcaption>An artist's interpretation of an<span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">ʼōp̄ān</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p>It is said that they were the actual wheels of the Lord's Heavenly Chariot (<a href="/wiki/Merkabah" class="mw-redirect" title="Merkabah">Merkabah</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The four wheels had rims and they had spokes, and their rims were full of eyes round about." They are also frequently referred to as "many-eyed ones."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ophanim_in_specific_spiritual_traditions">Ophanim in specific spiritual traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ophanim in specific spiritual traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ophanim_in_Judaism">Ophanim in Judaism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ophanim in Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Maimonides" title="Maimonides">Maimonides</a> lists Ophanim as the second to closest of angels to God in his exposition of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_angelic_hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish angelic hierarchy">Jewish angelic hierarchy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_prayer">In prayer</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In prayer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Kedushah_(prayer)" title="Kedushah (prayer)">kedusha</a> section in the <a href="/wiki/Shacharit" title="Shacharit">morning prayer</a> (in the blessings preceding the recitation of the <a href="/wiki/Shema" title="Shema">Shema</a>) includes the phrase, "The <i>ophanim</i> and the holy living creatures with great uproar raise themselves up; facing the <i>seraphim</i> they offer praise, saying, 'Blessed be God's glory from His place." The inspiration behind this particular passage is <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel" title="Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vision_(spirituality)" title="Vision (spirituality)">vision</a> (ch. i.). The theme of angels praising God was inserted into the passage by <a href="/wiki/Piyyut" title="Piyyut">paytanim</a> (Jewish liturgical poets).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ophanim are mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/El_Adon" title="El Adon">El Adon</a></i> prayer, often sung by the congregation, as part of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Shabbat" title="Shabbat">Shabbat</a> <a href="/wiki/Shacharit" title="Shacharit">morning</a> service. </p><p>In the Jewish angelic hierarchy thrones and wheels are different. This is also true in the <a href="/wiki/Kabbalistic_angelic_hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabbalistic angelic hierarchy">Kabbalistic angelic hierarchy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thrones_in_the_Orthodox_Church">Thrones in the Orthodox Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Thrones in the Orthodox Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Throne_(angel)" title="Throne (angel)">Throne (angel)</a></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/De_Coelesti_Hierarchia" title="De Coelesti Hierarchia">De Coelesti Hierarchia</a></i> refers to the <a href="/wiki/Throne_(angel)" title="Throne (angel)">Thrones</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> description as the third Order of the first sphere, the other two superior orders being the Cherubim and Seraphim. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The name of the most glorious and exalted Thrones denotes that which is exempt from and untainted by any base and earthly thing, and the super mundane ascent up the steep. For these have no part in that which is lowest, but dwell in fullest power, immovably and perfectly established in the Most High, and receive the Divine Immanence above all passion and matter, and manifest God, being attentively open to divine participations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This view was also accepted by the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Thomas Aquinas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lord_of_the_Flame_in_the_Western_Wisdom_Teachings">Lord of the Flame in the Western Wisdom Teachings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lord of the Flame in the Western Wisdom Teachings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rosicrucian_Cosmo-Conception" title="The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception">The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception</a></i> refers that the "Lord of the Flame", the Hierarchy of <a href="/wiki/Elohim_(gods)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elohim (gods)">Elohim</a> astrologically assigned to <a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">Leo</a>, are the Thrones (from the Old Testament description, "because of the brilliant luminosity of their bodies and their great spiritual powers."); the other two superior hierarchies being also the Cherubim and Seraphim. According to this conception, the heavenly Seraphim and Cherubim as well as the Ophanim continue to aid humans in spiritual evolution; as do the heavenly Archangels and Angels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connection_to_machine_elves">Connection to machine elves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Connection to machine elves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several users of <a href="/wiki/DMT" class="mw-redirect" title="DMT">Dimethyltryptamine</a> have reported encountering similar beings often referred to as "Machine Elves" leading some to speculate that Dimethyltryptamine has been involved in Abrahamic Religions in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Throne_(angel)" title="Throne (angel)">Throne (angel)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalkydri" title="Chalkydri">Chalkydri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_archangels" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven archangels">Seven archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_angels_in_theology" title="List of angels in theology">List of angels in theology</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ophanim&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a> in <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religions</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_Judaism" title="Angels in Judaism">Angels in<br />Judaism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphael_(archangel)" title="Raphael (archangel)">Raphael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uriel" title="Uriel">Uriel</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Jerahmeel_(archangel)" title="Jerahmeel (archangel)">Jerahmeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jophiel" title="Jophiel">Jophiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushiel" title="Kushiel">Kushiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lailah_(angel)" title="Lailah (angel)">Lailah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastema" title="Mastema">Mastema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metatron" title="Metatron">Metatron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuriel" title="Nuriel">Nuriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravuil" title="Pravuil">Pravuil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raziel" title="Raziel">Raziel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachiel" title="Sachiel">Sachiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samael" title="Samael">Samael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samyaza" title="Samyaza">Samyaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandalphon" title="Sandalphon">Sandalphon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senoy,_Sansenoy_and_Semangelof" title="Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof">Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaphkiel" title="Zaphkiel">Tzaphqiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahoel" title="Yahoel">Yahoel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zadkiel" title="Zadkiel">Zadkiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zerachiel" title="Zerachiel">Zerachiel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seraph" title="Seraph">Seraphim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_creatures_(Bible)" title="Living creatures (Bible)">Chayot</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ophanim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherub" title="Cherub">Cherubim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashmal" title="Hashmal">Hashmallim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishim_(angel)" title="Ishim (angel)">Ishim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_God" title="Sons of God">Sons of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_angel" title="Recording angel">Recording angels</a></li></ul> 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title="Ariel (angel)">Ariel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azazel" title="Azazel">Azazel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sariel" title="Sariel">Sariel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandalphon" title="Sandalphon">Sandalphon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raguel_(angel)" title="Raguel (angel)">Raguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramiel" title="Ramiel">Ramiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selaphiel" title="Selaphiel">Selaphiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barachiel" title="Barachiel">Barachiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jegudiel" title="Jegudiel">Jegudiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camael" title="Camael">Camael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Portugal" title="Angel of Portugal">Guardian Angel of Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerahmeel_(archangel)" title="Jerahmeel (archangel)">Jerahmeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jophiel" title="Jophiel">Jophiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metatron" title="Metatron">Metatron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samyaza" title="Samyaza">Samyaza</a></li> <li><a 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title="Christian angelology">Lordships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Virtues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Powers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Authorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Principalities</a>/<a href="/wiki/Christian_angelology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian angelology">Rulers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watcher_(angel)" title="Watcher (angel)">Watchers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Guardian_angel" title="Guardian angel">Guardian angels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_Islam" title="Angels in Islam">Angels in <br />Islam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Mikha'il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Jibra'il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israfil" title="Israfil">Israfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azrael" title="Azrael">Azra'il</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C5%AB%E1%B8%A5" title="Rūḥ">ar-Rūḥ</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azazil" title="Azazil">ʿAzāzīl</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iblis" title="Iblis">Iblis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artiya%27il" title="Artiya'il">Artiya'il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darda%27il" title="Darda'il">Darda'il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumah_(angel)" title="Dumah (angel)">Dumah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalqa%27il" title="Kalqa'il">Kalqa'il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futrus" title="Futrus">Futrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_(angel)" title="Habib (angel)">Ḥabīb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harut_and_Marut" title="Harut and Marut">Harut and Marut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalik" title="Maalik">Mālik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munkar_and_Nakir" title="Munkar and Nakir">Munkar and Nakir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri%E1%B8%8Dwan" title="Riḍwan">Riḍwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bearers_of_the_Throne" title="Bearers of the Throne">Mu'qarrabun</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Cherub" title="Cherub">Cherubim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seraph" title="Seraph">Seraphim</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabaniyah" title="Zabaniyah">Angels of Hell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mu%27aqqibat" title="Mu'aqqibat">Hafaza</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Guardian_angel" title="Guardian angel">Guardian angel</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiraman_Katibin" title="Kiraman Katibin">Recording angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81zi%27%C4%81t_and_N%C4%81shi%E1%B9%AD%C4%81t" title="Nāzi'āt and Nāshiṭāt">Nāzi'āt and Nāshiṭāt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uthra" title="Uthra">Uthras (angels) in <br />Mandaeism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td 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