Heavenly host

This name is traditionally transliterated in Latin as Sabaoth, a form that will be more familiar to many English readers, as it is used in the King James Version of the Bible.

[5] The Quran describes that angels have intervened during the Battle of Badr to fight against the šayāṭīn (devils)[6] Islamic theology and philosophy understands the battle of these two hosts to occur within the qalb "human heart" as written in the texts of Ja'far ibn Sa'id and al-Ghazali.

[7] Unlike Christianity, dualistic tendencies are usually minimized in Islamic tradition, and God is ultimately in control of both hosts; enabling a choice to side with either of these created beings.

[8] Bahá'u'lláh, claiming to be the Manifestation of God, wrote tablets to many of the kings and rulers of the world inviting them to recognize him as the Promised One of all ages and faiths, some of which were compiled and published in English as The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.

[9] Karel van der Toorn says the Ugaritic texts put the council of heavens (DR DT ŠMM) in synonymous parallelism with the assembly of the stars (PḪR KKBM) and the sons of El (BN IL), meaning the gods.