Why are most of the angels' names in Hebrew, and is the language of the people of Heaven Hebrew?
The relationship between Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew as Semitic languages is a precise and complex area of research. Some scholars have posited that Arabic was the first language of Adam. As for Hebrew being the language of the 'Highest Concourse' (Mala' al-A'la), this is a claim without proof. Ibn Hazm stated that God sent every messenger with the language of his people, and that the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the words of Moses were revealed in Hebrew, while the scriptures of Abraham were in Syriac, thus making the languages equal. There is no text or consensus regarding the language of the people of Paradise and Hellfire. When Ibn Taymiyyah was asked about the language of the Day of Judgment, he said: "It is not known in what language people will speak on that day, nor in what language they will hear the address of the Lord, because Allah the Almighty and His Messenger did not inform us of any of that. It is also not authentic that Persian is the language of the people of Hellfire, nor that Arabic is the language of the people of Paradise."
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