▁ne ph il im . ▁According ly , ▁in ▁Muhammad an ism , ▁Gabriel ▁helped ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁religion ▁overcome ▁his ▁advers aries ▁significantly ▁during ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁B adr ▁and ▁against ▁a ▁demon ▁during ▁the ▁Mi ' raj . ▁He ▁further ▁encourag ed ▁Muhammad ▁w age ▁war ▁and ▁attack ▁the ▁Jewish ▁tribe ▁of ▁Ban u ▁Q ur ay za . ▁ ▁Art , ▁entertain ment , ▁and ▁media ▁ ▁Ang els ▁are ▁described ▁as ▁pure ▁spirits . ▁The ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁defined ▁form ▁allows ▁artists ▁wide ▁latitude ▁in ▁dep ict ing ▁them . ▁Am elia ▁R . ▁Brown ▁draw s ▁compar isons ▁in ▁By z antine ▁icon ography ▁between ▁port ray als ▁of ▁ang els ▁and ▁the ▁convent ions ▁used ▁to ▁dep ict ▁court ▁e un uchs . ▁Main ly ▁from ▁the ▁C au cas us , ▁they ▁t ended ▁to ▁have ▁light ▁eyes , ▁hair , ▁and ▁skin ; ▁and ▁those ▁" c astr ated ▁in ▁child hood ▁developed ▁a ▁distinct ive ▁ske let al ▁structure , ▁lack ed ▁full ▁mascul ine ▁mus cul ature , ▁body ▁hair ▁and ▁be ards .... " ▁As ▁officials , ▁they ▁would ▁wear ▁a ▁white ▁t unic ▁decor ated ▁with ▁gold . ▁Brown ▁suggests ▁that ▁ ▁" By z antine ▁artists ▁drew , ▁cons ci ously ▁or ▁not , ▁on ▁this ▁icon ography ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁e un uch ". ▁Some ▁recent ▁popular ▁works ▁on ▁ang els ▁consider ▁Gabriel ▁to ▁be ▁female ▁or ▁and rog yn ous . ▁ ▁Gabriel ▁sculpt ures ▁