My story! I am an Ex-Muslim, became and Atheist. I was visited by an Angel of God.

[Prince]

Prince says that he didn't know about angels till he read Daniel after his experience. But as an ex muslim he must know that belief in angels is one of the tenets of islam. Muslims are taught that they have an angel sitting at each shoulder and they address them during prayer.  Prince, your brain already had all the material it needed. It sounds like a typical lucid waking dream. I have them many times, I was prone to them as a kid. Once I saw two elves or little men in my room either side of a sandpit ; one ruffled the sand up and then the other one would smooth it over. My mother told me the next morning that she came in in the night because I was restless and I was asleep with my eyes open looking at the corner of the room.  Why elves and a sandpit? I have no idea. My brain was supplying the vision.
But even now I can remember the little men and they were as real as anything to me.

The believe that there are angels sitting on each shoulder,it has to do with writing deeds and not directing Muslims during prayer. I read about this recently. I don't remember learning this fact at a young age, even if i did I must have forgotten it. 

Also, there is another myth in Islam culture that says there is a Good Angel & Evil Angel sitting on each shoulder. I am not sure which story is correct. Anyway, after my encounter with the spiritual being, the only unclear reference i found in the Quran, or in Islamic literature regarding spirits, Angels & demons is that an Angel is created from light, and a Demon is created from smoke. There is no way were i can verify this fact. In addition, that an angel might take a shape of a man. 

While i was growing up as a Muslim, i learned one clear thing about angels, and that Gabriel visited Muhammad inside a cave. This is all i remember from Islamic traditions. That's why i turned to other materials such as the Bible. I thought i could find some convincing answers.