The Archangels of the Apocrypha The first explicit reference to an archangel comes from the Apocryphal book 2 Esdras (4:36), and only Jeremiel is called an archangel in it.
Archangel Michael and Archangel Gabriel also have equivalents in the Quran, with some scholars believing that it was Raphael (Israfil) who had first visited the prophet Muhammed in Islamic canon.