Question

what did Abou request the angel to do? why?​

Answer 1

Answer: In the poem Abou Ben Adhem, Abou told the angel to write his name on the book in which the name of all the people who loved the entire mankind selflessly was recorded.

Answer 2

Answer:

Abou requested the Angel to write his name  in the list of those who loved his fellowmen.

Explanation:

He told the Angel to do so because he believed that true devotion to God is found in one's love for his neighbor. God has mentioned it in one of his most important commandments that  "Love thy neighbors as thy self."He pointed out accurately that how can we claim to love God whom we can't see, if we don't love our fellowmen whom we can see.