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Artiya'il, the angel who removes grief and depression from the children of Adam. [9] (Angel) Arina'il, guardian angel of the third heaven. [10] (Angel) Awar, a devil of lust, tempting into adultery. (Devil) Azazil, leader of angels punishing demons, Satan. (Archangel or Genie) Ayna, daughter of Satan. Married an apostate jinni. [11] (Devil)
The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملك, romanized: malak) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, [14] or from the triliteral root '-l-k, l-'-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just as its counterpart in Hebrew (malʾákh).
If angels can sin or not is disputed in Islam. Those who say that Iblis was not an angel, but a jinni, argue that only jinn (and humans), but not angels are capable of disobedience. [16]: 123 This is the generally opinion among the Qadariyah and most Mu'tazilites. [26] [16]: 123 This view is also found to be prominent among many Salafis.
The Arabic term šayṭān originated from the triliteral root š-ṭ-n ("distant, astray") and is cognate to Satan. It has a theological connotation designating a creature distant from the divine mercy. [8] The term is attested in Geʽez. In the Book of Enoch, "angels of punishment prepare the instruments for the säyəṭanə". [9]
By the 13th century, most Islamic scholars started to reject it on the basis of it being inconsistent with the theological principle of 'iṣmat al-anbiyā (impeccability of the prophets) and the methodological principle of isnad-criticism. [1] According to some Islamic traditions, God sent Satan as a tempter to test the audience.
Since Satan and the devils are created from fire, some scholars suggest that they will not burn in fire, but suffer from the intense cold of intense cold (Zamharīr). [154] A popular opinion among Shias is, that the Mahdi will kill Iblis. [155] In some manuals of Islamic eschatology, the Angels of divine justice will seize and kill Iblis ...
Before the souls leaves the body completely, devils (shayāṭīn) sent by Iblis (Satan) persuade the deceased to abandon Islam and become an unbeliever, for example by disguising as a beloved one from heaven and telling them that Islam is not the true religion. At last, the devils are driven away by Jibrail (Gabriel) and the angels of mercy. [32]
Thus, he argues, Satan could not have been an angel. [10] Instead, the verse is supposed to mean that Satan is one of the jinn, distinct from the angels. [4] According to ibn Abbas, the term is interpreted as jinān, meaning that Satan was "an inhabitant of paradise" (i.e. an angel). [11]