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Dasim, a devil causing enmity between husband and wife. (Devil) Dajjal, deceiver in the End-Times, False Prophet. (Devil or Other) Darda'il (The Journeyers), who travel the earth searching out assemblies where people remember God's name. [13] (Angel) al-Dik, an angel in the shape of a rooster.
In his response to the question, how devils, who are conceptualized as creatures of a subtile body (i.e. either fallen angels or evil jinn) in early kalām, can run through the body of humans, he explains that it is not the devil himself, but the effects of the devil (athar ash-shayṭān) that run through human body and influence the soul.
In Islamic traditions, Iblīs is known by many alternative names or titles, such as Abū Murrah (Arabic: أَبُو مُرَّة, "Father of Bitterness") as the name stems from the word "murr" – meaning "bitter", ‘aduww Allāh or ‘aduwallah (Arabic: عُدُوّ الله, "enemy or foe" of God) [10] and Abū Al-Harith (Arabic: أَبُو الْحَارِث, "the father of the plowmen").
Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century. Satan, [a] also known as the Devil (cf. a devil), [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or 'evil inclination'.
Several parables or pieces of narrative appear in the Quran, often with similar motifs to Jewish and Christian traditions which may predate those in the Quran. [1]Some included legends are the story of Cain and Abel (sura al-Ma'idah, of Abraham destroying idols (sura al-Anbiya 57), of Solomon's conversation with an ant (sura an-Naml), the story of the Seven Sleepers, and several stories about ...
Azazil (Arabic: عزازيل ʿAzāzīl, Turkish: Azâzîl; also known as Arabic: حارث Ḥārith) is a figure in Islamic tradition, and believed to be the original name of Satan (Iblīs). [1] The name does not appear in the Quran , however, is frequently mentioned in tafsīr (authorized exegesis of the Quran).
a Persian singer and Arabic-language poet, appearing in several stories The Lovers of al-Madina; Abdallah ibn Fadil and His Brothers; Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil; Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: إبراهيم بن المهدي) an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet, featuring in several tales.
The authenticity of Barsisa's story is questioned even among Muslim scholars since it does not come from any reliable books of Sunnah. [2] However, some Muslims accept this story to be true. The fable passed into European literary culture after its publication under the title "History of Santon Barsisa" in the British periodical The Guardian in ...