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  2. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Marid, a powerful rebellious demon, who assaults heaven in order to listen to the angels, mentioned in Quran. [31] (Demon) Matatrush, angel guarding the heavenly veil. Jews are blamed for venerating this angel on Rosh Hashanah as a son of god. [32] (Angel) Mika'il, guardian angel of the second heaven. (Angel)

  3. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    'adversary') is an evil spirit in Islam, [2] inciting humans and jinn to sin by whispering (وَسْوَسَة waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to Islamic tradition , though invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from the nar as-samum "poisonous fire", a ...

  4. Iblis - Wikipedia

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    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").

  5. Islam in Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Islam in Ukraine is a minority religious affiliation with Muslims representing between 1% [1] and 2% [2] of the total population. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to Berke Khan of the Ulug Ulus (Golden Horde) in the 13th century and the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century.

  6. Marid - Wikipedia

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    Amira El-Zein describes the mārid as a creature who strives to predict the future by ascending to the heavens and spying on the angels. [9] (p 143) The Quran mentions the mārid in aṣ-Ṣāffāt (37:7) stating that "the lower heavens are equipped with stars to protect against the rebellious devils (shaytan marid)" [9] (p 143) and in an-Nisa (4:117) stating "they invoke none but a rebellious ...

  7. Category:Demons in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Demons in Islam" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement ...

  8. Div (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    [10] In other works, such as People of the Air, the div are explicitly distinguished from jinn. [11] (p 148) In some cases, the term div is juxtaposed to the terms ifrit, shaitan (devil), and taghut (idol), all some sort of demons in Islamic belief, indicating a relationship between those beings but distinct from the (regular) jinn. [12]

  9. Religion in Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Islam in Ukraine is the second largest religion after Christianity. Islam in the lands of Ukraine is hundreds of years old, but it has a long and complicated history here. Historically, there were two main ways of spreading Islam in Ukraine: the eastern (North Caucasus) and southern (Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire).