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Iblis (Arabic: إِبْلِيسْ, romanized: Iblīs), [1] alternatively known as Eblīs, [2] is the leader of the devils (shayāṭīn) in Islam.According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven after refusing to prostrate himself before Adam.
Inhabitants of the third earth, creatures supposed to have faces like humans but with the mouth of a dog, feet of cows and ears like goats. They never disobey God. [19] (Other) Isma'il, guardian angel of the first heaven, this angel offers advice to the believers on earth and prays for them. [20] (Angel)
The Devil is identified with several figures in the Bible including the serpent in the Garden of Eden, Lucifer, Satan, the tempter of the Gospels, Leviathan, and the dragon in the Book of Revelation. Some parts of the Bible, which do not refer to an evil spirit or Satan at the time of the composition of the texts, are interpreted as references ...
Christians have traditionally interpreted the unnamed serpent in the Garden of Eden as Satan due to Revelation 12:7, which calls Satan "that ancient serpent". [111] [9] This verse, however, is probably intended to identify Satan with the Leviathan, [111] a monstrous sea-serpent whose destruction by Yahweh is prophesied in Isaiah 27:1. [108]
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] According to various Islamic beliefs, ʿAzāzīl was the master of the angels and the strongest and most knowledgeable of them, before his pride led ...
According to some Islamic traditions, God sent Satan as a tempter to test the audience. Others categorically deny that this incident ever happened. The incident is accepted as true by some modern scholars of Islamic studies , citing the implausibility of early Muslim biographers fabricating a story so unflattering about their prophet.
Islamic traditions often use figures similar to the Biblical narrative. Adam's wife is commonly named Hawa, and the serpent reappears together with a peacock as two animals, which supported Iblis to slip into Adam's abode. [50] Many denied, that the Garden in which Adam dwelled with his wife, was identical with the Paradise in afterlife. They ...
Jinn are not a strictly Islamic concept; they may represent several pagan beliefs integrated into Islam. [2] [a] Islam places jinn and humans on the same plane in relation to God, both being subject to God's judgement and an afterlife. [4] The Quran condemns the pre-Islamic Arabian practice of worshipping or seeking protection from them. [5]