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  2. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel) 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)

  3. Iblis - Wikipedia

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    When God created Adam, He ordered the angels to bow before the new creation. All of the angels bowed down, but Iblis refused to do so. All of the angels bowed down, but Iblis refused to do so. He argued that since he was created from fire, he is superior to humans, who were made from clay-mud, and that he should not prostrate himself before ...

  4. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    The shayṭān of the movie describes himself as a loyal servant of ʿAzāzīl (another name of Satan in Islamic tradition), whom he venerates as a deity after feeling forgotten by God. However, in accordance with the teachings of the Quran, Azazil turns out to be unreliable, while God ultimately intervenes on behalf of those who stayed loyal.

  5. Satanic Verses - Wikipedia

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    And God revealed: 'We never sent any apostle or prophet before you but that, when he longed, Satan cast into his longing. But God abrogates what Satan casts in, and then God puts His verses in proper order, for God is all-knowing and wise.' [Q.22:52] So God drove out the sadness from His prophet and gave him security against what he feared.

  6. Jesus in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The interpretations are collected by the Quran exegete Mahmud al-Alusi: Jesus is the embodiment of God's word uttered at the moment of his conception (9:169, 14:30, 3:42), announced in the "word of God", prophesied preached by preceeding prophets; Jesus is the word of God because he speaks on behalf of God; or that Jesus is a word of God ...

  7. Satan - Wikipedia

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    In Luke 22:31, Jesus grants Satan the authority to test Peter and the other apostles. [86] Luke 22:3–6 states that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus because "Satan entered" him [85] and, in Acts 5:3, Peter describes Satan as "filling" Ananias's heart and causing him to sin. [87] The Gospel of John only uses the name Satan three times. [88]

  8. Religious responses to the problem of evil - Wikipedia

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    Satan caused Adam and Eve to disobey God, and humanity subsequently became participants in a challenge involving the competing claims of Jehovah and Satan to universal sovereignty. [58] Other angels who sided with Satan became demons. God's subsequent tolerance of evil is explained in part by the value of free will.

  9. Azrael - Wikipedia

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    Azrael (/ ˈ æ z r i. ə l,-r eɪ-/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized: ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [1] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized: ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam [2] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.