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This is a list of spiritual entities in Islam. Islamic traditions and mythologies branching of from the Quran state more precisely, about the nature of different spiritual or supernatural creatures.
'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 ...
Islamic mythology is the body of myths associated with Islam and the Quran. Islam is a religion that is more concerned with social order and law than with religious ritual or myths. [1] [2] The primary focus of Islam is the practical and rational practice and application of the Islamic law. Despite this focus, Islamic myths do still exist. [1]
Islamic art commonly pictures them as horrifying demons with flames leaping from their mouth. [91] As part of Isma'ili eschatology, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi identified the zabaniya with the seven planets , who administer the upper barzakhs , indicating that there is a kind of hell within the celestrial spheres.
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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.
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 ...
According to a major Shia Islam website, al-Islam.org, Hellfire is the eternal destination of unbelievers, [176] although another essay on the site states that there is a set of unbelievers known as ‘Jahil-e-Qasir’ (lit. ‘inculpable ignorant’), who "will attain salvation if they are truthful to their own religion" because the message of ...