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Depiction of a shaitan by Siyah Qalam, c. 14th/15th century. The art-style of Uighur or Central Asia origin was used by Muslim Turks to depict various legendary beings. [1]A shaitan or shaytan (Arabic: شَيْطَان, romanized: shayṭān; pl.: شَيَاطِين shayāṭīn; Hebrew: שָׂטָן; Turkish: Şeytan or Semum, lit. 'devil', 'demon', or 'satan') is an evil spirit in Islam, [2 ...
Salsa'il, guardian angel of the fourth heaven. [39] (Angel) Shamka'il, an angel of the sixth heaven. (Angel) Sharahil, angel responsible for the day and the sun, Sarahiel. (Angel) Shayateen, evil spirits, tempting humans into sin. Usually the offspring of Iblis, sometimes spirits cast out of heaven. (Genie or Devils) Sila, shape-shifter, often ...
This led to a dispute among the mufassirūn (exegetes), who disagree on whether the term is meant to be a nisba to designate Iblis's heavenly origin (i.e. an angel) in contrast to the earthly Adam (and the jinn preceding him), or if the term is meant to set Iblis apart from the angels and that he is the progenitor of the jinn dwelling in ...
In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying numbers of wings or faces.
Malāʾikah (مَلَائِكَة, Angels): Angels of Hell Mālik (Guardian) [4] Zabāniyah (Angels of punishment) [5] Bearers of the Throne; Harut and Marut [3] Kirāman Kātibīn (Arabic: كِرَامًا كَاتِبِيْن, Honourable Scribes) [6]
[33]: 328 Angels also depart from humans when they are naked or are having a bath out of decency, but also curse people who are nude in public. [33]: 328 Ahmad Sirhindi has mentioned that the angels nobility are because their substances are created from luminous light. [32] Angels are believed to be attracted to clean and sacred places.
According to al-Basri, angels are infallible. [7] Thus, he argues, Satan could not have been an angel. [8] Instead, the verse is supposed to mean that Satan is one of the jinn, distinct from the angels. [2] According to ibn Abbas, the term is interpreted as jinān, meaning that Satan was "an inhabitant of paradise" (i.e. an angel). [9]
The Talmud describes the shedim as possessing some traits of angels, and some traits of humans: In three ways, they are like ministering angels: They have wings like ministering angels; and they fly from one end of the world to the other like ministering angels; and they know what will be in the future like ministering angels.