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Sakhr, a king of the jinn, sometimes of demons (div). Appears in the legend of Solomon. (Genie or demon) 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 ...
Superstition in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [1] [2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. [3]
[40] [41] [42] [irrelevant citation] In India and Pakistan, mental illness and psychological problems are often considered to be an encounter with Shaitan (Urdu: شيطان, Hindi: शैतान), evil jinn (Urdu: جن, Hindi: जिन) or demons who have taken over one's body and mind. [40]
treating the evil eye (which is not caused by jinn) with "ritual bathing" and "pious incantations". [ 94 ] "foremost" among the ruqa (spells and incantations) allowed to be recited into the ear of the afflicted by Islamic healers is the ruqya ; an incantation made up of 41 "Quranic verses, formulas and short chapters".
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 ...
A demon (from Koine Greek δαιμόνιον daimónion) is a supernatural and often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.
Furthermore, the demon considers it ashamed to present as a fairy in the first place. Māhān is saved when the rooster sounds in the morning and everything demonic vanishes. [35] Nizami notes that the meaning of the story is that the ifrit is the consequence of Māhān's moral transgression.
Bronze statue of the Assyro-Babylonian demon king Pazuzu, c. 800–700 BCE, Louvre. A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. [1] Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including comics, fiction, film, television, and video games.