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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.
Some beliefs, such as the belief in jinn and other aspects of Muslim occult culture, are rooted in the Quran and the culture of early Islamic cosmography. In the same way, shrine veneration and acceptance, and the promotion of saintly miracles, has intimate connections to structures of Islamic religious authority and piety in Islamic history. [ 3 ]
Adiliob, friend of renewal of religion . (Devil) [5] Afra'il, the guardian angel of the seventh heaven. [6] (Angel) Alheng, a prince of the righteous jinn during the reign of Solomon. [7] (Genie) Amir, jinn dwelling in houses. (Genie) Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel)
The Satanic Verses continued to exhibit Rushdie's penchant for organising his work in terms of parallel stories. Within the book "there are major parallel stories, alternating dream and reality sequences, tied together by the recurring names of the characters in each; this provides intertexts within each novel which comment on the other stories."
A Hajji participating in the ritual of Jamarat. The ritual re-enacts Abraham's pilgrimage to Mecca as explained by the Muslim historian al-Azraqi: When he [Abraham] left Mina and was brought down to (the defile called) al-Aqaba, the Devil appeared to him at Stone-Heap of the Defile. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so Abraham threw seven stones ...
Given the moral ambivalence ascribed to supernatural agents in Islamic tradition, exorcisms can be addressed to both good and evil spirits. [ 6 ] Jinn are thought to be able to enter and physically possess people for various reasons, while devils ( shayāṭīn ) assault the heart ( qalb ) and attempt to turn their victims to evil.
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The movie deals with questions regarding good and evil in Islamic thought. 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 ...