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Israfil (Arabic: إِسْـرَافِـيْـل, ʾIsrāfīl) or Israfel [1] is the angel who blows the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam. [2] Though unnamed in the Quran , he is one of the four archangels in Islamic tradition, along with Michael , Gabriel , and Azrael . [ 1 ]
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. [1] In those texts, they are referenced as the angels who serve God directly. The Catholic Church venerates seven archangels: in Latin Christianity, three are invoked by name (Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael) while the Eastern Catholic Churches ...
Angels blowing trumpets at the end of the world was not limited to Christian theology. Islamic artwork features the Archangel Israfel blowing the nafir trumpet at the end the world. From the Mameluke Dynasty [14] In Christian Eschatology, all the first six trumpets are used to serve as a wake up call to the sinners on Earth and a call to ...
The phrase "Our Lord defeated evil" is written on one side of the amulet, and the names of four biblical angels — Azrail, Gabriel, Michael and Israfil — are written on the other side.
Christianity, Judaism Angel of Punishment "Rod of God" Ieshim Islam, Judaism, Christianity Angel of God, Fallen angel Imamiah Christianity, Judaism Principality: Israfil: Israfel, Raphael (often associated) Islam: Archangel Signals the beginning of the Day of Judgment by blowing a horn three times Jegudiel: Jehudiel, Jhudiel Christianity Archangel
Qazwini describes an angelic hierarchy in his Aja'ib al-makhluqat with Ruh on the head of all angels, surrounded by the four archangelic cherubim. Below them are the seven angels of the seven heavens. [8] Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 1209) divided the angels into eight groups, which shows some resemblance to Christian angelology: [9]
He is not named in either the New Testament or the Quran, but later Christian tradition identified him with healing and as the angel who stirred waters in the Pool of Bethesda in John 5:2–4, [5] and in Islam, where his name is Israfil, he is understood to be the unnamed angel of Quran 6:73, standing eternally with a trumpet to his lips, ready ...
In Matthew 18:10 Jesus warns not to despise children because "their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven." Luke 20:34–36 affirms that, like the angels, "those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die."