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Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel) Artiya'il, the angel who removes grief and depression from the children of Adam. [9] (Angel) Arina'il, guardian angel of the third heaven. [10] (Angel) Awar, a devil of lust, tempting into adultery. (Devil) Azazil, leader of angels punishing demons, Satan. (Archangel or Genie)
However, the angels also inhabit the realm beyond considered the realm from which reason ('aql) derives from and devils have no place. While the angels endow human mind with reason, advices virtues and leads to worshipping God, the devil perverts the mind and tempts to abusing the spiritual nature by committing sins, such as lying, betrayal ...
Muslims and followers of other Abrahamic religions have erroneously associated and identified the Peacock Angel with their own conception of the unredeemed evil spirit Satan, [8] [9] [10] [23]: 29 [24] a misconception which has incited centuries of violent religious persecution of the Yazidis as "devil-worshippers".
Islam allowed to integrate local beliefs about spirits and deities from Iran, Africa, Turkey and India, into a monotheistic framework without demonizing them. [66] Besides local deities, the existence of purely malevolent spirits is also acknowledged. Thus, jinn exist alongside other mythological entities, such as demons (Dēw) and fairies ...
Even the "satan" mentioned in 43:36 refers to a human tempter (shaytan al ins), not a spiritual entity. It is only in the hadith that spiritual company is clearly associated with the term Qareen. Here, it refers to either a demon or angel. [6] Only in later folklore is a Qareen considered a spiritual doppelganger of an individual human.
Thus, he argues, Satan could not have been an angel. [10] Instead, the verse is supposed to mean that Satan is one of the jinn, distinct from the angels. [4] According to ibn Abbas, the term is interpreted as jinān, meaning that Satan was "an inhabitant of paradise" (i.e. an angel). [11]
Archaeologists in Turkey say they have discovered an ancient amulet depicting a Biblical figure in a battle against the devil. The rare artifact was found during an ongoing excavation project in ...
Means "detested", though not haraam (forbidden); something that is disliked or offensive. If a person commits the Makruh, he does not accumulate ithim but avoiding the Makhruh is rewarded with thawab. Malāʾikah (ملائكة) angels (Sing. Malak). Belief in angels is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and required for Muslims to believe in.