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Azrael (/ ˈ æ z r i. ə l,-r eɪ-/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized: ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [1] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized: ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam [2] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.
"Angel of Death" (Hank Williams song), 1954 "Angel of Death" (Slayer song), 1986 "Angel of Death" (Thin Lizzy song), 1982 "Angel of Death", a song by Angel Witch on Angel Witch, 1980 "Angel of Death", a song by Helstar on the album Remnants of War, 1986; Angel of Death, a symphonic poem by George Whitefield Chadwick, 1918
This is a list of nicknames and pseudonyms of Nazis.Common nicknames (as translated into English) include variations of "Beast", "Butcher" and "Angel of Death". Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname.
Abu Azrael (born 1978), also known as the "Angel of Death" (Arabic: ملاك الموت), is a commander of the Kataib al-Imam Ali, an Iraqi Shi'a militia group of the Popular Mobilization Forces that is fighting ISIL/ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) in Iraq; Deborah Azrael, Harvard School of Public Health researcher
Similarly, death worship is used as a derogatory term to accuse certain groups of morally abhorrent practices which set no value on human life. In monotheistic religions, death is commonly personified by an angel or demon standing in opposition to the god.
In Islam, Azrael plays the role of the angel of death who carries the soul up to the heavens, acting by the permission of God. [9] In many cultures, the shaman also fulfils the role of the psychopomp. This may include not only accompanying the soul of the dead, but also at birth to help introduce the newborn child's soul into the world.
Gabriel, angel of death over kings; List of angels in theology; Michael (archangel), good angel of death; Mot (god), an angel of death from the Hebraic Book of Habakkuk; Nasirdin and Sejadin, angels of death in Yazidism; Psychopomp, a creature, spirit, angel, or deity in many religions, responsible for escorting souls to the afterlife
Samael is also depicted as the angel of death and one of the seven archangels, the ruler over the Fifth Heaven and commander of two million angels such as the chief of all the destroying angels. According to the apocryphal Gedulat Moshe ( The Apocalypse of Moses , "The Ascension of Moses" in The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg ) Samael is ...