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Muwakkil, ambiguous beings, at times described as angels and sometimes as jinn. They are said to guard the names of God and assist pious people who perform dhikr. Probably deriving from Medieval cosmographic and esoteric teachings. (Angels, Genie, or Other) [34] Munkar and Nakir, question the dead in their graves. [35] (Angels)
The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single ' alexandrine ' line in iambic hexameter .
The Revolt of Islam (1818) is a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. [1] The poem was originally published under the title Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century by Charles and James Ollier in December 1817.
Islamic mythology is the body of myths associated with Islam and the Quran. Islam is a religion that is more concerned with social order and law than with religious ritual or myths. [1] [2] The primary focus of Islam is the practical and rational practice and application of the Islamic law. Despite this focus, Islamic myths do still exist. [1]
Pages in category "Islamic legendary creatures" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The divs seem to have originally been Persian, pre-Zoroastrian, divine or semi-divine beings who were subsequently demonized. By the time of the Islamic conquest, they had faded into Persian folklore and folktales, and hence disseminated throughout the Islamic world.
The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 121– 140. Frank, Richard M. (1978). Beings and Their Attributes: The Teaching of the Basrian School of the Mu'tazila in the Classical Period. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-378-8. Gilliot, Claude (2007). "Attributes of God". Encyclopedia of Islam, E3. pp. 176 ...
'adversary') is an evil spirit in Islam, [2] inciting humans and jinn to sin by whispering (وَسْوَسَة waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to Islamic tradition , though invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from the nar as-samum "poisonous fire", a ...