Azrael

angelic sky Islamic single tradition · 7

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #159 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 7 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Associated with Islam.

Relationships

manifests as
Angel of Death
syncretized with
Malak al-Mawt, Malʾakh ha-Maweth
serves
Death, Dumah
manifested by
Uriel
allied with
Gabriel, Michael, Israfil

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Sources

Source passages

“Azrael in Islam.”

#5093 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“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. According to Rudyard Kipling, Azrael "separates the Spirit from the Flesh".”

#14144 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Islamic notion of Azrael, including some narratives such as the tale of Solomon (a hadith reaching back to Shahr Ibn Hawshab,) was already known in the United States in the 18th century - as attested by Gregory Sharpe and James Harris.”

#14228 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Azrael, also known as Malak al-Maut, in Islam”

#14606 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“According to hadiths mentioned in Al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik, Azrael hands over the souls of the deceased unbelievers to Dumah.”

#39895 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001