Zabaniyya
The Zabaniyya are the "Wardens of hell" who torture the sinners or carry of the souls of the wicked. They are identified with the "Nineteen angels of Hell", and "Angels of punishment", and "Guardians of Hell", and "Angels of hell". As angels, the Zabaniyya are, despite their gruesome appearance and actions, ultimately subordinate to God, and thus their punishments are considered in Islamic theology as just.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Quran and ahadith.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Maalik, Chenghuangshen, Meng Po, Heibai Wuchang, Zhong Kui, Đầu Trâu, Mặt Ngựa, Alexiares, Anicetus, Gozu Tennō, Kushiel, Lugalirra, Meslamtaea
- syncretized with
- Nineteen angels of Hell, Angels of punishment, Guardians of Hell, Angels of hell
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Zabaniyya”
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“The Zabaniyya (Arabic: الزبانية, romanized: az-zabāniya) are the "Wardens of hell" (Arabic: خَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ, romanized: khazanati jahannam), who torture the sinners or carry of the souls of the wicked. They are identified with the "Nineteen angels of Hell", and "Angels of punishment", and "Guardians of Hell", and "Angels of hell"”
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