Azazil

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The name of Iblis before he was expelled from heaven In many Islamic and Islam-related traditions, Azazil ( Arabic : عزازيل Azāzīl , also known as Arabic : حارث Ḥārith ) is the name of Iblis before he was expelled from heaven. Although not mentioned namely in the Quran , he is well known in different traditions, such as Tafsir , Qisas Al-Anbiya and mystic oral traditions . He is usually seen as an archangel, but also regarded as a jinn according to some reports.

Name of Iblis before he was expelled from heaven Two angels turn back and see with alarm that Iblīs (ʿAzāzīl) will not bow down before Adam . Painting from a manuscript of ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt (Wonders of Creation) of al-Ṭūsī Salmānī, 14th century. The angels meet Adam, and seem to share, albeit to a lesser degree, the defiant reaction of Iblīs, who stands at the back haughtily turning his head away. According to tradition, God created Iblīs as a beautiful angel called ʿAzāzīl and he is depicted as such here. He is portrayed with his characteristic darker skin to denote his impending fall, but he has wings of an angel and wears the contemporary ‘angelic hairstyle,’ a loop of hair tied on top of the head. In many Islamic and Islam-related traditions, Azazil ( Arabic : عزازيل ʿAzāzīl , also known as Arabic : حارث Ḥārith ) is the legendary prototype of the devil in Islamic culture . Azazil was considered to be among the nearest to God's throne , but because he sinned through pride, he became a devil . In Islamic tradition, Azazil is usually seen as the original name of Iblis , before he was expelled from heaven. Although Azazil is mostly portrayed as an archangel , who was already created when God made the jinn , in some reports Azazil is considered created as a jinni first but elevated to the rank of the angels. Drawing from Turkic Sufi sources, ʿAzāzīl was neither an angel nor a jinn, but an undefined being. He grew up pious and was lifted up to live with the angels in the first heaven. Then he was sent by God to the jinn on earth to persuade them to follow the right path. Since most jinn didn't listen, they were burned by God's fire. However, since ʿAzāzīl's piety increased he was bestowed with angelic qualities and placed in the seventh heaven, until he became proud of his achievements and refused to prostrate himself before Adam. In some mystical interpretations of Islam, like Sufism , Ismailism and Alevism , Azazil's fall happened before the creation of the world and he therefore, becomes the originator or prototype of sin in this world.