In Quran and exegesis [ ] mentions an angel of death, identified with Azrael | , , , , , , |
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A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels | According to one Muslim tradition, 40 days before the death of a person approaches, God drops a leaf from a tree below the heavenly throne, on which Azrael reads the name of the person he must take with him |
When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they must remain.
27Stephen Burge Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-malik Routledge 2015• However, as the text only lists names, it cannot be determined whether Azrael was associated with death prior to the advent of | He is responsible for taking the souls of the deceased away from the body |
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64—65 in A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels | A welcoming depiction of the Archangel of Death, as usually attributed to Azrael, by , 1881 |
Both in Islam and Judaism, he is said to hold a scroll concerning the fate of the mortals, recording and erasing the names of men respectively at birth and death.
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