| 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.
27| Stephen 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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