ʽIZRĀʾĪL


Meaning of ʽIZRĀʾĪL in English

In Islam , the angel of death.

One of the four archangels (with Mīkāīl , and Isrāfīl), he is of cosmic size, with 4,000 wings and a body formed from innumerable eyes and tongues. He was the only angel brave enough to go down to earth and face {{link=Iblis">Iblīs in order to bring God the materials to create man. For this service he was made the angel of death and given a register of all mankind, which lists the blessed and the damned.

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