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Azrael ( / ˈæzri.əl, - reɪ -/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized : ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [2] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized : ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam, [3] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter. [4]
Dec 24, 2018 · Updated on December 24, 2018. Throughout recorded history, people from various religious perspectives have spoken of a figure or figures who comfort people when they’re dying and escort their souls into an afterlife, a rough equivalent of the Jewish and Christian notion of the “Angel of Death.”
Sep 9, 2021 · The Bible describes angels as God’s servants (Psalm 103:20). A servant will obey whoever is in charge, not straying from commands. What about the Angel of Death? Does it exist? The Angel of Death is a misnomer.
Azrael, in Islam, the angel of death who separates souls from their bodies; he is one of the four archangels (with Jibrīl, Mīkāl, and Isrāfīl) and the Islamic counterpart of the Judeo-Christian angel of death, who is sometimes called Azrael.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel), he performed deadly experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, where he was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be murdered in the gas chambers, and was one of the doctors who administered the gas.
Death and the Sculptor, also known as Angel of Death and the Sculptor, a sculpture by Daniel Chester French. Santa Muerte, a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico. Shinigami, god or spirit of death in Japanese mythology. Thanatos, the personification of death in Greek mythology. Yama, lord of death, in early Rigvedic Hinduism.
When a sick person is about to die, the Angel of Death stands above his head, with his sword drawn in his hand, and a drop of poison hanging on the edge of the sword. Once the sick person sees him, he trembles and thereby opens his mouth; and the Angel of Death throws the drop of poison into his mouth.
