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In Islam, Iblis (Arabic إبليس ), or Enais is the devil of the Christian and Jewish faiths called Satan or Lucifer. He appears more often in the Qur'an under the name Shaitan, Iblis being mentioned 11 times, whereas Shaitan appears in 87 passages. He is chief of the spirits of evil, and his personality is adapted to that of his Jewish counterpart. Iblis rebelled against Allah and was expelled from Paradise. The Qur'anic legend is that his fall was a punishment for his refusal to bow for Adam. Condemned to death he was afterwards respited until the Judgment day (Qur'an vii. 13).The name 'Iblis' is thought to be a corruption of the Greek word diabolis which is also the root word for the English words diabolical and devilThe Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles and Beelzebub. In classic dem.
References
- Gustav Weil, The Bible, the Koran and the Talmud (London, 1846).
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