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Iblis

Iblis (Arabic: إِبْلِيسْ, romanized: Iblīs), also known as Shaitan, is the leader of the devils (shayāṭīn) in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven after refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. In Sufi cosmology, Iblis embodies the cosmic veil supposedly separating the immanent aspect of God's love from the transcendent aspect…

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Sufism

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Iblis

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related to In arts · 26
Iblis → Adam, After, Another, Asian, Bal, Dīv, European, Francesca Leoni, God, God's, Hindu, Iblis's, Illustrations, In, Islamic, Islamic Visual Tradition, Manuscripts, Monstrous, Most, On
related to Satan's Monotheism (Tawḥīd-i Iblīs) · 24
Iblis → Accordingly, Ahmad Ghazali, Attar, God, Hallaj, His, Iblis's, Kitāb, Moses, Munabbih, Musafir, Nishapur, Persian, Satan, Satan's Monotheism, Sheikh Adi, Sinai, Sufis, Tawāsīn, The
related to Cosmic veil · 21
Iblis → According, Adam, Arabi, Attar, Ayn, Creation, God, God's, Iblis's, In, Insān, Jami, Kāmil, Other Sufi, Quzat, Rumi, Ruzbihan, Sana'i, Since, Sufi
related to Function · 18
Iblis → Al-Māturīdī, An, As, Basri, God, God's, Hasan, However, Iblis's, In Muslim, Islamic, Muslim, Qadariyah, Some, The, The Qadariyah, This, Zoroastrianism
related to Narrative exegesis (Qiṣaṣ) · 15
Iblis → According, Adam, First, God, In, Islamic, Jinn, Jānn, Muslim, Qiṣaṣ, Quran, Surah, Tabari, Thaʿlabi, These
related to Affiliation and predestination · 14
Iblis → God, God's, Islam, It, Mu'tazilites, Qadariyah, Razi, Salafis, Sayyid Qutb, Sunni Muslims, The Islamist, There, This, Those
related to In literature and film · 14
Iblis → Adam's, God, God's, Hafez, Hafez's, He, Iblis's, Islamic, It, Quranic, The, The Divān, They, When Iblis
related to Quran · 13
Iblis → Adam, All, As, God, God's Command, He, Iblis's, In, Later, Quran, Quranic, The, When God
related to Sufism · 9
Iblis → Adam, God, Iblīs, In, Muhammad, Oblivious, Satan's, Sufi, The
is a · 5
Iblis → angel, enemy of humanity and that there is thus no reason to have sympathies for him, enemy of humanity and that there is thus no reason to have sympathies for him.Cosmic veilWithin the context of Sufi cosmology, necessary obstacle for man to overcome, proper name of the Quranic figure

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god adam angels god's iblis's islamic jinn quran one story according among tradition iblīs also evil thus angel humans role

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Iblisis aangel0.90text
Iblisis aproper name of the Quranic figure0.90text
Iblisis aenemy of humanity and that there is thus no reason to have sympathies for him.Cosmic veilWithin the context of Sufi cosmology0.90text
Iblisis aenemy of humanity and that there is thus no reason to have sympathies for him0.90text
Iblisis anecessary obstacle for man to overcome0.90text
Iblispart ofGod's universe and does not form an exterior reality independent of God0.85text
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationThere0.60section
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationThis0.60section
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationIslam0.60section
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationGod0.60section
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationIt0.60section
Iblisrelated to Affiliation and predestinationThose0.60section

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