Devil
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A devil is a mythical personification of evil as conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell st
Statue of the devil in "the Devil Museum" in Kaunas, Lithuania
The Devil on horseback. Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).
Satan (the dragon; on the left) gives to the beast of the sea (on the right) power represented by a sceptre in a detail of panel III.40 of the medieval French Apocalypse Tapestry, produced between 1377 and 1382.
The city of the infernal king and god of death Erlik-Khan, precedes court over the souls of the dead. In front of him, a hell-being is reading the scrolls of sins and virtues.
Iblis
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Iblis, also known as Shaitan, is the leader of the devils in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven after refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. In Sufi cosmology, Iblis emb
Angels honor Adam, except Iblis, who refuses. Painting from an illustrated subsection containing Bal'ami's Persian rendition of the Annals in a much larger Herat manuscript.
Quran 18:50, word 8–13 from a 660–710 manuscript
Quran 21:29 from a 750–1000 manuscript
Islamic miniature of Iblis (top-left) tempting Quraysh leaders discussing the second pledge at al-Aqabah and the anti-Islamic zealot spying on them, to try and stop the spread of Islam.