In Islamic traditions, Iblīs is known by many alternative names or titles, such as Abū Murrah (Arabic: أَبُو مُرَّة, "Father of Bitterness") as the name stems from the word "murr" – meaning "bitter", ‘aduww Allāh or ‘aduwallah ( See more

The predestinarians' approach was attractive for many Muslim thinkers to avoid dualistic tendencies. Some extreme positions went as far as to consider the belief that evil derives from an individual's own responsibility without God's interference, as a … See more

In arts
Iblis is perhaps one of the most well-known individual supernatural entities in Islamic tradition and was depicted in multiple visual … See more

Quran
Iblis is mentioned 11 times in the Quran by name, nine times related to his refusal against God's Command to prostrate himself before Adam. The term šayṭān is more prevalent, although Iblis is sometimes referred … See more

Qiṣaṣ is a form of exegesis by Muslims focusing on establishing a coherent story from material of Islamic scripture (Quran, ḥadīṯ).
In reference to the interpretation of the events in Surah 2:30-34, when the angels complain over … See more

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