Talk:Azrael/Archive 1

Book of Tobit
Curious as always about the origin of the stories, I found that the Angel named in the Book of Tobit was named Raphael, not Azrael. Raphael impersonated the human Azariah who was the son of Annias the Great. Azariah does translate as "Help of God" though, using the "Yah" suffix for God instead of the "El" one, but he was a mortal and there was no Angel of Death at all in the story. Raphael came to heal the family of vexations that had plagued them. Needless to say, I wonder who said: "Azrael was the Angel of Death named in the Book of Tobit". Wonders never cease. Ninth Scribe 20:44, 9 April 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed -- Tobit includes no mention of Azrael. I'm familiar with much religious myth, including the "seven handfuls" tale and the story about Azrael sneaking into Hell periodically to rescue mistakenly-damned souls -- but I've never before seen an allegation that he was associated with Tobias/Tobit. The reference should be removed, unless someone can provide specific citation for its inclusion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.218.67.134 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 26 June 2005 (UTC)

Retitle?
I think we need new categories other than just Azrael in Fiction and Azreal in Music. For example, "The alias of the writer of the Outpost Nine editorial series "I am a Japanese School Teacher" is Azrael." was filed under fiction when the editorials are indeed true. SandBoxer 04:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Uhm...
Okay, I did some researching and from what I can gather Azrael and Azriel are not the same angel, but the similar names make for some intense confuzzlement (confusion).

Azrael is the angel of death with black hair and a black cloak whose light radiates inward rather than outward and who can be seen in the blackest part of the shadow cast by the four archangels when they stand at their comapss points. He is also known as the archangel of spirit. He is present at birth and writes the name of the person in his book and erases it upon death. At death he guides a soul through the transformation.

Azriel is the (an?) angel of destruction. Doing more research on him even now, but if someone else has made these findings and thinks it a good turn to fix the page then I encourage them to do so. Thank you for your time.

Searing Venom 05:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually there has been quite a lot of confusion. Azrael is an unorthodox varient transliteration of the proper, Azriel.

Varient transliterations are too numerous to mention here, but due to the varients used, and sloppiness on the part of translators, he was quite often confused with the angels Azael and Azazel. As you can see from the top of this page, he was even confused with Azariah, the mortal son of Annias in the Book of Tobit. Call it a slip of the pen, but it's happened frequently and is very annoying.--Ninth Scribe 17:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC) ---  You people do realize az means light of the father, a term used by the egyptian to idetify

the Set manifestation of the sun god, don't you? look further down on the page there is a section about Azreal???? the actual use of the word set is reserved for very formal goingson even so much that the desendents of the egyptian and the ancients themselves could only use the word set in formal settings. As a name you couldn't even then walk around with the name set on your drivers liscence. Didn't you ever read the book of revelations, the armies of satan? Even satan went to tell christ to call out to his father in the desert.

Trivia section, fancruft
I removed the following because it made up well over half of the article. If someone wants the section kept, pick a few highly notable mentions. Here is a hint though. Games are not notable, let alone highly notable.

--  Orbit  One    [ Talk 00:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

References please!!!
Which muslim tradition? Sunni? Shiite? Hadith? Bukhari? Muslim? Abu Dawud?

I am Muslim in Indonesia and never heard this legend. Kunderemp 12:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I have been unable to locate this record or confirm it even existed. Some viewers have said it comes from Asia, but this is only opinion. If anyone knows of this record, please contact me.--Ninth Scribe 17:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC) -

In standard Arabic transliteration it is `IzrA'Il or `Izraa'iil Chambers English dictionary gives Azrael, but it doesn't seem to be in the Oxford English Dictionary. The external link added in this article (songofazrael)is an advertisement for their site. This is the last time I would use Wikipedia as I found it biased and inaccurate.

Rebuttal: ''Of course an unidentified 'opinion' is hardly unbiased. As for your accusation that Song of Azrael uses Wikipedia to 'advertise'... wouldn't they have to be 'selling' something to do that? Song of Azrael is not a commercial website and I don't see why the external link for Song of Azrael should not be included, considering the fact that some of the information on Wikipedia's Azrael page was obtained from it.'' Ninth Scribe 16:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

artist depiction?
anyone know the name of the artist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.251.204 (talk) 09:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If you click on the image, you are taken to the page Image:Morgan-angelofdeath.jpg, which has underneath the picture the name of the artist, Evelyn De Morgan. Fram (talk) 13:06, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Azrael's Story in the Qur'an?
"Azrael is also portrayed as the wisest or cleverest of the archangels. One story in the Qur'an has that God asked the four archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael) to gather seven handfuls of dirt from the base of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. They realized that only three of them would be able to present the Lord with two handfuls, while the last would only bring one handful. Michael and Uriel immediately began to argue over which of them would carry two handfuls and which would carry only one. Gabriel tried to step in as a mediator, but eventually fell in with the argument. While they were thus distracted, Azrael snuck away and gathered all seven handfuls of dirt by himself, putting them in a bag and taking them to God alone."

I have never heard of this story. I think you are confusing religions. There is little mention of the 'Tree of Life' in Islam anyways, and the story of creation of man isn't related to it. I have also never heard a story including Uriel in Islamic tradition: what is his Arabic equivalent?

The actual story, which comes from authentic Hadith, not Qur'an, is as follows:

God asks Mikhael (Micheal) to go down to earth and get some clay/earth/mud. Micheal goes and asks the earth for some, but it refuses, saying "I seek refuge in God". Since it used God's name, Michael goes back empty handed. God then asks Jibreel (Gabriel), and the same thing happens. Finally God asks 'Uzra'el (angel of death) and he goes to earth and asks it for clay. Again it refuses, and seeks refuge in God's name, but Uzrael replies "I seek refuge from coming back empty handed to God", and her rips a piece of earth and returns it to God.

Thats the jist of things

Zombi3d 03:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

There are two (2) versions of this story, both written by Rumi. One is found in his story, The Creation of Adam, in which Azrael fails in his mission. The other is found in his story, The Obedience of the Angel of Death, in which Azrael succeeds in his mission to collect the dust.Ninth Scribe (talk) 22:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Transliteration
Has there been an issue in transliterating from the Hebrew name "Azriel," "G-d is my help"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.28.92.5 (talk) 12:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Azrael is an English varient spelling of a Jewish name meaning Help of God. In Hebrew, however, the orthodox transliteration is Ezra'iel or Azriel (Ayin, Zayin, Resh, Yod, Aleph, Lamed), with no exception. It is interesting to note that a Persian/Farsi text that bears this name, also transliterates the name as Ezra'eil. Ozryal and other varient spellings were not written by scholars, but rather by men such as Aleister Crowley, who were not familiar with the Hebrew language and this has caused a "Tower of Babel" effect that only serves to confuse readers. The question should be raised: If Azrael is a Hebrew name for the Angel of Death, why does it not have a Jewish origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninth Scribe (talk • contribs) 18:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC) Ninth Scribe (talk) 18:39, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Ezraeil: I've included this once again on the Azrael page, even though it was removed by the new author, because it is one of the more common transliterations and this came from a qualified translation service, not to mention the fact that you can Google "Ezraeil" and come up with the same result.

A lot of this misfortune is caused by pure ignorance. Crowley, for instance, invented a transliteration (Ozryel) that simply doesn't exist, but his readers don't realise how awful he was with Hebrew. When you learn this ancient language, you don't confuse names like Asrael and Azrael. You know Asrael means Punishment of God and Azrael means Help of God because you know the difference between a Samek and a Zayin. Crappy transliterations have led to hundreds of errors that effect the accuracy of lots of articles. Here on this page alone, we find that reports claimed Azrael was the Angel of Death that was named in the Book of Tobit and there are a number of online resources that still repeat that mistake. He has also been confused with Azael and Azazel... all due to crappy transliteration. It's as if the western writers hijack the Hebrew language and make it say what ever they want it to.Ninth Scribe (talk) 15:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Not part of Islam?
The Qur'an never uses this name, referring instead to Malaikat al-Maut (which translates directly as angels of death; not one angel). Since it is mentioned in neither the Qur'an nor Hadith, it is not part of the religion.

What do you mean it is not part of Islam to believe in Azrael? Despite that it is mentioned in the article that the Hadith and Quran doesn't mention the name Izrail, Muslims believe in the Angel of Death and the reference name to Azrael that we us is Izrail or Uzrail. --121.216.18.33 (talk) 17:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Accuracy of article.
Commentary To add to this - I question the entire "commentary" section--it is both disjointed and the reference to Revelation seems completely opposed to the topic (particularly since the "first and the last" speaker is regarded generally and without any real dispute to be Jesus). --eleuthero (talk) 03:38, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Which Article? If you want to check the accuracy of the article concerning the Angel of Death, the records go back thousands of years. If you want to check the accuracy of the article concerning Azrael - these records only surfaced in the 6th century A.D. (very young). People tend to slur all the different names together under a sort of "Angel of Death" umbrella which, I expect, is why so many of them have trouble finding the actual records to check on the accuracy of their own. Ninth Scribe (talk) 16:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

"...He is said to reside in the 3rd Heaven and possesses 70,000 feet and 4,000 wings, while his body is provided with as many eyes and tongues as there are men in the world." '''Where is that said? Islam, Bible, Torah??'''.

This article (especially the introduction) is not accurate. In Islam, although comonly known as Azrael, none of the, relied upon, Islamic references (Quran and Sunnah of the prophet) mention the angel of death by this name. It is simply mentioned as the The Angel of Death:

The name Azrael is very commonly given to the angel of death in the Islamic world (but not in scholarly work). Basically, some narations mention this name, but it is not agreed on (and is not even a subject of debate) by Muslim scholars.

Scholarly Debate Begins: Song of Azrael is happy to report that we not only have agreement with the office of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, concerning the reliability of Kaab al Ahbar's records, but two other prominent Sunni Shaykhs, one a respected expert on Hadith, have also stated the following, concerning the use of the name Azrael for the Angel of Death:

Shaykh al-Albaani: This ("the Angel of Death") is what he is called in the Quran. With regard to the name Azrael, which is widely known among the people, there is no basis for this, rather it comes from the Isra'iliyat.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen: "The Angel of Death" is well known by the name Azrael, but this is not correct.

Ninth Scribe (talk) 13:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

In Islam, the angel of death is the angel responsible for taking souls out of bodies at the time of death. In tafsir Ibn Kathir, the angel of death (says Ibn Kathir) has aids (other angels) that take the soul out of the dying body. This soul is then handled by the angel of death. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.205.33.220 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


 * "...He is said to reside in the 3rd Heaven and possesses 70,000 feet and 4,000 wings, while his body is provided with as many eyes and tongues as there are men in the world."


 * This narration has caused a dispute between the Shiite and Sunni scholars, courtesy of Ka'abul Ahbar. Transmission of the verse differs, but I'll quote here from Qisas al'Anbiya:


 * Kaab said: "As for the Angel of Death, his name is Azrael and his abode is in the heaven of this Earth.  God created for him the same number of helpers as those who shall taste death.  His legs are on the borders of the seventh and lowest Earth, his head is in the seventh and highest heaven at the last partition and his face is turned toward the Preserved Tablet.  He has three hundred and sixty eyes, in each of which are three eyes.  He has three hundred and sixty tongues, in each of which are three tongues...." yadda yadda.


 * The description about his body being covered with eyes comes from Avodah Zarah 20b:


 * It is said regarding the Angel of Death that he is full of eyes. When a sick person is about to die, he stands above his head with his sword drawn and a drop of poison hanging from the tip. When the sick person sees him, he trembles and opens his mouth [in terror]. He then drops the poison into his [victim’s] mouth (Avodah Zarah 20b].


 * In this story, however, the name Azrael is not used. Jewish scholars identify the name of this Angel of Death as Samael (Hebrew = poison of God).


 * Imagine for a moment that several stories (say nine) were represented by moving trains and they each collided at different points along their journeys. It's kind of hard to tell what fragment came from which train but if you have an eye for detail, it's not impossible.  It's like a jig saw puzzle. Ninth Scribe 16:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Angel of the Titanic
I once read an unusual story about the Titanic that claimed that Azrael had been the angel of the Titanic, the one who had been sent to help the unfortunate souls that died there. If any valuable sources can be found about this, it should perhaps be added to the entry. ADM (talk) 09:13, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Azrael...Azriel...Azarel...
Azrael is Malakh ha-Mavet (Angel of Death), and Azriel is Malakh ha-Mashchith (Angel of Destruction). Azarel, seems to be the original Hebrew form of Azrael which means "Help of God", which is probably better defined as "The Helping/Helpful One" cf. Israfel "The Burning One" and Rephael (Raphael) "Cure of God" or "God has healed". Perhaps there is also a parallel or some connection with Malakhim ha-Mazzel (Angels of Destiny)... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uwriel Immortallo (talk • contribs) 13:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Removed.
Removed the Supernatural reference; the antagonist in seasons 1 and 2 is Azazel, not Azrael. Two different creatures in Judeo-Christian lore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.63.197 (talk) 01:03, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

AZRAEL
Stories & Records:

1) Azrael is a Hebrew name using Azra (Help) with the "iel" suffix (God). 2) Kaab al Ahbar claimed Azrael was the name of the Angel of Death. 3) This name does not exist in Jewish records for the Angel of Death. 4) This name does not exist in Christian records for the Angel of Death. 5) The Prophet Muhammed did not use this name in the Quran. 6) Kaab al Ahbar is the only known source who provided this name.

and

Shaykh al-Albaani:

This ("the Angel of Death") is what he is called in the Quran. With regard to the name Azrael, which is widely known among the people, there is no basis for this, rather it comes from the Isra'iliyat.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen:

"The Angel of Death" is well known by the name Azrael, but this is not correct, rather this was narrated from Jewish sources. So we should not believe in this name, and we should call the one who is appointed over death "the Angel of Death," as Allah called him in the verse:

these is the verse:

The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls. Then you shall be brought to your Lord” {al-Sajdah 32:11}

Azrael was not named the Angel of Death in the Quran, or in any other reliable source.

-plan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plancable (talk • contribs) 16:12, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Asari is the origin of Azrael?
The name Azrael seems that it comes from the Egptian god Asari. I have a source but it was claimed that it is not reliable. Do you have any good souces about it? the source: http://books.google.com/books?id=qTMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=asar+azrael&source=bl&ots=rg7OPmThoC&sig=hKzvZIJAN9XHBr88So-KHJuxYHk&hl=en&ei=RP4QTdH2PI-z8QPHta2EBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=asar%20azrael&f=false   --144.122.124.93 (talk) 22:27, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * You mean "Arthur W. Close, who has no apparent credentials, previous publication, nor academic support, claims that the name Azrael comes from Asar-El, a name combining Egyptian with Hebrew." The source is a letter to a magazine.  That isn't a scholarly source.  It appears to be a false cognate.  Just because they sound similar does not mean one is derived from the other.  Ian.thomson (talk) 22:37, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

"art and literature" vs "popular culture"
So, what's the difference? Is there a "WP:" explaining the difference? Seems pretty arbitrary/arrogant to me. "Dogma" is popular culture, but Salman Rushdie is literature.

Oh, well, it certainly violates WP:NPOV. Won't bother beyond this mention though. --jae (talk) 15:14, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Under "Sikhism", an incorrect reference
The paragraph about Berbers doesn't belong under the subheading of "Sikhism." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.177.143.25 (talk) 00:40, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

The term Azrael is mentioned in Hadith and it refers to the Angel who takes away the souls of creation
'''Abu Dharr (may Allah have mercy upon him and be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sawas) said: ''"When I was taken to Ascension, I passed by an Angel who was sitting on a bed of light, one of his legs was in the East, and the other leg was in the west. Between his hands was a board in which he was looking. The whole world was between his eyes, and the creation were between his knees, and his hands reached the East and the West. So I said: "O Gabriel, who is this?" So he said: "This is Azrael. Move forth so that you may greet him". So I moved forth and I greeted him. So he said: "And peace be upon you, O Ahmad. How is Ali the son of your uncle? " So I said: "Do you know Ali the son of my uncle?" So he said: "And how could I not know him when Allah has appointed me to take the souls of all the creation except for your soul and the soul of Ali Ibn Abi Talib the son of your uncle, for verily Allah shall take your souls whenever He wills"''

Source: Zakha'ir Al-Uqba fi Manaqib Zul-Qurba (This book by the way is a Sunni book by a Sunni scholar called Al-Hafiz Muhhib Al-Deen Ahmad Al-Tabari), Manaqaib Al Abi Talib volume 2 page 75'' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saviorofmankinddotcom (talk • contribs) 12:30, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Sources that treat Azrael and Azazel as separate
Aside from "all the sources except the outdated WP:FRINGE ones that connect them," there's these in particular: ... And that's just for starters, I'm looking for more.
 * A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, by Gustav Davidson, 1967, Free Press. (As well as every Angel dictionary that's been inspired by Davidson's, such as Rosemary Guiley's.)
 * Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia, by William Rose Benét, reprinted 1987, Harper & Row
 * Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, edited by Karel Van Der Toorn, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. Van Der Horst, 1999, Brill Publishers.
 * Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities, edited by Charles Russell Coulter and Patricia Turner; 2013, Routledge
 * Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, edited by J. Gordon Melton, 2001, Gale Group
 * Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, by Brannon M. Wheeler, 2002, Scarecrow Press -- Cited in this very article!
 * Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar, by Robert Lebling, 2010, I.B. Taurus.

The above are all either published by academic publishers or are trusted by and cited in academic sources. They are not 19th century hogwash written with the primary purpose of criticizing "Mahomadeanism."

Now, Thefifthlord has redirected this page twice to Azazel, on the grounds that "Azriel is not Israfel, see Jewish and Christian Ethics with a Criticism on Mahomedism Page 10." This article never mentions Israfel, and the source he cites, the *one* source he cites, is a 19th century work that is not an academic work but a sectarian work primarily meant to criticize Islam, which it can't even name correctly. If we are to include outdated scholarship, then E.A. Wallis Budge, Plancy's Dictionnare Infernal, "Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary," by William Shepard Walsh, J.B. Lippincott, 1915 surely trump that hogwash.

Ian.thomson (talk) 16:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Jewish and Christian Ethics with a Criticism on Mahomedism Page 10. "As to Azrael, no doubt it comes from the Azazel of Moses, the angel to whom God devoted the scape-goat on the day of Atonement the Azael of the Talmud and the Zohar."

Melville's Allusions to Religion: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary

A treasury of names - Evelyn Wells

Luciferian Witchcraft - Book of the Serpent - Page 128

Luciferian Goetia - Page 15

Edgar Cayce and the Kabbalah: Resources for Soulful Living

Myth and symbol: symbolism in prehistoric religions

Every secondary reference stated by Ian refers to Azrael being the angel of death in Islam and Judaism.. yet Ive proved countless times that Islam's primary text, the Quran, calls the angel of death "Malik Al Maut" and nothing else(ie: his sources are unverifiable and therefore unreliable). There is no primary reference where upon these secondary references can draw the name "Azrael" from. Ian's sources are WP:QS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thefifthlord (talk • contribs)


 * Please indent your comments by placing a : before the beginning of a new line.
 * "Malik al Maut" is a title, it's the Arabic words for "Angel of Death." My God, you have no idea what you're doing.  That original (and bad) research argument holds no merit here. -- See WP:REHASH, which points out that your behavior is tendentious
 * As for my sources not being unverifiable, I freaking gave the name, author, and publisher. More than half of them are from academic publishers, the rest are sources that could be cited in a scholarly journal relating to this topic.  Are you a troll, or just completely incompetent?  Either way, your behavior is not acceptable.
 * As for primary sources, we avoid using those, because we don't do original research. See WP:PSTS, which recommends secondary sources (what I cited) above all.
 * And your sources? Again, you're being tendentious, citing garbage new-age sources and outdated crap while denying the reliability of academic works.
 * Jewish and Christian Ethics with a Criticism on Mahomedism - As I've pointed out over and over, that source is an outdated sectarian source that's not primarily concerned with Abrahamic mythology. How has that not gotten through your skull?  You might as well be citing The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
 * Melville's Allusions to Religion: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary - Which would be reliable as a source on articles relating to Melville, but not this.
 * A treasury of names - Evelyn Wells - Which is not the least bit concerned with religion, mythology, or even storytelling.
 * Luciferian Witchcraft - Book of the Serpent - Page 128 - WP:FRINGE, fails WP:RS
 * Luciferian Goetia - Page 15 - WP:FRINGE, fails WP:RS, didn't include that garbage in my overhaul to The Lesser Key of Solomon article for a reason.
 * Edgar Cayce and the Kabbalah: Resources for Soulful Living - WP:FRINGE, fails WP:RS except maybe as commentary on Cayce.
 * Myth and symbol: symbolism in prehistoric religions - While it does make the WP:FRINGE suggestion that Azrael and Azazel are connected, it goes even further into WP:FRINGE territory by suggesting that they're derived from Ashur (god). Crackpot source, the inclusion of which is WP:UNDUE at best.
 * In fact, all your activity in this article places undue emphasis on a few fringe elements. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:08, 21 April 2014 (UTC)


 * You are as conceited as they come Ian.thomson. Every single name of an angel is a title. Every single one. So your assertion that "Malik al Maut" is solely a title not a name does not advance your argument one bit. In Islam names only ever became important after the creation of Adam, before then there was no need for things to be named, in fact Islam teaches that Adam named the angels based off of what qualities of God he thought they possessed. So take your ignorance elsewhere.
 * You cannot refute that your so called "Academic" sources cannot provide a single citation from any Kabbalistic/Judaic work nor the Quran which are the only primary sources with which they can make the claim "Archangel of death in Judaism and Islam".
 * You are wrong, a better man would admit it, however you are not concerned with the verifiability of your sources only the names of the authors. I take my leave from this debate, verily if you wish to spread falsehood and do the work of Satan you can leave the article as is. I've done more than I need to in order to sort this mess out.Thefifthlord (talk) 17:20, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The sources I cited are secondary sources. They were written by professionals who examined a variety of primary sources.  The only people who would deny their reliability are either too incompetent to be of any use to this site, or actively trolling.
 * Brill Publishers, Routledge, and Gale are top-ranking academic publishers. I keep linking to the articles on them for a reason.  If you disagree with them, you are pretty much disagreeing with scholarship itself.
 * Gustav Davidson's Dictionary of Angels and Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal are major works in their field, and all other works of their type have been influenced by them. Most of the compendiums on angels or demons you find in any bookstore are either paraphrases of Davidson or expurgations of de Plancy.
 * "No Original Research" and "Identifying Reliable Sources" which has been thrown at you over and over by multiple users, says that we stick to what academic sources and only what they say. We do not combine different primary sources and unacademic secondary or tertiary sources to come up with statements that are not in the original works.  We do not use uneducated offhand comments in outdated sectarian works.  And yet you continue to cite new-age hogwash like "Luciferian Goetia," and a work that has freaking "Mahomedism" in the title!  If you keep this up, I'm just going to report you as a troll, and the admins will probably believe it.
 * You know nothing about how this site works, or even how academia works. I feel sorry for all of your teachers, because they failed.  Ian.thomson (talk) 17:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)


 * My teacher is El Elyon.
 * You are mistaken, I'm done debating with you. You clearly see and yet do not see.Thefifthlord (talk) 17:39, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Azrael in fiction

 * The third season of CSI:New York had an episode in which two mothers were suspected in turn of killing a teen girl. It was called "Here's To You, Mrs. Azrael" (reference also to the Simon and Garfunkel song, 'Mrs. Robinson', which contains the lyric 'Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.78.255.105 (talk) 02:09, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Azrael is the name of the playable Demon lord character in the second campaign, and fighting in the first one in the PC game Heroes 5
 * Azrael makes a brief but memorable appearance in Terry Pratchett's novel Reaper Man. While there are many Deaths for different worlds (who are themselves divided into Deaths for different creatures) in the Discworld novels, Azrael, as the Death of Universes, is their ruler. All other Deaths are aspects of him.
 * The novel Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman includes the Angel of Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who calls himself Azrael.
 * In The Smurfs, the sorcerer Gargamel's pet cat was named Azrael.
 * Azrael appears in at least one John Bellairs book.
 * In the sci-fi flight simulator FreeSpace 2, a Shivan capital ship is classified as the Azrael.
 * In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, the chief human rebel against the Authority is called Lord Asriel.
 * In Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's trilogy The Rose of the Prophet, Asrial is the name of a young guardian angel - an immortal serving the good god Promenthas.
 * Jason Lee played the character Azrael, a forsaken muse with a hidden agenda, in Kevin Smith's movie Dogma (though the film gives the Loki-like character the name Azrael, and the Azrael-like character the name Loki). He wears a white Cabot hat to hide two small horns growing out of his forehead, because after being cast out of Heaven for not fighting for God's side in the rebelion of Lucifer, Azrael is cast out of heaven and becomes a demon.
 * In Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed, Muruta Azrael is the name of the leader for Blue Cosmos, an extremist group dedicated to eradicating genetically enhanced humans (the coordinators).
 * There is also a novel Azrael by the German author Wolfgang Hohlbein. Azrael is a codename for a special drug to enhance human skills for military purposes.
 * In Yoshiki Tanaka's novel The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Azrael (or Azrail) is the name of a hawk. The name is translated to Japanese as 'Kokushitenshi' (告死天使) which means 'Angel Who Announces Death'.
 * The alias of the writer of the Outpost Nine editorial series "I am a Japanese School Teacher" is Azrael.
 * In the computer game Disciples 2 Azrael is the Guardian of the Empire Capital. It is very powerful and uses the attack Holy Wrath.
 * In the science-fiction setting of the Warhammer 40,000 strategy war game, the Dark Angels Chapter Master is known as Commander Azrael, Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels.
 * In the fictional Batman universe, Azrael is another masked and costumed superhero, a mostly-faithful ally to Batman himself and his allies. Real name Jean Paul Valley, he stood in for Bruce Wayne as Batman during the Knightfall saga.
 * A 'Prince Azrael' was also a wizarding cat who appeared briefly in Spyro the Dragon
 * Azriel is also an anagram for the name 'Raziel' which was used in the Legacy of Kain's Soul Reaver, though this is not intentional, as Raziel is the name of another archangel. It is interesting to note, however, that the Elder God refers to Raziel several times as his "angel of death".
 * In the video game Chaos Legion, Azrail is the forbidden spirit of chaos, one of the final bosses in the game.
 * In the Dragon King series by Stephen Lawhead, Azrael is the ruler of the underworld, frequently invoked in interjections.
 * Azrael is the real name of the wingless angel in the manga Juvenile Orion.
 * Azriel is an ancient Babylonian spirit floating around Manhattan in a novel by Anne Rice titled Servant of the Bones.
 * In the computer game Diablo II, one of the Desert Warrior mercenaries that can be purchased in Act II is named Azrael.
 * In the videogame Yu-gi-oh: The Falsebound Kingdom, Azrael is the name of the first Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
 * In the videogame Wild ARMS, Azrael is the name of one of the attacks used by Lady Harken, a scythe-wielding warrior who is helping to usher in the end of the world.
 * In the webcomic Casey and Andy, Azrael attempted to take control of hell, failed, and was killed by a divine lightning bolt.
 * In the Mists of Everness series, Azrael appears as an evil sorcerer, formerly Merlin, who has forsaken his previous name through acts of evil.
 * In the PS2 video game Final Fantasy XII, there is a summon named Zalera, an anagram for Azrael.
 * In King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, Azrael is the Lord of Death in the game's second world, the Dimension of Death.
 * In the Japanese manga, Chrono Crusade (Chrno Crusade), the main character, Rosette remembers singing a song with her brother about the angel, Azrael.
 * In the MMORPG named RYL, one of the most powerful monsters is called Azrael.
 * In episode 3.17 of Fringe (TV series), Azrael is described as a sinner condemned to purgatory. After years of seeing him suffer he was lifted into heaven by angels who believed he had suffered enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.103.66.39 (talk) 00:47, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

AzReal?
The word azreal is a proper translation. most biblical references are derived from latin text recordkeeping by the catholic church translated into latin and then into other language. That being the case phonetically azreal means Az light of Set Re {how the modern associated ra is accutually spelled tranlation wise any way} a a deriviative of Ja meaning son and el degredade in modern days to del "of". put the all toghether and you have AZREAL. light of set, rea of. of what one might ask good question did the jew teach the egyptians or did the egyptian teach the jews. probbily both. as left still not knowing "of" what, well who is to say maybe of the land or of a matrearchally tribe or of the heavens or of hell?? please don't confuse rea with rhea the greece gorgon godess phonetics can be more illuminaing that one might realize. rea the e and the a are soft not hard check the rules of grammatic pronuceation you need a consinant between the two for the e to be hard. with rhea the h pronounce gives the name the sound ha after the r for ray-ah hard e soft a. - uh yes. "el" is "of" and a Judain text that believe god is the mother would only reference god as a female, hence the name JOB Ja-O-Va son of the light of the MOON son of light. Even as they Became Isrealites the heald on to the Judain beliefs rea was only a god to them, in egypt, because they believe he was the light of the moon but the rest of the journeys through the wilderness that the jews keep record of paint a different story. The term JU litteralle means son of the mother. Hey we were all born from a mother I am not complaining. All around the world are tribal cultures based on a mother figure, one exeption egypt which has both mother and father. "Pretty much all the angels" dude if your reading a judain text for christ sake at least try to understand there frame of mind so you can better understand the situation. It is even in the names others use to try and prove a point such as yours but it dosen't help your argument it helps mine. One such name is thore son of odin another is ore-az [proper spelling of horus] some johnny come lately that thinks there going to get some free stuff claims horus stole the daughter of rea and doesn't even know that ore-az is the son of the moon of rea son of the light of the father rea or set[same person different names] basically ore-az is rea's biological son and yet now i am supposed to belive some nonsence about rea's daughter being swashbuckled by some darring lad that came allong and wasn't even a god no no just some mortal. yeah mythology is just overflowing with that stuff isn't it, oh wait no it isn't. Even in the Judao/christian bible there is that famous phrase " it was way back in the days when the sons of god married the daughters of men"
 * Uh, no? "El" is Hebrew for God. Pretty much all the angels use that. JuJube 03:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

the name is AZREAL dude. -- -- first off this is a discusion page. secondly if you want some sources look below
 * Get some sources, dude. Try WP:ATT to start.  Til then, don't mess with the article. JuJube 04:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

the holy bible. that is a source. the known history of catholic record keeping and bible distribuation and translation. even in the bible RAchel is a female. Yet the family of the Gods of egypt rea are male (referenced mind you as gods by jehova himself in the book of joshua) there is a pervasive vein in the bible itself that list women with names variant of rea but no female is named rea only the variants RUth, RAchel and the like. some like to claim el turned ra in rachel yet what of ruth. Ru is in the word hebrew, differet spelling SAME phonetics???????? Maybe it has something to do with the book of JOB? And what of el having to save moses from the death god was going to bring upon moses in the desert for returning to egypt. three entities are referenced moses, el and god am i to belive that el was flashed jakes blue's blue and swooned much like carrie fisher??????? Back to ruth however. Even in the word hebREw itself with the A as in JA son of filled with the chromosonal identifier U as in methusala. But what of Ruth then is Hebrew a generic term like Re-a-l. Re son of SOMEBODY. Maybe the unnamed is the name of this creation itself rea born of this universe. ALmost all of the x chromosone idetifiers if not all of them are variant about E backwards, inverted, regional preferentions E inverted ew, a (son of) inverted h, er a regional preference , en a regional preference. While the bible is very x chromosone oriented in script, much like the flesh we wear weget so much from the ladies. even if you belive you could now claim defacto a regional variation in el, does that really mean you have any idea the name of god's wifes or daughters. No, and there is the rub. The rael is just another failed attempt to remove rea from the world of spirituality, much like horus, thore fiction in these days and ages (as opposed to the fact) as I stated earlier. Raphel would seem out of place in this discusion if it were not for the P in his name indicitive of egyPt which of course has the E for Re in its name. Re g=j=a=son of y=j=a= son of P=egypt itself T= son of light. Then again some people spell egypt egept.Yet in the books of prophets we learn of so many other things and people, You see it was way back in the days when the sons of god married the daughters of men. Funny thing though that would make my name azreal. is that really in the quaran about being cleaver and all that? - jocking?????????? this is old news man. they knew this stuff back in the 20th century.
 * Come on fhwqhgads, I see you jocking me... JuJube 08:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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Seriously, can you sign your posts? Also how can we trust that you are making valid etymological points when you have so many words spelled wrong- I don't think they are typos, I think you can't spell at an adult level...how can anyone take you seriously? Pull out your dictionary (that's right- don't use spell check but actually take the time to learn the proper spelling). I can understand spelling a word wrong every now and then, or typos if you are typing quickly...I can even forgive occasional mistakes in grammar, but your entries are filled with some of the worst English I have seen since junior high school. This isn't an ad hominem attack either, it is relevant, because you are basing your theories on words, so spelling counts much more than it would in anyone Else's arguments here. I once read a book called "Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence" which posited that the Vedic Culture was once the ubiquitous proto-civilization throughout the world. I don't necessarily disagree with that premise. What I disagree with was his constant use of cognates to prove his thesis. Linguistics can indeed be used by responsible scholars to show links between cultures, or many other things. What he did, and you did ever worse was use "false cognates" (there is even a Wikipedia article on that subject for those you cannot fathom using more responsible sources). Essentially I am saying that drawing a parallel between the Semitic "El" (God) and Spanish "del" (of the- 'de el' in one word) just based on its coincidental similarity is stupid. Not only does Spanish descend from the Indo-European languages and not the Semitic languages (early Indo-European and Semitic languages were contemporaries), but as I just stated "del" is not "of" but "of the". De el...so del has no more relation to el than el does. Why say there is a relationship between del and el instead of just claiming that "El"(God) is related to "el"(the)- which is a stupid presumption anyway. Rachel has "ra" in it so it must be related to Ra the Egyptian sun god? No...its a coincidence...the human mouth can only make so many intelligible and distinguishable sounds...by virtue of the necessity of the complexity of human communication it makes it necessary to use all of those sounds in every combination constantly- meaning coincidences are going to happen. Otherwise we can make any sort of silly connections that aren't really there. Like "Rachel" ends "chel" which resembles challah, meaning Rachel was a bread maker! Feel free to make up your own. A little knowledge of English and a foreign language may be required, so you won't be able to play- except for the silly theories you read on some third rate website. The internet is filled with so much trash and so little gold. Soul Warrior (talk) 20:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Ten years ago, Soul Warrior had a tantrum, and ten years late I laughed my face off reading it. Good rant. 217.217.210.33 (talk) 22:58, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

CE review
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

Doing a once over to address general copy editing (CE) cleanup and such and I am finding some issues in this article which need to be addressed. I'm adding some flags for this article to have more reliably sourced content added. Once that is done the article can have more copy editing for grammar, sentence structure, etc. First, the content needs to be reliably sourced.

1. This article has a lot of content which is not properly sourced - original research 2. Article has weasel word content - vague claims without proper attribution - Weasel words
 * ""In one tradition"
 * Later books

I am removing the following content because it is unsourced and it appears to be original research. The article doesn't need more original research. It needs reliably sourced content. The content also reflects poor grammar. Rather than rewriting it to clean up the copy, I am removing it because it has no sources. If you want to put it back, please do so only after providing citations to reliable sources and also cleaning up the grammar.

--- Some Coptic sources name this angel Muriel. This text, “Discourse of the Abbaton", a sermon based on the text delivered by Timothy the Archbishop of Alexandria in 386, claims that God changed his name to Abbaton. However, this is not commonly accepted by most mainline Protestant or Catholic churches. According to this document; depending on whether you have done good "works" or not while on earth, you will be visited by Abbaton in one of two forms. Either the calm and peaceful Man with a likeness to Adam or as a 7 headed monster to scare the soul of the unbeliever and filthy to a literal death on his or her deathbed.
 * 1) Coptic sources content

Thanks! Curdigirl (talk) 18:14, 24 May 2019 (UTC) Curdigirl (talk) 18:38, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Remove Christianity?
Is there any real reference to Azrael in Christianity? I mean a guy who ascends to an angelic state and is accidently called Aza (that is a common name within Abrahamic tales. Just look at all the 'zz's in 3 Enoch) for example) does not correspond with the archangel of death this article is about. So, is there any appeariance of Azrael in Christianity? As far as I know, not. If there is no objection, I would like to delete this section soon.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 12:28, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Uncovering the truth and falsehood...
According to Sunni Islaam and authentic sources, Azrael is not mentioned as the angel of death. It is true and verified. Same according to Shi'a sources. Articles from scholars using the name Azrael can be found but they give no reference at all! Tafseer is commentary of Al Quraan. It is not a source or book of reference. In this page it is said that Judaism takes the name Azrael for the angel of death from Islaam! There is no proper reference even for Shikh religion! This article is not useless. Obvioulsy the falsehood must be corrected. And it is the right purpose of this article. Pskskskks (talk) 15:33, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * When I would recommand you to read more Sunni books. Sure you are not confusing Sunnism with Salafism? You encoutner the name frequently among Sunni scholars and literature. Here is also an online Q&A regading this: "https://sorularlaislamiyet.com/olum-meleginin-adi-azrail-kuran-veya-hadislerde-geciyor-mu-azrail-ismi-ne-kuran-ne-de-hadislerde". It is Turkish however. And yes, Turks are Sunnis. (By the way, until 1500 Persian was also Sunni). So the actual falsehood is very likely among the main-stream discours of Salafism (which poses as Sunnism) I usually encounter especially among English-Speaking Muslims (how bizarre). Maybe you might question your teachers, since every evidence speaks against the fact, Azrael is not the name of the archangel of death in Islam.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 11:11, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * In all fairness and objective presentation, we should include each sides arguments which scholars against and which scholars were supporting the name of Izrail, ive found so far from classical scholars such as al-Munawi and Ibn Kathir who against, while ar Razi supporting the name Ahendra (talk) 12:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

controversy
Is there really a controversy regarding the name Azrael? There is no evidence that Jews ever called the angel of Death by this name, and this name is well attested by Muslim scholars. It is only that a few scholars from Saudi Arabia who dispute this name. Since this is in odds with most of Islamic tradition and a rather niche opinion favored only in recent years by a certain sect, this gives undue weight to an opinion with weak a lack of evidence. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:02, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

In Islam Azrael isn't mentioned anywhere in Quran or Hadith
Title It was refered to him as angel of death, that name is never mentioned, therefore this name technically doesn't exist in Islam Soviera0 (talk) 14:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)


 * The issue has been adressed above. The name is often cited in Sunni (and I assume also in Shia) works. Please remember, that tafsir, Israiliyyat and the reports of the Sahaba are also part of Islamic tradition. Islam is not limited to the Quran and the Kutub al Sittah are not the only sources for Muslims. Although they are the fundament, there is a rich and encompassing tradition of exegesis which includes this name. The name might further be usefull, if we wonna denote the specific archangel of death. If you speak about any regular angel of death, you might as well refer to an ordinary angel of death. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 20:10, 16 June 2022 (UTC)


 * In a sense, regardless the controversy each sides should be addressed and represented so it will be informative to each sidesAhendra (talk) 12:44, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * My apologizes I haven't noticed that the discussion was going on. Since the dispute of the name seems to be a recent event (Stephen Burge 2015) hold by a sect, giving undue weight to a marginal opinion. It is not that there was some great dispute, but rather Salafis suddenly asserted "nah its not Azrael only the Jews called him that". VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:07, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Israel?
Sorry, but does this word have anything to do with "Israel"? Izrail, Izrael, Asrael - sounds very similar

It sounds similar because the consonant "Azrael" begins with (Ayin) doesn't exist in English and because the word "Israel" (in Hebew "Yisra'el") came to us via Greek and/or Latin which removed the beginning Yud ("y"). The "s" sound in the two is different. So all the two words have in common is really an "r" and the word "el" for "god".

Israel: Yud Sin Resh Alef Lamed, YiSRa'eL (with vowels)

Azrael: Ayin Zayin Resh Alef Lamed, 3aZRa'el (with vowels, 3 being the Ayin)

I don't know why the article would make a connection between the two words other than the fact that both end on "el". 131.107.0.106 (talk) 17:16, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * there is no relation between the words. Azar, is the hebrew word for Helped, Isar is from the word Sar meaning Minister. Snfdfk (talk) 01:25, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Cite Source Request Which Authentic Hadith is this story found? Would love to add it to my collection Ninth Scribe 16:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I think he’s a cool brother 71.94.28.52 (talk) 17:29, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

I myself think it might have something to do with jehovas statment to moses that I AM. If something is then it is. They might be saying god is real or something to that extent. ---