Ifrit
Sign in to saveAlso known as efreet, efrite, ifreet, afreet, afrite, afrit, afarit
thumb|The ifrit Arghan's eyes are slightly crossed and his orange skin spotted all over; he carries a chest over the waters on behalf of Hamza, from an illustration in the Hamzanama
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Shayatin
- Image
- Brooklyn Museum - Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armor to Hamza.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Qareen
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- Commons category
- Ifrit
- different from
- Blue-capped Ifrit
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- topic's main category
- Category:Ifrits
- partially coincident with
- Satan
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Islamic scriptures
- Islamic folklore
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Shabakism
- Mahan and the Ifrit
- In fiction
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
thumb|The ifrit Arghan's eyes are slightly crossed and his orange skin spotted all over; he carries a chest over the waters on behalf of Hamza, from an illustration in the Hamzanama
Ifrit, also spelled as efreet, afrit, and afreet ( ), plural ), is a powerful type of demon in Islamic culture. The ʿafārīt are often associated with the underworld and identified with the spirits of the dead, and have been compared to evil genii locorum in European culture. In Quran, hadith, and Mi'raj narrations the term functions as an epithet, always followed by the phrase "among the jinn". Due to the ambiguous meaning of the term jinn, their relation to other spirits is often unclear.
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