Israfil

Israfil is mentioned in a hadith as the angel nearest to God, mediating the commands of God to the other archangels.Burge, Stephen. 2015. Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-1-136-50473-0}}. p. 92. Although the name Israfil does not appear in the Quran, a figure blowing a trumpet is repeatedly alluded to, and is assumed to be this figure:

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Kitab Aḥwāl al-Qiyāma, states:

Know that Israfil is the master of the horn [al-qarn]. God created the preserved tablet [al-lawḥ al-maḥfuz] of white pearl. Its length is seven times the distance between the heaven and the earth and it is connected to the Throne. All that exists until the day of resurrection is written on it. Israfil has four wings--one in the East, one in the West, one covering his legs and one shielding his head and face in fear of God. His head is inclined toward the Throne .... No angel is nearer to the throne than Israfil. Seven veils are between him and the Throne, each veil five hundred years distance from the next; seventy veils are between Jibril and Israfil. While he is standing the trumpet [ṣur] is placed on his right · thigh and the head of the trumpet on his mouth. He awaits the command of God, and when God commands he will blow. And when the period of the world is completed, the trumpet will be brought near the face of Israfil and he will fold his four wings and blow the trumpet.Kitab aḥwāl al-qiyāma, pp. 49-50 quoted in {{cite book |last1=Smith|first1= Jane I. |first2= Yvonne Y. |last2=Haddad |date=1981 |pages=70–71 |title=The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection |location=Albany, N Y |publisher=SUNY Press |url=https://vdoc.pub/download/the-islamic-understanding-of-death-and-resurrection-1fa354cla15g |ref=JISYYHIU1981}}

Due to his beautiful voice, he is also the Muezzin of those in Heaven.{{EI3 |last=Tottoli |first=Roberto |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32620 |title=Isrāfīl}}

Kitab Aḥwāl al-Qiyāma states he has four wings, however, another tradition mentions that he has twelve.{{cite book |author1=Al-Suyuti |author1-link=Al-Suyuti |editor1-last=Muhammad as Said Basyuni |translator=Mishabul Munir |editor1-first=Abu Hajir |editor2-last=Yasir |editor2-first=Muhammad |title=Misteri Alam Malaikat |date=2021 |type= Religion / Islam / General |publisher=Pustaka al-Kautsar |pages=17, 30–32 |isbn=978-979-592-951-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDxQEAAAQBAJ |access-date=6 February 2022 |language=id |quote=Quoting Ibnul Mubarak from a book of az-Zuhd; ad Durr al-Manshur, chain narration from Ibnul Mubarak to Ibn SHihab (1/92)}}

Israfil is also said to have been sent along with the other three Islamic archangels to collect dust from the four corners of the earth,Davidson, Gustav. 1967. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=kGXelGEMdWgC&pg=PA151 Israfel]." Pp. 151–52 in A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels. New York: Free Press. {{ISBN|9780029070505}}. {{LCCN|6619757}}. though only Azrael succeeded in this mission.Weil, Gustav. 1863. "[http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/bkt/bkt04.htm Adam]." Pp. 19 in The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud or Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. via Internet Sacred Text Archive. It was from this dust that Adam, the first man and Prophet was formed.Noegel, Scott B., and Brannon M. Wheeler. 2010. The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism. Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|978-1-461-71895-6}}. p. 13.

A few reports assume that Israfil had visited Muhammad before Gabriel did.Kraemer, Joel L. 1993. Israel Oriental Studies, Band 13. Brill. {{ISBN|9789004099012}}. p. 219.

Israfil has been identified as with angels of Christian tradition, including Uriel and Raphael."[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042988/Israfil Israfil]" (revised). Encyclopædia Britannica. [1998] 2020.

File:'Angel Blowing a Woodwind', ink and opaque watercolor painting from Iran, c. 1500, Honolulu Academy of Arts.JPG|Angel not named in source for image; matches other images that name the angel Israfel

File:Israfil, the Angel of Resurrection, Blows the Seven-Fold Trumpet, Ottoman miniature.jpg|Israfil, the Angel of Resurrection, Blows the Seven-Fold Trumpet, Ottoman miniature

File:Israfel, blowing 7-belled trumpet.jpg|Israfel blows the trumpet

File:Israfel blows the trumpet of Sur.jpg|Israfel blows the trumpet of Sur

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