Munkar and Nakir information

Munkar and Nakir (Arabic: منكر ونكير) (English translation: "The Denied and The Denier") in Islamic eschatology, are angels who test the faith of the...

up munkar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Munkar (Arabic: منكر, 'denied', ‘wrong or immoral behaviour, vice’) may refer to: Munkar and Nakir, in...

free dictionary. Naker may refer to: One of the two Islamic angels, Munkar and Nakir, who visit the dead after their funeral the European variant of the...

angels – Munkar and Nakir – come to question the dead in order to test their faith. The righteous believers answer correctly and live in peace and comfort...

Harut and Marut (Arabic: هَارُوْت وَمَارُوْت, romanized: Hārūt wa-Mārūt) are a pair of angels mentioned in the Quran Surah 2:102. They are said to tempt...

word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the presence of God in a place. This concept is found in Judaism and the Torah, as mentioned in Exodus 25:8...

beyond and in this world. According to Sunni doctrine, people are questioned in their graves by Munkar and Nakir after death. Munkar and Nakīr are two...

Paradise Lost and likely confusion over the "arch-" prefix. In Judaism however, the highest ranking angels such as Michael, Raphael, Gabriel and Uriel, who...

the later Books of Chronicles, and passages in the early Psalms: for example, "and he rode upon a cherub and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of...

sinners and question them in the grave. Similar to the angelic pairs Nāzi'āt and Nāshiṭāt and Munkar and Nakir, they are assisting Azrael and seize the...

ʿIzrāʾīl) is the angel of death in some Abrahamic religions, namely Islam and Christian popular culture. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael...

knowledge, and it is considered to be a book of magic. He stands close by God's throne, and therefore hears and writes down everything that is said and discussed...

Munkar and Nakir, appointed by God to question the dead in order to test their faith. The righteous believers answer correctly and live in peace and comfort...

mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are described as being large and strong. The Hebrew word Nephilim means "giants"; some understand it to mean...

elephants and camels and asses. And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore...

the Lord appears to Manoah and his wife and, in verse 16, tells them to offer to the LORD if they are to make an offering ("And the angel of the LORD said...

system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying...

extracanonical Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystical and magical works, often as one of the Seven Archangels, the angel of Saturn, and in other roles. Qafsiel...

Munkar and Nakir, who question the dead in their graves. Angel of ice and fire, an angel Muhammad met during his night journey composed of ice and fire...

thrones) and one of the 9 angels that rule Heaven; also one of the 7 archangels." He can watch people when they need to make important decisions and when...

watchman") and Zuriel (צוּרִיאֵל‎ Ṣūrīʾēl, "God is my rock"), is an archangel in Christian and Jewish angelology. Jophiel is associated with beauty, art, and wisdom...

and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) or Oriel is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in the post-exilic rabbinic tradition and in...

of Enoch as one of the 20 Watchers that sinned and rebelled against God by mating with human women, and creating offspring called Nephilim. The name Raʿamʾēl...

In kabbalistic and Christian angelology, Sachiel (Ge'ez ሳቁኤል) is an archangel of the order of cherubim. The name 'Sachiel' originally occurs in the late...