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[[File:اسرافیل.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|A miniature of Israfil's blowing the Trumpet]] | [[File:اسرافیل.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|A miniature of Israfil's blowing the Trumpet]] | ||
'''Isrāfīl''' (Arabic: {{ia|إسْرافیل}}) is an [[angel]] commissioned to blow the Trumpet (see: [[Nafkh al-Sur]]) when this world comes to an end and the [[resurrection]] begins. According to [[hadith]]s, this angel is one of the close angels to [[God]] and his tasks include blowing the Trumpet, delivering divine messages to other angels, and receiving the daily [[Record of Actions|records]] of people from angels appointed to record people's actions. He also carried out significant missions, such as waking up [[Seven Sleepers]] (Ashab al-Kahf) from many years of sleep, helping the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] in the [[Battle of Badr]], and accompanying the Prophet (s) in [[Mi'raj]]. | '''Isrāfīl''' (Arabic: {{ia|إسْرافیل}}) is an [[angel]] commissioned to blow the Trumpet (see: [[Nafkh al-Sur]]) when this world comes to an end and the [[resurrection]] begins. According to [[hadith]]s, this angel is one of the close angels to [[God]] and his tasks include [[blowing the Trumpet]], delivering divine messages to other angels, and receiving the daily [[Record of Actions|records]] of people from angels appointed to record people's actions. He also carried out significant missions, such as waking up [[Seven Sleepers]] (Ashab al-Kahf) from many years of sleep, helping the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] in the [[Battle of Badr]], and accompanying the Prophet (s) in [[Mi'raj]]. | ||
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According to hadiths, an important task of Israfil is to blow the Trumpet.<ref>Rustamī & Āl Būya, ''Sayrī dar asrār-i firishtigān'', p. 249.</ref> Israfil has an army of angels at his disposal,<ref>Rustamī & Āl Būya, ''Sayrī dar asrār-i firishtigān'', p. 248.</ref> and when the time of the [[resurrection]] approaches, God orders them to prepare the grounds for the resurrection. After that, Israfil blows the Trumpet after which everything in this world dies and the world comes to an end.<ref>Qurʾān, 36:53.</ref> He then blows the Trumpet again after which everything comes back to life and the resurrection begins.<ref>Qurʾān, 39:68.</ref> | According to hadiths, an important task of Israfil is to [[blowing the Trumpet|blow the Trumpet]].<ref>Rustamī & Āl Būya, ''Sayrī dar asrār-i firishtigān'', p. 249.</ref> Israfil has an army of angels at his disposal,<ref>Rustamī & Āl Būya, ''Sayrī dar asrār-i firishtigān'', p. 248.</ref> and when the time of the [[resurrection]] approaches, God orders them to prepare the grounds for the resurrection. After that, Israfil blows the Trumpet after which everything in this world dies and the world comes to an end.<ref>Qurʾān, 36:53.</ref> He then blows the Trumpet again after which everything comes back to life and the resurrection begins.<ref>Qurʾān, 39:68.</ref> | ||
Some scholars take Israfil to be one of the angels who carry [[God's Throne]].<ref>Khomeini, ''Ādāb al-ṣalāt'', p. 273.</ref> He is also taken to be commissioned to deliver God's messages to other angels. For example, when God wants to [[Revelation|reveal]] something to a [[prophet]], He shows the Preserved Slate to Israfil who then reveals what he saw to [[Jabra'il]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 257.</ref> According to another hadith, when [[Nimrud]] threw the prophet [[Abraham (a)]] into the fire, Israfil was the first angel who went to help him at the command of God.<ref>Ḍīyāʾī Urzgānī, "Isrāfīl", vol.1, p. 243.</ref> Other tasks have also been attributed to Israfil in hadiths, including: | Some scholars take Israfil to be one of the angels who carry [[God's Throne]].<ref>Khomeini, ''Ādāb al-ṣalāt'', p. 273.</ref> He is also taken to be commissioned to deliver God's messages to other angels. For example, when God wants to [[Revelation|reveal]] something to a [[prophet]], He shows the Preserved Slate to Israfil who then reveals what he saw to [[Jabra'il]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 257.</ref> According to another hadith, when [[Nimrud]] threw the prophet [[Abraham (a)]] into the fire, Israfil was the first angel who went to help him at the command of God.<ref>Ḍīyāʾī Urzgānī, "Isrāfīl", vol.1, p. 243.</ref> Other tasks have also been attributed to Israfil in hadiths, including: | ||