Munkar and Nakir: Difference between revisions

'''Nakīr and Munkar''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|النکیر والمنکَر}}) or '''Bashīr and Mubashshir''' (Arabic:{{iarabic| البشیر والمبشّر}}) are the names of two [[angel]]s who enter a dead person's grave at the first night after his or her death and ask them about their beliefs and actions. If the departed is an unbeliever, then the angels will appear with a frightening face and are called "Nakir" and "Munkir", and if he or she is a believer, then they appear to them with a beautiful face, in which case they are called "Bashir" and "Mubashshir".