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Israfil (, ʾIsrāfīl) or IsrafelLewis, James R., Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, and S. Sisung Kelle, eds. 1996. Angels A to Z. Visible Ink Press. . p. 224. is the angel who will blow the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam. Though unnamed in the Quran, he is one of the four in Islamic tradition, along with Michael, Gabriel, and Azrael. The "Book of Dead" described Israfil as the oldest of all archangels.Shaikh Muhammad ibn Habib translated by Aisha Abd- ar Rahman at-Tarjumana Islamic Book of Dead Hadith Concerning the Fire and the Garden, Diwan Press, 1977, , pp. 33–34 He is commonly thought of as the counterpart of the Judeo-Christian archangel Raphael." Gabriel." Jewish Encyclopedia.
Israfil is portrayed as writing the destiny of humans and all commands of God to the (other) archangels with the Preserved Tablet (qalam), which he carries with one wing; with the other wing, Israfil covers his face, unable to look at God.Abilkhamitkyzy, R., and L. B. Begalieva. "Түркі әлеміндегі періштенің көркем бейнесі: кеше және бүгін." Keruen 75.2 (2022): 104-116.
Kitab Aḥwāl al-Qiyāma, states:
Know that Israfil is the master of the horn al-qarn. God created the preserved tablet al-lawḥ 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 inDue to his beautiful voice, he is also the Muezzin of those in Heaven.
Kitab Aḥwāl al-Qiyāma states he has four wings, however, another tradition mentions that he has twelve.
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,Gustav Davidson. 1967. " Israfel." Pp. 151–52 in A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels. New York: Free Press. . . though only Azrael succeeded in this mission.Gustav Weil. 1863. " 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. . p. 13.
A few reports assume that Israfil had visited Muhammad before Gabriel did.Kraemer, Joel L. 1993. Israel Oriental Studies, Band 13. Brill. . p. 219.
Israfil has been identified as with angels of Christian tradition, including Uriel and Raphael." Israfil" (revised). Encyclopædia Britannica. 1998 2020.
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