Azrael : in Koran, angel of death, who severs soul from body.
... endure His riches by that vast expenditure. Page 160 He takes but to increase his piles of gold, He gives but to recover hundredfold. Thereby the poor increase. Wherefore I trust, When Azrael shall smite his limbs to dust And he upon that dolorous bridge is led Which, lord and peasant, all must one day tread, The bitter sword that spans the nether hell, He may be evened with the infidel ...
... son Ibrahim. The old books say that the child died at the age of fifteen or sixteen months. But there is a very famous play called Hasan and Husain in which Ibrahim seems older. In this play, Azrael the Angel of Death comes to Mohammed's house and asks for the child. "I beg," says the Prophet in deep distress, "that he may stay with me until tomorrow." So the angel waits a little. And just ...
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