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Azrael

Azrael (ăz'rāel) [key][Heb.,=help of god], in the Qur'an, angel of death, who severs the soul from the body. The name and the concept were borrowed from Judaism.

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Robert Gilbert Welsh: Azrael - The angels in high places Who minister to us, Reflect God's smile, — their faces Are luminous; Save one, whose face is hidden, (The Prophet saith), Th
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Azrael - Azrael (3 syl.). The angel that watches over the dying, and takes the soul from the body. The angel ...
Wings of Azrael - Wings of Azrael (The). (See Azrael.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 ...

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