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Shaitan

This article is about the concept of purely evil spirits in Islamic cosmology. For the specific devil in Islam, see Iblis.
"Shayatin" redirects here. For other uses, see Shaitan (disambiguation).

Depiction of a shayṭān by Siyah Qalam, c. 14th/15th century. The art-style of Uighur or Central Asia origin was used by Muslim Turks to depict various legendary beings.[1]

A shaiṭān or shaytān (Arabic: شَيْطَان, romanized: shayṭān; pl.: شَيَاطِين shayāṭīn, ultimately from Hebrew: שָׂטָן, romanized: śāṭān, lit. 'adversary') is an evil spirit in Islam,[2] inciting humans and jinn to sin by whispering (وَسْوَسَة waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb).[3][4][5] According to Islamic tradition, though invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from the nar as-samum "poisonous fire", a description of the fires of Jahannam.[6][7](p21)

The Quran speaks of various ways the shayāṭīn tempt humans into sin. They may teach sorcery, float below the heavens to steal the news of the angels, or lurk near humans without being seen. Several hadith tell of how the shayāṭīn are responsible for various calamities that affect personal life. Both the hadith literature and Arab folklore usually speak of the shayāṭīn in abstract terms, describing their evil influence only. According to hadith, during Ramadan they are said to be chained in Hell.

In Islamic theology, the influence of the shayāṭīn on humans is elaborated as an internal struggle against the noble angels, often described in the invisible reality called alam al-mithal or alam al-malakut.

  1. ^ Çoruhlu, Yaşar. "Türk Sanatında Kötü Ruhlar." MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 1.21 (2020): 59-88.
  2. ^ "Shaitan | Jinn, Demons & Devils | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  3. ^ Khan, S. (18 Nov. 2024). Spirit of the Mind. Leiden, Niederlande: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004719033 p. 35
  4. ^ R. M. Savory Introduction to Islamic CivilizationCambridge University Press, 1976 ISBN 978-0-521-09948-6 p. 42
  5. ^ Szombathy, Zoltan. "Exorcism". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_26268. ISSN 1873-9830.
  6. ^ Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
  7. ^ el-Zein, Amira (2009). Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-5070-6.
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