Iblis

In Islam, Iblis (Arabic إبليس ), or Enais is the counterpart of the Christian and Jewish Satan. He appears more often in the Qur'an under the name Shaitan, Iblis being mentioned 11 times, whereas Shaitan appears in 87 passages. He is chief of the spirits of evil, and his personality is adapted to that of his Jewish counterpart. Iblis rebelled against Allah and was expelled from Paradise. The Qur'anic legend is that his fall was a punishment for his refusal to bow for Adam. Condemned to death he was afterwards respited until the Judgment day (Qur'an vii. 13).

References

• Gustav Weil, The Bible, the Koran and the Talmud (London, 1846).