Awar ( ar-at, اعور) is
one of the five sons of
Iblis, mentioned by
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He is a
devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...
who encourages debauchery. His four brothers are named:
Dasim
Habibabad ( fa, حبيب اباد, also Romanized as Ḩabībābād; also known as Dasīm and Desīm) is a village in Shahid Modarres Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iran, official ...
(داسم),
Zalambur Zalambur (alternate spelling Zalanboor) ( ar-at, زلنبور) is one of the five sons of Iblis mentioned by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.Peter J. Awn ''Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology'' BRILL 1983 p. 58 He is a devil who presides ...
(زلنبور),
Sut (مسوط), and
Tir (ثبر). Each of them is linked to another psychological function, which they try to encourage to prevent humans spiritual development.
[Peter J. Awn ''Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology'' BRILL 1983 p.58]
References
Demons in Islam
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