Dasim ( ar-at, داسم) is
one of the five sons of
Iblis
Iblis ( ar, إِبْلِيس, translit=Iblīs), alternatively known as Eblīs, is the leader of the devils () in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven, after he refused to prostrate himself before Adam. Regarding the o ...
, mentioned in ''
tafsir
Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...
''. (attributed to
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kawshādh Banu Qushayr, al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī ( ar, أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد ب� ...
) 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 ...
, linked to the cause of hatred between man and wife. His four brothers are named:
Awar 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 objectif ...
(اعور or لأعوار),
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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