Nāzi'āt and Nāshiṭāt

Islamic angels associated with death

Nāzi'āt (Arabic: نازعات, pluckers) and Nāshiṭāt (Arabic: ناشطات, drawers) are two classes of death angels subordinate to Azra'il in Islam, responsible for taking the souls of the dead. While Nāzi'āt are commissioned to take the lives of unbelievers forcefully, the Nāshiṭāt take believers gently.^[1]

Nāziʿāt angels are responsible for taking out the souls of disbelievers painfully.^[2]

Meanwhile, Nāshiṭāt angels are responsible for taking out the souls of believers peacefully.^[3] Ibn Kathir interpreted Al-Anfal 8:50 as the angels who takes the soul of unbelievers brought Fires of Hell with them for the additional torture the soul they have taken.^[4] Meanwhile, Al-Tabari also interpreted similarly, while also giving addendum interpretations from Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna, Ibn Waki', Mujahid ibn Jabr, and Ibn Abbas among others; that these angels will also smashing the face and back of the unbeliever's soul while doing their task.^[5]

References

^ Ali Unal The Qur'an with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English Tughra Books 2008 ISBN 978-1-597-84144-3 p. 2204
^ Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di; Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid; Imad Zuhair Hafidz from Markaz Ta'dhim Qur'an Medina; Wahbah al-Zuhayli; Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Asqar from Islamic University of Madinah; Hikmat ibn Bashir ibn Yasin; 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Aziz al-‘Awaji; Muhammad ibn Shalih ash-Shawi; Marwan Hadidi bin Musa; Saleh Al-Fawzan; al-Uthaymin (2016). "an-Nazi'at verse 1". Tafsirweb (in Indonesian and Arabic). Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia); Islamic University of Madinah; Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia); Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance; Masjid al-Haram council; Riyadh Tafsir center. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di; Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid; Imad Zuhair Hafidz from Markaz Ta'dhim Qur'an Medina; Wahbah al-Zuhayli; Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Asqar from Islamic University of Madinah; Hikmat ibn Bashir ibn Yasin; 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Aziz al-‘Awaji; Muhammad ibn Shalih ash-Shawi; Marwan Hadidi bin Musa; Saleh Al-Fawzan; al-Uthaymin; Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid (2016). "an-Nazi'at verse 2". Tafsirweb (in Indonesian and Arabic). Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia); Islamic University of Madinah; Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia); Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance; Masjid al-Haram council; Riyadh Tafsir center. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "Surah al-Anfal verse 50" (in Indonesian and Arabic). Islamic University of Madinah. excerpt from: Hikmat ibn Bashir ibn Yasin (2016). فتح الكريم لمختصر تفسيرالقرآن العظيم للامام ابن كثير [The Generous Opening of the Summary of the Interpretation of the Great Qur’an by Imam Ibn Kathir] (in Arabic). دار ابن الجوزي. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Tafsir Tabari: Holy Qur'an chapter 8 verse 50". ksu.edu.sa (in Arabic). King Saud University. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

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