Atlas of Celestial Intelligences Source-Based Celestial Archive

Angel in Islamic eschatological tradition

Israfil

Name origin uncertain in Islamic angelological reception. Israfil may be studied as the later named angelic figure associated with the eschatological trumpet motif in Islamic tradition.

Historical Sources

Islamic Traditions

C Early Jewish / Christian Tradition

Islamic eschatological tradition

Trumpet/blast passages in Quranic eschatology; later naming in tradition

The Quran refers to the trumpet/blast motif, while the name Israfil belongs to later Islamic angelological reception.

Tradition Notes

  • Israfil is widely known in Islamic tradition as associated with the trumpet motif.
  • The archive labels the name as later tradition rather than explicit Quranic naming.

Traditional and Symbolic Functions

Traditional functions
Eschatological announcement, Trumpet motif, Sacred timing
Symbolic functions
Final summons, Threshold of time, Cosmic announcement
Tree of Life associations
No Tree of Life correspondence is assigned in the current archive.
Light imagery
Silver horizon and pale dawn.
Interpretive layer
The archive separates Quranic trumpet imagery from later naming traditions.

Right Action Reflection

Attend to present responsibility rather than hidden timetables.

Source References

  1. Quranic trumpet/blast passages
  2. Later Islamic angelological tradition