Editing Ifrit (section)

{{Short description|Supernatural creatures in Arab culture and Islam}}
{{About|the supernatural creature}}
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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armor to Hamza.jpg|thumb|The ifrit Arghan's eyes are slightly crossed and his orange skin spotted all over; he carries a chest over the waters on behalf of Hamza, from a illustration in the [[Hamzanama]]<ref>{{cite book| last = Sleigh| first = Tom| title = The Land between Two Rivers: Writing in an Age of Refugees| publisher = Graywolf Press| date = 2018| pages = chapter: 1.11| isbn = 978-1-555-97986-7}}</ref>]]
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'''Ifrit''', also spelled as '''efreet''', '''afrit''', and '''afreet''' ({{langx|ar|عفريت|ʿifrīt}} {{IPA|ar|ʕifriːt||Q936678-ar.ogg}}), plural {{lang|ar|عفاريت}} {{transliteration|ar|ʿafārīt}}), is a powerful type of [[demon]] in [[Islamic culture]]. The ''ʿafārīt'' are often associated with the underworld and identified with the [[ghost|spirits of the dead]], and have been compared to [[genius loci|evil ''geniī loci'']] in [[Culture of Europe|European culture]].<ref name="Westermarck-2014a">{{cite book | last=Westermarck | first=Edward | title=Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals) | publisher=Routledge | date=2014-04-23 | isbn=978-1-317-91268-2 | page= 387}}</ref> In [[Quran]], [[hadith]], and [[Isra' and Mi'raj|Mi'raj narrations]] the term is always followed by the phrase "among the [[jinn]]". In later [[Folklore#Islam|folklore]], they developed into independent entities, identified as powerful demons or spirits of the dead who sometimes inhabit desolate places such as ruins and temples. Their true habitat is the [[Jahannam]] or underworld.<ref name="Chelhod-2005">{{EI2|last=Chelhod |first=J. |title=ʿIfrīt |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3502}}</ref>