Editing Azrael (section)

=== In Quran and its exegesis ===
Surah 32:11 mentions the angel of death identified with Azrael.<ref>Cenap Çakmak ''Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes]'' ABC-CLIO 2017 {{ISBN|9781610692175}} pp. 137</ref> Surah [[Al-An'am|6:61]] mentions a multitude of angels of death interpreted as assistants of Azrael.<ref name="ReferenceA">Michelle M. Hamilton ''Beyond Faith: Belief, Morality and Memory in a Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Iberian Manuscript'' BRILL, 14.11.2014 {{ISBN|9789004282735}} p. 235</ref> When the unbelievers in [[Jahannam|hell]] cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain.<ref>Christian Lange|''Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions''| BRILL | 978-90-04-30121-4 | p. 93</ref>

The eighth Umayyad Caliph [[Umar II|Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]] once reported the commentary regarding Azrael in Quran chapter [[As-Sajdah]] verse 11 {{Cite Quran|32|11|s=ns}}, that taking many lives are very easy for the angel, that in caliph's words "it is as if the entire mankind of earth were only like a dish on a plate from the perspective of ''Malak al-Mawt'' (angel of death)".<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life"/>