Editing Azazil (section)

== Bektashi Alevism ==
[[Alevism|Bektashi Alevism]], despite its [[heterodox]], believes in angels similar to Sunnis.<ref>Topuz, Birol. "Three Concepts That Are Confused With Each Other In Academia: Alevism, Bektashism, and Shiism." Journal of Alevism-Bektashism Studies 27 (2023): 65</ref> As in the Quranic tradition, angels are ordered to prostrate themselves, but Azazil refuses.<ref>DOĞAN, Eşref, and Hasan ÇELİK. "HÛ ERENLER! HÂYYʼDAN GELDİK HÛʼYA GİDERİZ: ALEVÎ-BEKTÂŞÎ DEYİMLERİNİN TÜRK EDEBİYATINA YANSIMALARI." p. 185</ref> In the Alevi interpretation, however, the prostration was to [[Ali]].<ref>DOĞAN, Eşref, and Hasan ÇELİK. "HÛ ERENLER! HÂYYʼDAN GELDİK HÛʼYA GİDERİZ: ALEVÎ-BEKTÂŞÎ DEYİMLERİNİN TÜRK EDEBİYATINA YANSIMALARI." p. 185</ref>

In a creation story, the archangels are ordered to bow before a mystical light. After Azazil served God for 1001 days, he refused to bow down, claiming independency of his creator out of pride.<ref>Çelik, H. (2014). Alevilik ve Bektaşilikte gönül eğitimi. Hünkâr Alevilik Bektaşilik Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 1(1), 83-100.</ref> Whereupon, he is, unlike the other archangels, not allowed to enter the light and remains in the world of the "[[nafs|Evil Self]]".<ref>Handan Aksünger ''Jenseits des Schweigegebots: Alevitische Migrantenselbstorganisationen und zivilgesellschaftliche Integration in Deutschland und den Niederlanden'' Waxmann Verlag 2013 {{ISBN|978-3-830-97883-1}} page 83-84 (German)</ref>
<ref>Çelik, H. (2014). Alevilik ve Bektaşilikte gönül eğitimi. Hünkâr Alevilik Bektaşilik Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 1(1), 83-100.</ref> This event later manifests in the enmity between the Devil and humanity.<ref>Handan Aksünger ''Jenseits des Schweigegebots: Alevitische Migrantenselbstorganisationen und zivilgesellschaftliche Integration in Deutschland und den Niederlanden'' Waxmann Verlag 2013 {{ISBN|978-3-830-97883-1}} page 83-84 (German)</ref>