Israfil, Angel of the Trumpet
The unseenAngel of the Trumpet
Israfilإسرافيل
The angel who will blow the Trumpet that ends the world and then raises the dead.
The Quran describes the Trumpet blown twice. At the first blast everyone in the heavens and earth falls dead, except whom Allah wills. At the second, all stand up looking on. Tradition names the one who blows it as Israfil, who waits with the Trumpet to his lips for the command.
What does the Quran say?
And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
Quran 39:68
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
The end of the world is one breath away, and only Allah knows when.
Source: hadith · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth