Israfil

Also known as Isrāfīl, Israfeel, Israfel, Esrafil, Azrafil

thumb|Israfel blows a nafir in [[Zakariya al-Qazwini's The Wonders of Creation (1570s).]]

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thumb|Israfel blows a nafir in [[Zakariya al-Qazwini's The Wonders of Creation (1570s).]]

Israfil (, ʾIsrāfīl) or Israfel is the angel who will blow the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam. Though unnamed in the Quran, he is one of the four archangels in Islamic tradition, along with Michael, Gabriel, and Azrael. The "Book of Dead" described Israfil as the oldest of all archangels. He is commonly thought of as the counterpart of the Judeo-Christian archangel Raphael.