Devil (Islam)

In Islam, the Devil is known as Iblīs (Arabic:إبليس‎, plural: ابالسة abālisah), Shayṭān (Arabic:شيطان‎, plural: شياطين shayāṭīn) or Shaitan. In Islam, Iblis is a jinn who refused to prostrate himself before Adam.

The primary characteristic of the Devil is hubris. His primary activity is to incite humans and jinn to commit evil through deception, which is referred to as "whispering into the hearts". The Quran mentions that Satans are the assistants of those who disbelieve in God: "We have made the evil ones friends to those without faith."