ISRAFEL

ISRAFEL

"There (thought I) lie scenes of pleasure

Where the free and blessed dwell,

And Each moment bears a treasure

Freighted with a lotus-spell,

And there floats a liquid measure

From the lute of Israfel."

H.P. Lovecraft, Astrophobos

"In Islamic tradition Israfel is the angel who will blow the last trumpet to signal the Day of Judgement and the resurrection of the faithful."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins

"Isrāfīl is usually conceived as having a huge, hairy body that is covered with mouths and tongues and that reaches from the seventh heaven to the throne of God. One wing protects his body, another shields him from God, while the other two extend east and west."

Encyclopedia Britannica