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What is the name of the Islamic archangel who blows the trumpet at the Day of Judgment?
Answer
Israfil
Israfil is the archangel in Islamic tradition who will blow the trumpet to signal the Day of Judgment and the end of the world. He is one of the four most important archangels, representing divine function in the end times. Israfil waits patiently, horn in hand, for divine command to announce humanity's reckoning. The angel embodies Islamic eschatological (end-times) concepts central to Islamic theology.
💡 Did you know?
Islamic tradition describes Israfil's trumpet as so vast that a thousand years are required to traverse it.
Other options people guess
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Azrael
Topics
- Islamic mythology
- angels
- eschatology
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