In Islam, Azrael, who is also called Iza'il, is one of the four Archangels. Azrael is the Angel of Death. He is always writing in a big book and always erasing what he has written. He writes about the birth of man and erases his name when he dies. He writes down each person's name and then erases it when they die. The book is about the living, and since everyone dies and a century isn't very long when compared to the history of the world, it looks like Azrael is constantly adding and taking away names.
People think that Azrael is a huge angel so big that one foot is in the fourth or seventh heaven and the other is on the bridge between heaven and hell. Christians think that angels look like people and have soft features and beautiful wings. Not all of the time. Even though Azrael is big, he has four faces and 4,000 wings. Eyes and tongues make up his whole body. The number of people on Earth is shown by the number of eyes and tongues.
Azrael has a personality that might surprise people as well. He is a creature with a lot of patience, careful in his work, and gentle in both how he acts and what he does. People say that because he was so quiet, many of the other angels didn't know him very well. People think that Azrael was kind and gentle with other people. Even though he brings death to people, he is kind to them.
Azrael circles and blacks out the names of the damned on his list. There is a light circle around the names of the blessed. When a person dies, a leaf with their name on it falls from a tree and lands on God's throne. After 40 days, Azrael has to cut the person's soul out of their body. He will then go to heaven or hell with that soul. After everyone on Earth has died, Azrael will also die.
Azrael lives and dies just like a lot of us. God will let him die when his job is done and everyone is in heaven or hell where they belong. Even though Azrael's job is very sad, he is one of the most honourable Angels. He is one of seven people who are called Archangels. Michael is another leader angel (Angel of Weather),
