In
Islamic
demonology
Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or pseudoscience. In many faiths, it concerns the study of a hierarchy of demons. Demons may ...
, Sut (مسوط) is
one of the five sons of
Iblis mentioned by
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He is a
devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...
who suggests lies. His four brothers are named:
Awar Awar ( ar-at, اعور) is one of the five sons of Iblis, mentioned by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He is a devil who encourages debauchery. His four brothers are named: Dasim (داسم), Zalambur (زلنبور), Sut
In Islamic demonology, Sut (مس ...
(اعور or لأعوار),
Zalambur Zalambur (alternate spelling Zalanboor) ( ar-at, زلنبور) is one of the five sons of Iblis mentioned by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.Peter J. Awn ''Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology'' BRILL 1983 p. 58 He is a devil who presides ...
(زلنبور),
Dasim
Habibabad ( fa, حبيب اباد, also Romanized as Ḩabībābād; also known as Dasīm and Desīm) is a village in Shahid Modarres Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iran, official ...
(داسم), and
Tir (ثبر). Each of them is linked to another psychological function, which they try to encourage to prevent humans spiritual development.
[Peter J. Awn ''Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology'' BRILL 1983 p.58]
References
Demons in Islam
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