Zalambur (alternate spelling Zalanboor) ( ar-at, زلنبور) is
one of the five sons of
Iblis
Iblis ( ar, إِبْلِيس, translit=Iblīs), alternatively known as Eblīs, is the leader of the devils () in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven, after he refused to prostrate himself before Adam. Regarding the o ...
mentioned by
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kawshādh al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī ( ar, أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد بن كوشاذ ...
.
[Peter J. Awn ''Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology'' BRILL 1983 p. 58] 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 t ...
who presides over dishonest and
fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compens ...
ulent
business
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transactions. Said to have four brothers:
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 Zalambur (alternate spelling Zalanboor) ( ar-at, زل ...
(اعور or لأعوار),
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),
Sut (مسوط), and
Tir (ثبر). Each of them is linked to a different psychological function which they try to encourage in order to prevent humans spiritual development.
References
* Zalambur (Islamic) // Turner P., Coulter Ch. R. ''Dictionary of Ancient Deities'' — New York; London: Routledge, 2013. — x, 597 p. — P. 520. — ,
Demons in Islam
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