Israfil

American

[iz-ruh-feel] / ˈɪz rəˌfil /

noun

Islamic Mythology.

the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.

Israfil British

/ ˈɪzrəˌfiːl, ˈɪzrəˌfɛl, ˈɪzrəˌfiːl /

noun

Koran the archangel who will sound the trumpet on the Day of Judgment, heralding the end of the world

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Israfil

He took us to a meeting at the Bangladesh parliament with Israfil Alam, who is a member of parliament and chairman of the Standing Committee of Labour and Employment.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2010

I shall call you Israfil myself, I think, for the future.

From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand

What Israfil of the future will pour on mortals this new "music of the spheres"?

From Architecture and Democracy by Claude Fayette Bragdon

P. 26, note 2.—Scott may possibly refer to the tradition that the souls of the dead are stored up in the trumpet of Israfil, when he speaks of the "receiving angel."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

"I left it with Israfil, my fair-haired friend, you know."

From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand

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