Iblis – common in "1001 Nights" / "Arabian Nights".
Iblis (Arabic: إِبْلِيسْ, romanized: Iblīs),[1] alternatively known as Eblīs,[2] also known as Shaitan, is the leader of the devils (shayāṭīn) in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven after refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. He is often compared to the ChristianSatan, since both figures were cast out of heaven according to their respective religious narratives. In his role as the master of cosmic illusion in Sufi cosmology, he functions similar to the Buddhist concept of Mara.[3][4] As such, Iblis embodies the cosmic veil supposedly separating the immanent aspect of God's love from the transcendent aspect of God's wrath. He entangles the unworthy in the material web hiding the underlying all-pervading spiritual reality.
