Zabaniah

from arab

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agama
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From arab

Definition

The group of angels tasked with punishing sinners and guarding the gates of hell in Islamic eschatology.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic 'zabaniyah', referring to the angels guarding hell. This term was absorbed into Indonesian through Islamic theological texts to describe the eschatological entities tasked with punishing the inhabitants of hell.

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