Is "Azazel" the name of Iblis—may Allah curse him—before he defied Allah, was cursed, and expelled from Paradise?
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It is common in books of (Qur'anic exegesis) that the name of Iblis before the sin was Azazil, and they relate this from Ibn Abbas and others. However, Sheikh Al-Shanqiti refuted this in Adwa' Al-Bayan, considering it among the Isra'iliyyat (Judeo-Christian traditions) that are not to be relied upon. As for Azazil (with the hamza), it has not been found in available books.
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