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As per the Qur'an, before the creation of Man, God (Arabic: Allah) created the [[Angel]]s (which were made from light) — which had n ...as a punishment. Then Adam sought to repent to God, and God taught him the words by which to do so. God forgave Adam and Ħawwā' and told them "Get ye dow

'''Genie''' is the English term for the Arabic '''جن''' (''jinn''). In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jin ...word ''génie'' as a translation of ''jinni'' because it was similar to the Arabic word both in sound and in meaning; this meaning was also picked up in Engli

...|right|Baphomet, by [[Eliphas Levi|Eliphas Lévi]]. The arms bear the Latin words ''SOLVE'' (dissolve) and ''COAGULA'' (congeal).]] *From the Greek words 'Baphe' and 'Metis'. The two words together would mean "Baptism of Wisdom".

...ould have became a way for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language into forbidden manuals of sorcery. ...ieckhefer, 43). The ceremony for conjuring a horse closely relates to the Arabic The Thousand and One Nights, and the French romances. Chaucer’s The Squi

Lovecraft originally titled the book ''Al Azif'' (from Arabic, meaning the sound of cicadas and other nocturnal insects which [[folklore] ...th century) translated it into Latin and indicated in the preface that the Arabic original was lost. This translation was printed twice: in the fifteenth cen

...ṭān''; Koine Greek:Σατανάς, ''Satanás''; Aramaic language Aramaic: Śaṭanâ; Arabic language|Arab: شيطان,''Shaitan'' is a Abrahamic term which is traditio In Islam, Iblīs (Arabic إبليس), is the primary devil. He is commonly referred to in the Qur'an

...hysics devoid of physical manifestation. For one thing, the lack of common words for chemical concepts and processes, as well as the need for secrecy, led a The word ''alchemy'' comes from the Arabic {{Unicode|''al-kīmiyaˀ'' or ''al-khīmiyaˀ''}} (الكيمياء or ال

...ownfall (Ezek. 28). If this be the true view then we are to understand the words, "estate" or "principality" in Deuteronomy 32:8 and Jude 6 ("And the angels Adam and Eve (Hawwa in Arabic) were both together mislead by iblis into eating the forbidden fruit, and c

...ated to the Middle Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic word dgnʾ 'be cut open' or to Arabic dagn 'rain-(cloud). The Phoenician author Sanchuniathon also says Dagon mea ...slated as "threshold" or "podium". The account continues with the puzzling words raq dagôn miptān , which means literally "only Dagon was left to him." (T

*the use of "[[magic words]]" said to have the power to command [[spirit]]s; ...ties of the 99-Names of Allah, verses from the Quran, and the power of the Arabic letters became accepted as an alternative to sorcery between the ninth and

...ower behind existence. Essentially, Dante described as much as one can in words the experience of the beatific vision. ...s working at the time in European circles would have played in making such Arabic texts available to Christendom [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/

...ir" subsequently from the West; these are distinct from the original local words for the creature.) The exact etymology is unclear.Among the proposed proto- ...t or silver stake. This ritual may be accompanied with prayers, usually in Arabic, which call for the peace of the soul (It does not however state anywhere i

...so used in the English version of the Bible for the following three Hebrew words: ...rms and his feet like in color to polished [[brass]], and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude" ({{bibleverse||Daniel|10:5-6|JP}}). This ima

...ibals'. {{citation needed}} Prepared to meet the Great Khan, he had aboard Arabic and Hebrew speakers to translate. Then thinking he heard Caniba or Canima, ...vinced that the history of Chinese civilization could be summarized in two words, "eat people", and that his friends and relatives all intend to eat him. Al