The Heart of Azrael: Angelification and Angelomorphism in Akbarian Sufism

Ibn 'Arabi Society

Dunja writes: In Islam, Azrael is best known as the angel of death. The divine unveilings he received led Ibn Arabī to the conclusion that he is also a friend, healer and protector of pious Muslims. My lecture dwells deeper into the archangel's relationship with humans – with special emphasis on the spiritual seekers endowed with the heart of Azrael. Dunja Rašić is a researcher at the University of Religions and Denominations and the author of The Written World of God (Oxford: Anqa Publishing, 2021), Bedeviled (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2024) and The Nightfolk (Oakland: University of California Press, 2025). Her research interests revolve around philosophical Sufism, philosophy of language, Sufi cosmology and the school of Ibn 'Arabī.