Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Nekir
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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in Mohammedanism, is one of the two angels who wake up every dead body, and ask for the faith of its former possessor. If he be true, he is refreshed with the dew of paradise, and laid to rest again; but if he is not favorable to Islam, he is whipped with two iron rods until he yells aloud, and then is cast into a snake's nest, where poisonous reptiles gnaw at him until the resurrection.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nekir'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nekir.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nekir'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nekir.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
