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from their right and their left. Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."
    (Allah) said: "Get out from this, degraced and expelled.
    If any of them follow thee, Hell will I fill with you all."'

    For this act, God cursed Iblis and all the djinn who followed him,
and banished them to hell for eternity. They were no longer allowed to visit heaven and mingle with angels. Iblis begged for forgiveness. God relented and gave him and all the disobedient djinn
until Judgment Day to mend their ways. Iblis obtained permission
from God to "prove" that humankind was unworthy of His love,
and was given the power to attempt to lead all men and women
astray. According to one Arabian story, after Iblis was thrown out of
paradise, his name was changed to Shaitan (meaning "adversary")
similar to Satan, as he is known in the West.
    Just as in the Christian story of Lucifer, Iblis was allowed by God
to test the human race with the pleasures and thoughts that tempt
people to turn away from God's love. After centuries passed, Iblis
convinced many other djinn that God had in fact wronged them.
Iblis raised an army whose sole purpose is the downfall of the human race. He and his horde of renegade djinn have recruited many
humans to their cause, promising them power, wealth, and pleasures, the so-called wishes a genie grants. However, the price those
who make requests of the djinn must pay is not loyalty to Iblis, but
their very souls.
    Iblis as an Angel
    In some early Islamic accounts, Iblis was once a powerful angel
named Azazel. The name "Azazel" means "God strengthens" and
this angel may have originally been a Semitic god of shepherd's
flocks who became demonized as Abrahamic religions flourished.
Azazel is associated with the ritual of scapegoating as an expiation
of sin, as described in Leviticus 16. In verse nine, God tells Moses
that his brother Aaron shall take two goats and sacrifice them: one is
to the Lord for sin and the second is for Azazel, to be presented live
for atonement, and then sent into the wilderness supposedly to the
demon. This reference to the wilderness has led to beliefs that Azazel was a demon of the desert. Coincidentally, the desert is also considered to be Iblis' home when Allah permits him to enter our world.

    In the apocryphal story The Apocalypse of Abraham, Azazel is
mentioned as the angel of disgrace, lies, evil, wrath, and trials. He
is the lord of hell, confined to earth by God because he became enamored with it. In Judaic lore, Azazel figures prominently in folk
tales, along with another fallen angel, Samyaza (sometimes spelled
Shemihazah or Shemhazai). Azazel refuses to bow to Adam when
presented to God and the heavenly hierarchies. Islamic lore also
tells of Azazel refusing to bow to Adam, and God casting him out
of heaven and changing him into Iblis as a result. Although the angelic origin of Iblis contradicts Islamic beliefs, it is still considered
by some scholars as a possible origin for this rebellious spirit.
    According to Islamic belief, the evil that exists everywhere is due
to corrupt humans and djinn who have turned their backs on Allah. Demons, fairies, ghosts, demonic possession, and even sightings of extraterrestrial aliens are believed to be the work of djinn,
or in some cases, spiritually corrupt humans who have joined Iblis.
If we take into account the reality of the existence of djinn, we can
understand the paranormal's great diversity. Rarely do djinn present
their true identity to us. Instead, they enjoy taking on many disguises. Many djinn merely play a harmless game with us for their
amusement, but some have a more deadly agenda.
    Stories about the djinn reveal a long history of perceived injustices and indignities from their perspective, creating valid reasons
(in their minds) for many of them to plot against humanity. Believing themselves to be wronged by God in favor of human beings, some djinn have carried a deep grudge