Munkar and Nakir

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Munkar and Nakir (Arabic: منكر ونكير) (English translation: "The Denied and The Denier") in Islamic eschatology, are angels who test the faith of the dead in their graves.

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Image: Zakariya ibn Muhammad Qazwini (ca. 1203-1283) Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.