malā'ika (English spelling) malaika

Japanese: malā'ika(英語表記)malaika
malā'ika (English spelling) malaika

...In addition, in his extremely detailed theory of angels, the question of how many angels can stand on the tip of a needle (a question often used to ridicule scholastic philosophy) is not discussed. [Yoshinori Inagaki]
[Islam]
In Islam, the existence of angels (in Arabic, malā'ika) is recognized as intermediate beings between God and humans, along with Shaitan (Satan) and jinn. The Quran makes direct and indirect references to angels with various roles.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "malā'ika" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,詳細をきわめる彼の天使論においては,針の先端に何人の天使が立つことができるかという問題(スコラ哲学を揶揄(やゆ)するのによく用いられる例)は論じられていない。【稲垣 良典】
[イスラム]
 イスラムでも,神と人間の中間的存在として,シャイターン(サタン)やジンと並んで天使(アラビア語でマラーイカmalā’ika)の存在が認められている。コーランはさまざまな役割をもった天使に直接・間接に言及している。…

※「malā'ika」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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