Israfel (Arabic: ???????) ("The Burning One"), is the angel of the trumpet in Islam, though unnamed in the Qur'an. Along with Mikhail, Djibril and Izra'il, he is one of the four Islamic archangels.Lewis, James R., Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy, Sisung Kelle S. (Editor) (1996), Angels A to Z, p. 224, Visible Ink Press, ISBN 0-7876-0652-9In religious traditionAlthough the name "Israfel" does not appear in the Qur'an, mention is made of a trumpet-angel assumed to identify this figure: "And the t