The Titles and Names of Iblis

"The Titles and Names of Iblis"
The Nameless, Summer 2025

Iblis is known by several titles and in this section I discuss a few of them.

"The Father of Bitterness"

Perhaps this is a parallel title to "the Devil" [الشيطان] or "al-Shaytan" in its reflection of the resentment Iblis hosts for the elevation of mankind above creation.

"The Mask of all Masks"

"The Mask of all Masks" is darkness waking up and covering sleeping light.

"The Bruised One"

Iblis has accumulated scars in his harsh life; as the "Outcast" and "Accursed."

"The Father of the Plowmen"

"El Harith," "Al Harith," or "The Tiller," tended soil in Paradise and on Earth.

"The Father Who Piles Up, Crams, or Crowds Together"

This title may reflect the propensity of Iblis to encourage the formation of tribes and clans, crowds in sweaty aggregation, cramming bodies in ghettoes and wars.