Ifrit, also spelled afreet, afrit, afrite, efrite, ifreet, or efreet, Arabic (male) ʿifrīt or (female) ʿifrītah (Arabic: 'ʻIfrīt': عفريت, pl 'ʻAfārīt': عفاريت), in Islamic mythology and folklore, a class of powerful malevolent supernatural beings. The exact meaning of the term ifrit in the earliest sources is difficult to determine. It does not occur in pre-Islamic poetry and is only used once in the Qurʾān, in the phrase “the ifrit of the jinn” (Qurʾān 27:39), where it seems to designate a…

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