Ifrit

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Ifrit, also spelled efreet, also ifreet, afrit (Arabic: ʻAfrīt: عفريت, pl ʻAfārīt: عفاريت), are a kind of Jinn from Arabic mythology.

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Ifrit in the Qur'an

Ifrit is mentioned in the Qur'an, Sura An-Naml:39. (27:39)

A ‘Ifrît (strong one) from the jinn said: "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place (council). And verily, I am indeed strong, and trustworthy for such work."

It's a Qur'anic passage where King Solomon asks various creatures who can bring the throne of the Queen of Sheba to him fastest. The Ifrit was outperformed by prayer:

One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: "I will bring it to you within the twinkling of an eye!" Then when he Sulaimân (Solomon) saw it placed before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord - to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful! And whoever is grateful, truly, his gratitude is for (the good of) his ownself; and whoever is ungrateful, (he is ungrateful only for the loss of his ownself). Certainly my Lord is Rich (Free of all needs), Bountiful. Sura An-Naml:40. (27:40)
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Ifrit in mythology

Ifrits in common mythology are jinn spirits that embody fire. They consider themselves superior to all races because they supposedly "came first," and they resent deeply that humans have found magical ways to take control over them. Even when tasked, they show an ironic and malicious attitude, tending to subvert their masters' orders every time they can.

They often appear as individuals of superhuman beauty and strength, but are very difficult to deal with.

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Use in computer games

Supposedly the Jinn are broken into five classes, each more powerful than the last. These classes are jinn, jann, ifrit, maryut, and shaitan. This typology, though widely used in fantasy fiction and role playing games appears to be of European origin and has no real basis in Arabic lore.

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Ifrit in Square Enix projects

Image:Ifrit FF8.jpg In some RPG by Square Enix, a Japanese video game producer, Ifrit is a specific demon of fire (human or beast-like), often summoned by a summoner (or "caller") to aid the characters in battle. His attacks include 'Meteor Strike' & 'Hell Fire'

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Other Games

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Ifrit in Devil May Cry

In Devil May Cry, Ifrit is an enchanted fire gauntlet, used by Dante as combat melee weapons.

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"Efreet" in The Story of Thor

The Story of Thor (also known as Beyond Oasis) contains a powerful fire spirit called Efreet whose fire-based attack can be used to help the player.

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Efreet in Heroes of Might and Magic

In 3DO's turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III, Efreet are available as troops. They are extremely powerful and are one of the strongest forces available to users of the "Inferno" army list, which consists of demonic creatures. They and "Genies" hate each other, and do 50% extra damage to each other in combat as a race-based attack bonus. Genies can cast random beneficial spells on allies, Efreet cannot.

In its sequel Heroes of Might and Magic IV, efreeti are available in the 'Asylum' town, as a choice between efreeti and Nightmares. They are identical in abilities to their Heroes of Might and Magic III counterparts, except for the bonus against genies.

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Efreet in the "Tales" series

In the Tales series (which includes Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, and Tales of Symphonia), Efreet is one of several summon spirits that a summoner can form a pact with and then summon in battle.

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Afrits in HeXen

In HeXen, afrits were small demon-like creatures that were able to breathe fireballs.

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Ifrit in other popular culture

  • The word "afrit" is used by Jonathan Stroud in his Bartimaeus Trilogy as a subdivision in summonable spirits. There are 5 "levels" of known spirits, imp→foliot→djinn→afrit→marid. They are powerful spirits which only very potent magicians can summon, most don't seem to be able to get past djinn.
  • "Efreet" is one of the monsters defeated by Dark Shneider in the anime "Bastard".
  • "Ifrit" is one of the Ten Gods of Infershia in "Mahou Sentai Magiranger".
  • "Ifrit" is the spirit of fire in Vagrant Story.
  • "Ifrit" appears in several video games, including the Final Fantasy game series
  • "Afreet" is the name of an abstract electronic music project, based in Austin, TX - see Afreet website.

In Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series Ifrit is used to describe a dead Djinn.

In an episode of the series The X-Files a genie reveals to Fox Mulder that, as a young girl in the early 19th century, when she wished for eternal youth and beauty from an genie, which she referred to as an ifrit, she herself was turned into a genie.de:Ifrit et:Afriidid es:Ifrit fa:عفریت fr:Éfrit nl:Ifriet pl:Ifrit

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