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Munkar and Nakir

two angels said to arrive at every Muslim's grave after death to put the soul back into the persons chest and ask them three questions
Class type of: angel in Islam Q1368147

Facts

5 properties
Location
grave[1]
Subclass of
angel in Islam[2]
Described by source
Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[4]
Has part(s)
Punishment of the Grave[3]
Has parts
Punishment of the Grave
🏷️ Also known as
en Munkar wa Nakīr en Munkar and Nakir en Nakīr wa Munkar en Nakīr and Munkar ar ملكا القبر منكر ونكير ar منكر ونكير cs Nakir a Munkar de Munkar und Nakir de Nakir de Munkar es Munkar y Nakir es Munkar es Nakir fa نکیر و منکر fi Munkar ja Nakir fr Monkir et Nekir fr Nekir munkir he מונקר ונקיר id Munkar dan Nakir it Munkar e Nakir
🔖 Identifiers · 16
OpenAlex ID
W4245777148, W4248592398, W4255027632as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
BabelNet ID
01486834n
DOI
10.1163/2214-871X_EI1_SIM_4861, 10.1163/1573-3912_ISLAM_SIM_5522, 10.1163/9789004206106_EIFO_SIM_5522
EU Knowledge Graph item ID
Wikidata item
Encyclopaedia of Islam (French edition) ID
SIM-5522
Encyclopaedia of Islam (first edition) ID
SIM-4861
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID
SIM-5522
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Munkar
Fandom article ID
muslim:Munkar, muslim:Nakir, angelology:Munkar_and_Nakir
Freebase ID
/m/05hmn
Golden ID (archived)
Munkar_and_Nakir-YX9XA
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2237839
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Library of Congress Classification
BP166.89
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100216687
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
munker-ve-nekir
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ID
4987
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📜 Data licence
Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
angel in Islam
Has part(s) 1
Punishment of the Grave
Location 1
grave
Subclass of 1
angel in Islam
← Connects with 1
Barzakh
← Depicts 1
Punishment of the Grave
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  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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