Iblis
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Iblis is the primary satanic figure in Islamic tradition, known for refusing to bow to Adam and subsequently leading humans astray.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7229111 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iblis Context triple: [Prophet Adam, opposedBy, Iblis]
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A.
Asmodeus
Asmodeus is a powerful demon from Jewish and Christian tradition, often depicted as a prince of Hell associated with lust, vengeance, and the torment of humans.
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B.
Azzael
Azzael is a demonic entity from the Hellboy universe, known as the infernal progenitor of the character Anung Un Rama (Hellboy).
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C.
Šatan
Šatan is a Slovak surname most famously borne by Miroslav Šatan, a prominent former professional ice hockey player and national team star.
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D.
Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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E.
Shatana
Shatana is a character from the Nart sagas, the traditional epic cycle of the North Caucasus peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iblis Target entity description: Iblis is the primary satanic figure in Islamic tradition, known for refusing to bow to Adam and subsequently leading humans astray.
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A.
Asmodeus
Asmodeus is a powerful demon from Jewish and Christian tradition, often depicted as a prince of Hell associated with lust, vengeance, and the torment of humans.
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B.
Azzael
Azzael is a demonic entity from the Hellboy universe, known as the infernal progenitor of the character Anung Un Rama (Hellboy).
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C.
Šatan
Šatan is a Slovak surname most famously borne by Miroslav Šatan, a prominent former professional ice hockey player and national team star.
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D.
Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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E.
Shatana
Shatana is a character from the Nart sagas, the traditional epic cycle of the North Caucasus peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qur’anic character
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satanic figure ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| action | refused God’s command to prostrate to Adam ⓘ |
| askedFor | respite until Day of Judgment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
arrogance
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disobedience ⓘ kufr ⓘ pride ⓘ temptation ⓘ whispering evil suggestions ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn |
Islamic demonology
NERFINISHED
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Islamic narratives of creation ⓘ Islamic theology of free will ⓘ |
| claimedSuperiorityBasis |
Adam created from clay
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created from fire ⓘ |
| commands | his followers among jinn and humans ⓘ |
| consequenceOfRefusal |
was cast out from divine presence
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was cursed by God ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Adam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
angels ⓘ |
| destinedFor | Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf | humankind ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | will be punished in Hell after the Day of Judgment ⓘ |
| goal | to lead as many humans as possible away from God ⓘ |
| granted | respite until Day of Judgment ⓘ |
| influences |
humans
ⓘ
jinn ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Qur’an
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surat Sad NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat Taha NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat al-A‘raf NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat al-Baqarah NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat al-Hijr NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat al-Isra NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat al-Kahf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading humans astray
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refusing to bow to Adam ⓘ |
| opposes |
God
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
prophets ⓘ |
| reasonForRefusal | claimed superiority over Adam ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| role | primary satanic figure in Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| scriptName | إبليس NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
al-Shaytan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the accursed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vowed |
to attack humans from all directions
ⓘ
to mislead humans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Iblis Description of subject: Iblis is the primary satanic figure in Islamic tradition, known for refusing to bow to Adam and subsequently leading humans astray.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
the Prince of this World
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linked to: Iblis
linked to: Iblis