Afreet

Ifrit

An Ifrit named Arghan Div brings the chest of armor to Hamza
Grouping	Jinn
Region	Middle East

Ifrit, efreet, efrite, ifreet, afreet, afrite and afrit (Arabic: [ʻIfrīt] error: {{transl}}: unrecognized transliteration standard: unicode (help): عفريت, pl ʻAfārīt: عفاريت) are supernatural creatures in some Middle Eastern stories. In Islam, this term refers to the most powerful and dangerous Jinn.

The Ifrits are a class of spirits, classified as a djinn and also held to be a death spirit drawn to the life-force (or blood) of a murdered victim seeking revenge on the murderer. As with ordinary djinn, an Ifrit may be either a believer or an unbeliever, good or evil, but it is most often depicted as a wicked, ruthless and evil being; a powerful Shaitan. Ifrits are believed to inhabit the layers of the underworld or desolated places on the surface, such as in ruins or caves. According to Islamic sources, the ifrit has a fiery appearance with flames leaping from his mouth and may endanger people, but can be destroyed if someone recites a Du'a (Islamic prayer) near it. In folklore, they are commonly thought to take the shape of the deceased at the moment of death, or the appearance of Satan.

Traditionally, Arab philologists trace the derivation of the word to عفر (afara, "to rub with dust"). Some Western philologists, such as Johann Jakob Hess and Karl Vollers, attribute it to Middle Persian afritan which corresponds to Modern Persian آفريدن‬ (to create).