It is said that, when was about to die, he laid in his bed and met Azrael in human shape A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels
Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions A welcoming depiction of the Archangel of Death, as usually attributed to Azrael, by , 1881

عزرائیل

One account explains death and its relation to Azrael, representing Death and Azrael as former two separate entities, but when God created Death, God ordered the angels to look upon it and they swoon for a thousand years.

عزرائيل
64—65 in A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels
ملك الموت ..ما هي صفاته وقدراته؟ وهل اسمه عزرائيل؟
عزرائيل
Although lacking the eminent , his portrayal nevertheless resembles the
In , he is the embodiment of evil Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopaedia, 4 vols
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Only Azrael succeeded, whereupon he was destined to become the angel concerning life and death of humanity.

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ابوعزرائیل
Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body
عزرائيل: ملك الموت
Stephen Burge Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-malik Routledge 2015• After the emergence of Islam, the name Azrael becomes popular among both Jewish and Islamic literature, as well as
عزرائيل : قابض الروح
Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael holds a rather benevolent role as the angel of death, wherein he acts as a , responsible for transporting the souls of the deceased after death