The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (198 page)

ammad: if they answer that he is
ras
l
All
h
, the messenger of God, they are left in peace until
Yaum al-Qiyama
, the day of Resurrection. For others, there ensues the ‘punishment in the tomb’.

 
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Angel of Death
.

God's messenger who brings
death
to human beings. There is no constant figure of the angel of death in the
Bible
, but in the
Talmud
,
Satan
and the evil
inclination
are both identified with him. For Islam, see
ANGEL
.

 
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Angelus
.

A Catholic thrice-daily devotion (early morning, noon, and evening), consisting of three
Ave Marias
with
versicles
and a
collect
.

 
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(1624–77).
Joannes Scheffler, Christian mystical writer and controversialist. A
Lutheran
who, in 1653, became RC, he was ordained priest in 1661. Remembered for his mystical poems, the collection
Heilige See-lenlust
(1657) interprets the mystical life in the imagery of the
Song of Songs
; and
Der Cherubinische Wandersmann
(1675) is deeply influenced by the tradition of German mysticism inspired by
Eckhart
.

 
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Angkor
.

Capital in central Cambodia of the Khmers, a people of N. Indo-Chinese origin, established by Ya
ovarman II (889–910 CE). A successor in the dynasty, S
ryavarman II (1112–52), raised Angkor W
t (
w
t
, ‘city temple’) on the site as a fortress-temple dedicated to Devar
ja and to himself as an
avat
ra
of
Vi
u
.
Close by is Angkor Thom which was established as a new capital by Jayavarman VII (1181–
c.
1210), with the Bayon as its ceremonial centre.