Ifrit

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Ifrit, also spelled efreet, also ifreet, afrit, afreet (Arabic: ʻAfrīt: عفريت, pl ʻAfārīt: عفاريت), are a kind of Jinn mentioned in the Qur'an.

Contents 1 Afrit in the Qur'an 2 Ifrit in contemporary popular mythology 2.1 See also 3 Use in computer games 3.1 Specific Uses in Video Games 3.2 Ifrit in Square Enix projects 3.3 Variations in Other Games 4 Ifrit in other popular culture

[edit] Afrit in the Qur'an

Afrit is mentioned in the Qur'an, Sura An-Naml:39. (27:39)

A ‘Afrît (strong one) from the jinn said: "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place. And verily, I am indeed strong, and trustworthy for such work."

It's a Qur'anic passage where King Solomon asks various creatures who can bring the throne of the Queen of Sheba to him fastest. The Afrit was outperformed by prayer:

One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: "I will bring it to you within the twinkling of an eye!" Then when Solomon saw it placed before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord - to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful! And whoever is grateful, truly, his gratitude is for (the good of) his ownself; and whoever is ungrateful, (he is ungrateful only for the loss of his ownself). Certainly my Lord is Rich (Free of all needs), Bountiful. Sura An-Naml:40. (27:40)

[edit] Ifrit in contemporary popular mythology

Ifrits in contemporary popular mythology are jinn spirits that embody fire. They consider themselves superior to all races because they supposedly "came first," and they resent deeply that humans have found magical ways to take control over them. Even when tasked, they show an ironic and malicious attitude, tending to subvert their masters' orders every time they can. \\

They often appear as individuals of superhuman beauty and strength, but are very difficult to deal with.

[edit] See also

• Jinn
• Marid

[edit] Use in computer games

In computer games. the Jinn are often broken into five classes (jinn, jann, ifrit, maryut, and shaitan), each more powerful than the previous. This typology, though widely used in fantasy fiction and role-playing games appears to be of European origin and has no real basis in Arabic lore. The Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual also has a class hierarchy, in which the Ifrit is a more powerful monster than the jinn and the jann.

[edit] Specific Uses in Video Games

• In Devil May Cry, Ifrit is a demon of fire (as in the Final Fantasy series), manifested in the form of gauntlets used by Dante as combat melee weapons.
• The Story of Thor (also known as Beyond Oasis) contains a powerful fire spirit called Efreet whose fire-based attack can be used to help the player.
• In 3DO's turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III, Efreet are available as troops. They are extremely powerful and are one of the strongest forces available to users of the "Inferno" army list, which consists of demonic creatures. They and "Genies" hate each other, and do 50% extra damage to each other in combat as a race-based attack bonus. Genies can cast random beneficial spells on allies, Efreet cannot.
• In Heroes of Might and Magic IV, there is a choice in the 'Asylum' town between efreeti and Nightmares. They are identical in abilities to their Heroes of Might and Magic III counterparts, except for the bonus against genies.
• In the Tales series (which includes Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, and Tales of Symphonia), Efreet is one of several summon spirits that a summoner can form a pact with and then summon in battle.
• In HeXen, afrits are small gargoyle-like demons able to shoot fireballs.
• In Spiderweb Software's Avernum series, an Efreet is a demon above a Mung Demon but below a Haakai in power, who breathes fire and has a powerful melee attack. Like all other demons, they are immune to fire magic and resistant to Mage spells, but are vulnerable to the Priest spells "Smite" and "Cloud of Blades." In Avernum 2, players can fight them with Arrows of Light, Bolts of Light, and the powerful greatsword, Demonslayer. In Avernum IV, Demonslayer is the only quick way to kill Efreeti.
• In Baldur's Gate II, an Efreeti Bottle can be acquired (as loot or by pickpocketing) from a Djinni named Taquee in Trademeet. The bottle can be used to summon an Efreeti ally once per day.
• In Gunbound, Ifrit is a flag avatar with +9 popularity and +12 attack. It is a fiery ghost that floats by your side, pointing forward.
• In Baten Kaitos: EWLO, the efreeti saber is an attack which has a high fire rating.
• In Lost Kingdoms 2 efreet is a genie like attack card thats shoots three fireballs.
• In Shadow Hearts, Ifrit is the mid-level fire spirit.
• In Sonic and the Secret Rings there is a metallic boss called Ifrit that Sonic cannot harm due to the magical Fire Arrow in his chest. However, Sonic calls upon a storm with a Water Blue Ring obtained later in the game, weakening the Ifrit enough to be defeated.

[edit] Ifrit in Square Enix projects

In many computer role-playing games by Square Enix, a Japanese video game producer, Ifrit is an upper level demon who could always control the element of fire(human or beast-like), often summoned by a summoner (or "caller") to aid the characters in battle. His attacks include 'Meteor Strike' and the more popular 'Hell Fire'

• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fantasy IV (called "Jinn" in the US SNES version)
• Final Fantasy V (As a boss and a summon)
• Final Fantasy VI (As a summon and a boss)
• Final Fantasy VII (As a summon)
• Final Fantasy VIII (As a boss and a summon)
• Final Fantasy IX (As a summon)
• Final Fantasy X (As a summon, and a boss)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (As a boss)
• Final Fantasy XI (As a summon and a boss)
• Final Fantasy XII (As an airship)
• Final Fantasy: Unlimited (As a summon)
• Final Fantasy Tactics(As a summon)
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (as an enemy character "Iflyte")
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (as "Efreet")
• Vagrant Story
• Kingdom Hearts (As a ship blueprint)

[edit] Variations in Other Games

• Archon II for Commodore 64 (spelled normally as Ifrit)
• Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (as "Efreet")
• Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (as one of Ayane's swimsuit)
• Legend of Oasis (as "Efreet", the fire spirit)
• Master of Magic (as Efreet, a summonable fire djinn)
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (as "Afreet", a flying, fire-throwing creature)
• Seiken Densetsu 3 (as the fire spirit)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (spelled "Efreet")
• Shining the Holy Ark (as Ifret, a demon enemy living in bottles)
• Tales series (as "Efreet")

[edit] Ifrit in other popular culture

• The MS-08TX Efreet is a Zeon Mobile Suit in the Gundam anime series.
• The word "afrit" is used by Jonathan Stroud in his Bartimaeus Trilogy as a subdivision in summonable spirits. There are 5 "levels" of known spirits, imp→foliot→djinn→afrit→marid. They are powerful spirits which only very potent magicians can summon, most of whom are unable to summon anything more powerful than a djinn.
• "Efreet" appear in the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game as a creature type. An example of a card of this type is Serendib Efreet.
• "Efreets" were shown in Disney's Aladdin TV series, but were closer to Elementals in nature than fire demons or genies; As they were not all evil, and there was one for different facets of nature (Ice, stone, etc.).
• The character Zhangpo in Drakengard 2 has a pact partner that is an Ifrit (although the Ifrit isn't shown during the game).
• "Efreet" (singular "Efreeti") are a type of monster in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. In the game, efreet are an evil subrace of genies, representing elemental fire, while djinn represent elemental air, marids water, dao earth, and jann are a mixture of all elements).
• "Efreet" is one of the 25 Islands described in the 2002 book by Clive Barker, Abarat.
• "Efreet" is one of the four Armlet spirits in the game Beyond Oasis.
• "Efreet" is one of the monsters defeated by Dark Shneider in the anime "Bastard".
• "Efreet" appears in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. They are one of the creatures present with the White Witch at the Stone Table.
• "Ifrit" is one of The Infershia Pantheon in "Mahou Sentai Magiranger" as well as his Power Rangers: Mystic Force counterpart, Magma.
• "Ifrit" is the spirit of fire in Vagrant Story.
• "Ifrit" is used in Neil Gaiman's novel, American Gods. The ifrit drives a New York taxi cab.
• "Ifrit" are the most evil tribe of djinn in P.B. Kerr's Children of the Lamp.
• "Afreet" is the name of an abstract electronic music project, based in Austin, Texas [1].
• "Ifrit" is used in Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series, describe a dead Djinn.
• In the episode "Je Souhaite" of the The X-Files series, a genie reveals to Fox Mulder that, as a young girl in the early 15th century, when she wished for a great power and a long life from a genie, which she referred to as an "Ifrit", she herself was turned into a genie.
• "Efreet" was a fire elemental in the online MMORGP Ultima Online
• "Ifurita" is an ancient creature, spoken of as a Demon God, in the Arabic Mythology-inspired anime series El-Hazard
• "Ifrit" was going to be summoned in "The Decline of Videogaming" for the soul purpose of setting Tom on fire. Again.
• "Ifrit" is the name of a Montreal based Death Metal Band.