In mainstream Judaism there is no concept of a devil as in mainstream Christianity or Islam.

Texts make no direct link between the serpent that tempts Eve in the Garden of Eden in Genesis
and the only references to Satan are in Zechariah[6] and in Job.[7]

For the Hasidim of the eighteenth century, ha-satan was Baal Davar.[8]

Apocrypha/Deuterocanon

See also: Apocrypha, Biblical apocrypha, and Deuterocanonical books

In the Book of Wisdom, the devil is represented as the one who brought death into the world.[9]
The Second Book of Enoch contains references to a Watcher angel called Satanael,[10] describing
him as the prince of the Grigori who was cast out of heaven[11] and an evil spirit who knew the
difference between what was "righteous" and "sinful".[12] A similar story is found in 1 Enoch;
however, in that book, the leader of the Grigori is called Semjz. In the apocryphal literature,
Satan rules over a host of angels.[13] Mastema, who induced God to test Abraham through the
sacrifice of Isaac, is identical with Satan in both name and nature.[14] The Book of Enoch contains
references to Sathariel, thought also[by whom?] to be Sataniel and Satan'el. The similar spellings
mirror that of his angelic brethren Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel, previous to his expulsion
from Heaven.[citation needed]

Christianity

Main article: Devil in Christianity

See also: Satan Christianity, and War in Heaven

If he was once as handsome as he now is ugly and, despite that, raised his brows
against his Maker, one can understand,

how every sorrow has its source in him! -Dante in Inferno, Canto XXXIV (Verse
translation by Allen Mandelbaum)
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In mainstream Christianity the devil is usually referred to as Satan. Some modern Christians[who?]
consider the devil to be an angel who, along with one-third of the angelic host (the demons)
rebelled against God and has consequently been condemned to the Lake of Fire. He is
described[attribution needed] as hating all humanity (or more accurately creation), opposing God,
spreading lies and wreaking havoc on the souls of mankind. Other modern Christians[who?]
consider the devil in the Bible to refer figuratively to human sin and temptation and to any
immoral human system.[citation needed]
Horns of a goat and a ram, goat's fur and ears, nose and canines of a pig, a typical depiction of
the devil in Christian art. The goat, ram and pig are consistently associated with the Devil.[15]
Detail of a 16th-century painting by Jacob de Backer in the National Museum in Warsaw.

Satan is often identified[by whom?] as the serpent who convinced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit; thus,
Satan has often been depicted as a serpent. Though this identification is not present in the Adam
and Eve narrative, this interpretation goes back at least as far as the time of the writing of the
Book of Revelation, which specifically identifies Satan as being the serpent (Rev. 20:2).[citation needed]

In the Bible, the devil is identified with "the dragon" and "the old serpent" in the Book of
Revelation 12:9, 20:2 have also been identified with Satan, as have "the prince of this world" in
the Gospel of John 12:31, 14:30; and "the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience" in the Epistle to the Ephesians 2:2; and "the god of this world" in 2 Corinthians
4:4.[16] He is also identified as the dragon in the Book of Revelation (e.g.[17]), and the tempter of
the Gospels (e.g.[18]).

The devil is sometimes called Lucifer, particularly when describing him as an angel before his
fall, although the reference in Isaiah 14:12 to Lucifer, or the Son of the Morning, is a reference to
a Babylonian king.[19]

Beelzebub is originally the name of a Philistine god (more specifically a certain type of Baal,
from Baal Zebb, lit. "Lord of Flies") but is also used in the New Testament as a synonym for
Satan. A corrupted version, "Belzeboub", appears in The Divine Comedy.[citation needed]

In other, non-mainstream, Christian beliefs (e.g. the beliefs of the Christadelphians) the word
"satan" in the Bible is not regarded as referring to a supernatural, personal being but to any
'adversary' and figuratively refers to human sin and temptation.[20]

Islam

Main article: Devil (Islam)

See also: Azazel Azazel in Islam

In Islam the Devil is referred to as Iblis or sometimes the Shaytan (Arabic: Like the usage of the
word satan in the Hebrew Bible, Shaytan is also a word used to refer to beings called demons in
the Christian Bible, especially the New Testament). Etymologically, Iblis means "the desperate
(of God's mercy)" in Arabic. Thus, the name "Iblis" can be seen as a sobriquet given to Shaitan
after falling from Grace.

According to the Quran, God created Iblis out of fire, either, along with all of the other jinn, out
of "smokeless fire" or identified with Jann mentioned in 15:27 created out of a "scorching fire"
and differ from the regular jinn.[21] The primary characteristic of the Devil, besides hubris, is that
he has no power other than the power to cast evil suggestions into the hearts of men and women.
The Quran says that Satan was among the angels whom God ordered to bow down to Adam after
his creation, it says in 18:50:

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for
Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him
and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the
wrongdoers as an exchange.

Whether Iblis was actually an angel or a Jinn whom God elevated to the angelic assembly is a
matter of debate among Muslim scholars. Some scholars, such as Ibn Abbas, believed that Iblis
was actually an angel whom God created out of fire. He was the most worshipful and
knowledgeable of angels. Thus, when the Quran identifies Iblis as a Jinn, it means that he
belonged to a class of fiery creatures called Jinn, which encompasses both heavenly Jinn (fiery
angels) and earthly (ordinary) Jinn.[22] Such a notion is evocative of the biblical seraphim, a rank
of angels looking like burning fire.[citation needed]

Long before Adam was created, traditions narrate, earthly jinn roamed the earth and spread
corruption upon it. As a result, God sent an army of angels under the leadership of Iblis to fight
them. Iblis' ego conflated after his victory on earth. He thought he was better than any other
creature, and thus God's favorite. God's creation of Adam and his order to the angels to venerate
him was a blow to Iblis' pride. While all the angels obeyed God and bowed down to Adam, Iblis
disobeyed haughtily saying 38:76:

I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.

Consequently, God expelled Iblis from Heaven, with the latter promising to lure mankind into
disbelief and evil as an act of revenge from their father, Adam.[23] Also, some scholars call Iblis
"The Peacock of Angels", referencing his foolish hubris.[24]

On the other hand, other scholars believe that there are no such things as heavenly Jinn or fiery
angels, and thus Iblis was not an angel. He was a Jinn whom God elevated to Heaven as a reward
for his worship and righteousness. This explains why Iblis managed to refuse God's order, as
angels do not have free will; they obey God's orders without questioning or complaining. As for
the angels, they prostrated before Adam to show their homage and obedience to God. However,
Iblis, adamant in his view that man is inferior, and unlike angels was given the ability to choose,
made a choice of not obeying God. This caused him to be expelled by God, a fact that Iblis
blamed on humanity. Hasan of Basra, an eminent Muslim theologian who lived in the 7th
century A.D, was quoted as saying:
Iblis was not an angel even for the time of an eye wink. He is the origin of Jinn as Adam is of
Mankind.[25]

Initially, the Devil was successful in deceiving Adam, but once his intentions became clear,
Adam and Eve repented to God and were freed from their misdeeds and forgiven. God gave
them a strong warning about Iblis and the fires of Hell and asked them and their children
(humankind) to stay away from the deceptions of their senses caused by the Devil.[citation needed]

According to the verses of the Quran, the Devil's mission until the Qiyamah or Resurrection
Day (yaum-ul-qiyama) is to deceive Adam's children (mankind). After that, he will be put into
the fires of Hell along with those whom he has deceived. The Devil is also referred to as one of
the jinn, as they are all created from the smokeless fire. The Qur'an does not depict Iblis as
enemy of God, as God is supreme over all his creations and Iblis is just one of his creations. Iblis'
single enemy is humanity. He intends to discourage humans from obeying God. Thus,
humankind is warned to struggle against the mischief of Iblis and the temptations he puts them in
(Greater Jihad). The ones who succeed in this are rewarded with Paradise (jannath ul firdaus),
attainable only by righteous conduct.[citation needed]

Sufi view of the Devil

Sufism teaches that people should love God without expecting anything in return.[26]
Consequently, unrequited love is regarded by Sufis as that perfect type of love because the
pining lover expects nothing in return. Thus, some Sufis see Satan as the paradigm of love and
the perfect lover.[27] Despite the traditional interpretation of Satan's fall from Grace as an act of
excessive pride and rebellion against God, some Sufis see it as an act of self-sacrifice for God's
love. Satan refused to bow down to Adam out of his uncompromising monotheism and devotion;
he refused to venerate anything or anyone but God. Al-Ghazali, a well-known medieval Sufi
Muslim theologian, narrated:

Encountering Iblis on the slopes of Sinai, Moses hailed him and asked, "O Iblis, why did you not
prostrate before Adam?" Iblis replied, "Heaven forbid that anyone worship anything but the One.
[] This command was a test."[28][29]

Satan believed that God ordered him to bow down to Adam to test his love for him. Satan should
maintain his love for God at any cost. So, even if the cost of Satan's refusal to prostrate before
Adam is falling from Grace, he should proceed with it out of his unconditional love for God.[29]
Abdul Karim Jili, a Muslim Sufi saint, believed that after the Day of Judgement, Hell will cease
to exist, and Satan will be back to the service of God as one of his cherished angels.[30]

Bah' Faith

In the Bah' Faith, a malevolent, superhuman entity such as a devil or satan is not believed to
exist.[31] These terms do, however, appear in the Bah' writings, where they are used as
metaphors for the lower nature of man. Human beings are seen to have free will, and are thus
able to turn towards God and develop spiritual qualities or turn away from God and become
immersed in their self-centered desires. Individuals who follow the temptations of the self and do
not develop spiritual virtues are often described in the Bah' writings with the word satanic.[31]
The Bah' writings also state that the devil is a metaphor for the "insistent self" or "lower self"
which is a self-serving inclination within each individual. Those who follow their lower nature
are also described as followers of "the Evil One".[32][33]

Yazidism