Islamic text call our grim reaper the Angel of Death, otherwise known as Azrael. He was sent by Allah to obtain mud from the earth to create Adam. The other two Archangels, Gabriel and Michael had not succeeded as Azrael had. The reason for this is because the earth had sought refuge in Allah and the two archangels had relented. Azrael had not and had obtained the mud for the creation of Adam. The fact he had not relented gave him the best chance at becoming the Angel of death.
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