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Ifrit, also spelled efreet, also ifreet, afrit, afreet (Arabic: Afrīt: عفريت, pl Afārīt: عفاريت), are a kind of Jinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
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Afrit in the Quran
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)
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Ifrit in mythology
Ifrits in common 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.
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See also
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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.
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Specific Uses in Computer Games
In Devil May Cry, Ifrit is a demon of fire, 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 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 Gunbound, Ifrit is a flag avatar with +9 popularity and +12 attack. It is a firey ghost that floats by your side, pointing forward.
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Ifrit in Square Enix projects
In many computer role-playing games by Square Enix, a Japanese video game producer, Ifrit is a specific demon 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'
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Variations in Other Games
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Ifrit in other popular culture
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.
"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" 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".
"Afreet" is the name of an abstract electronic music project, based in Austin, Texas *.
In an episode of the series The X-Files a genie reveals to Fox Mulder that, as a young girl in the early 19th century, when she wished for eternal youth and beauty from a genie, which she referred to as an "Ifrit", she herself was turned into a genie.
"Ifurita" is an ancient creature, spoken of as a Demon God, in the Arabic Mythology-inspired anime series El-Hazard
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