Artiya'il () is an angel in Islamic lore, believed to remove the grief of humans.Richard Webster Encyclopedia of Angels Llewellyn Worldwide 2009 page 22 He is mentioned in the hadith collection of Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti: when Abu Muslim al-Khawlani was awaiting news from Byzantium, the angel came down in the shape of a bird and introduced himself as the angel Artiya'il, the angel who removes the memories of anxiety.Stephen Burge Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik Routledge 2015

See also List of angels in theology

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