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Surah an-Nas or "the People" calls this character and his cohort "the whisperers." According to some Sufis, such as al-Hallaj, this character is paradoxically said to be the model of the supreme lover of God, which thus explains his willingness to endure the rejection from his disobedience in al- Baqarah 36. In Islam, this character is given a name meaning "despair." This character, whose original name is given as Azazel, is said to be the cause of riya. Since this character is made of (*) smokeless fire and is a jinn, he considers himself superior to those made of clay and thus refuses to bow before Adam. In a ritual conducted atop Jamarah bridge, this character is the supposed target of three pebbles thrown during the hajj as his symbolic stoning. For 10 points, name this most prominent resident of Jahannam, the main inciter of evil in Islam
Surah an-Nas or "the People" calls this character and his cohort "the whisperers.
Shaitan [or Satan; or Iblis; or the devil (in Islam)]