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Raphael (Standard Hebrew רָפָאֵל Rāfāʾēl It is God who heals God Heals God Please Heal) is an archangel of Judaism and Christianity who in the Judeo-Christian tradition performs all manners of healing. In Islam Raphael is the fourth major angel; in Muslim tradition he is known as Israfil. Raphael is mentioned in the Book of Tobit which is accepted as canonical by Catholics Orthodox and some Anglo-Catholics and as useful for public teaching by Lutherans and Anglicans.
