Nekir, or Neker, is the name of one of the inquisition angels who examine the dead in the tomb, according to the doctrine of the Alcoran [Qur'an]. See Alcoran.

Some refer to him as Gnanekir , misled by the Arabic particle gna , which signifies and , in this passage, Munkir gha Nekir , this is to say, Munkar and Nakir , which are the names of two supposed angels.

According to Mohammed, the souls and the bodies are in the burial chamber until judgment day, and first after the burial chamber, Munkar and Nakir appear to the dead, and ask them four questions. “Who is your God, your prophet, your religion and your place of worship?” Muslims will not fail to answer confidently: “My God is the one who also created you as well as myself; my Prophet is Muhammad, my religion is Islam, that is to say, the saving faith ; and the place where I pray is the Kaaba , or the Meccan temple”. Hence they will rest in peace in their burial chambers, and from a small window, that has supposedly been opened, they see everything that happens in heaven. On the contrary, those who do not die as Muslims, awestruck at the angel’s extraordinary stature, will mistake him for God, want to worship him, but the angels beat them down with a bludgeon in their tomb, where they remain without receiving the benefit of the favor for the visions granted to faithful believers. Ricaut, de l’empire ottoman .