شَيْطَانًاa devil in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَذَكَرَ اِبْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ بَعْضِ السَّلَفِ أَنَّ شَيْطَانًا لَقِيَ شَيْطَانًا

  Ibn Abi al-Dunya reported from some of the predecessors that one devil met another.

  شَيْطَانًا — a devil. An indefinite noun pushed into the accusative by the emphasizer before it, even though it is the topic of its clause: one devil. The accusative-after-emphasis pattern marks it.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• وَذَكَرَ اِبْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ بَعْضِ السَّلَفِ أَنَّ شَيْطَانًا لَقِيَ شَيْطَانًا

  Ibn Abi al-Dunya reported from some of the predecessors that one devil met another.

  شَيْطَانًا — another devil. An indefinite noun in the object accusative, the second devil, the one met. Its accusative ending marks it as the object of the meeting verb.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →