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شَيْطَانًا a devil in Arabic

شَيْطَانًا is how you say “a devil” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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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

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