شَيْطَانَdevil

Example sentences

• أَنَّ الْشَّيْطَانَ لَمْ يُكَابِدْ شَيْئًا أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ عَاقِلٍ

  That the devil did not struggle more fiercely with anything than with a sensible believer.

  الْشَّيْطَانَ — the devil. This noun is the subject seized by the preceding 'that' particle, hence its accusative ending; its al- makes it definite, naming the devil specifically. It waits for the verb that follows to say what he did. Its accusative is the particle's grammatical effect, not an object role.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• فَمَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ فَقَدْ أَسْخَطَ الشَّيْطَانَ الرَّجِيمَ

  So whoever clings to it has angered the accursed Satan.

  الشَّيْطَانَ — Satan. This name wears 'the' and is the object the verb acts on, taking the object ending. An adjective follows to qualify it.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →