إِنْسِhuman

Example sentences

• وَتَمَاسَكَا، فَرُبَّمَا كَانَ شَيْطَانُ الْإِنْسِ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ،

  And they held on to each other, for perhaps the human devil was stronger than him.

  الْإِنْسِ — the human. This definite noun completes the 'of' pairing with 'devil' before it: 'the devil of humankind', a human tempter. As the owned half it takes the genitive ending, its al- marking the class of people. The bare juxtaposition carries the 'of'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• وَرُبَّمَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ أَقْوَى مِنْ شَيْطَانِ الْإِنْسِ،

  And perhaps the man was stronger than the human devil.

  الْإِنْسِ — the human. This definite noun completes the 'of' pairing with 'devil' before it: 'the devil of humankind', the human tempter. As the owned half it takes the genitive ending, its al- marking the class of people. The bare juxtaposition carries the 'of'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →