Arabic vocabulary
How to say “Iblis” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
إِنَّمَا أبعدنا إِبْلِيس إِذْ لم يسْجد لَك
Indeed, We cast out Iblis because he did not prostrate to you.
إِبْلِيسَ — Iblis. The object of 'banished', accusative — but a non-bending (diptote) foreign name, so it takes '-a' with no tanwin. The bare '-a' flags it as a name that does not fully bend.
From: Remembering and Loving God →وَلِهَذَا قَالَ أَئِمَّة الْمُسلمين كسفيان الثَّوْريّ أَن الْبِدْعَة أحب إِلَى إِبْلِيس من الْمعْصِيَة
And this is why the leaders of the Muslims, like Sufyan al-Thawri, said that innovation is more beloved to Iblis than sin.
إِبْلِيسَ — Iblis. This name sits in the genitive because the preposition before it governs that case. It takes a single undoubled ending, the pattern certain names follow, and marks Iblis as the one to whom innovation is more beloved.
From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →OpenArabic teaches words like إبليس through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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