إبليسIblis

Example sentences

• 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 →