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إبليس Iblis in Arabic

إبليس is how you say “Iblis” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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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

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