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الشَّيْطَانِ Satan in Arabic

الشَّيْطَانِ is how you say “Satan” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَحَجَرًا حَجَرًا أَيْسَرُ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ مُكَابَدَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْعَاقِلِ

Removing it stone by stone is easier for Satan than contending with the rational believer.

الشَّيْطَانِ Satan

This noun stands in the (genitive) under the preceding 'upon/for'; its al- makes it definite, naming Satan. It is the party for whom the task is easier. Its case is the grammatical effect of the preposition before it.

From On Reason and Temptation

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More example sentences

لِأَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا عَاقِلًا ذَا بَصِيرَةٍ فَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ

For if he is a believing, rational person with insight, he is harder for the devil than the mountains.

الشَّيْطَانِ the devil

This noun stands in the (genitive) under the preceding 'upon/for'; its al- makes it definite, naming the devil, and its al- assimilates in sound to the following consonant (a sun-letter effect). It is the party for whom the believer is hard. Its case is governed by the preposition before it.

From On Reason and Temptation

وَهِيَ شَجَرَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ

And it is the tree of the Devil.

الشَّيْطَانِ the Devil

This name is the owned-of term and takes the genitive ending the pairing demands, naming whose tree it is and closing the unit.

From Charity and Stinginess

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