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شَّيْطَانَ Satan in Arabic

شَّيْطَانَ is how you say “Satan” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَإِنَّ الْشَّيْطَانَ لَيَفِرُّ مِنَ الْعَاقِلِ

And indeed Satan flees from the sensible person.

الشَّيْطَان Satan

Carries the 'al-' (the) prefix, marking it as a specific, known being rather than just any adversary. Because the preceding 'inna' governs it, this noun sits in the accusative, the case 'inna' assigns to the thing it comments on. It is the topic the sentence will say something about, even though it looks like a plain subject.

From On Reason and Temptation

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More example sentences

فَعَصَيْتَنِي وَأَطَعْتَ الشَّيْطَانَ

Yet you disobeyed me and obeyed Satan.

الشَّيْطَانَ Satan

A proper name in the object ending as what the listener obeyed. It is the direct object of 'you obeyed', the figure followed in place of God, the heart of the accusation.

From The Four Inner Guards

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