شَّيْطَانَSatan

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →