الشَّيْطَانُ Satan in Arabic
الشَّيْطَانُ is how you say “Satan” in Arabic.
Root ش ط ن sh-ṭ-n. noun (substantive), measure فَيْعَال. shayṭān.
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Meaning of Satan in Arabic
- devil; Satan with the article, ash-shayṭān denotes Satan specifically; more generally applied to any being — human, jinn, or beast — marked by excessive pride, corruption, unbelief, or rebellion
- serpent used of a maned, foul-looking species of serpent, or of a slender, active serpent
Example sentence
فَلَا تظن أَن الشَّيْطَان غلب وَلَكِن الْحَافِظ أعرض
So do not think that Satan has overpowered, but rather the Guardian has turned away.
الشَّيْطَانَ Satan
In the accusative ('-a') because 'anna' governs it — the subject of the content-clause. The one wrongly thought to have won.
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How it is used
Lane gives two views on the derivation. The more common holds that shayṭān comes from shaṭana, 'to be far or remote' — remote from the truth and from God's mercy — with the ن as a genuine root letter (measure فَيْعَال). Others treat the ن as extra and trace the word instead to شَاطَ, 'to burn (with rage)' or 'be rendered void' (measure فَعْلَان). Beyond naming Satan, shayṭān is used broadly for any excessively proud, corrupt, or rebellious being, human, jinn, or animal, and also for a kind of serpent.
Words from the same root
- شَطَنَ to be, or become, distant or remote (from someone/something)
- شَطَنٌ a rope, or long rope
- شَطُونٌ distant, remote (of a place, journey, or expedition); also a deep, curving well
- شَاطِنٌ distant, remote; far from the truth; bad, corrupt
- شَيْطَنَ to act like a devil, to behave as a shayṭān
- تَشَيْطَنَ to become, or act, like a shayṭān
- شَطِينٌ distant, remote
Common questions
- How do you say "Satan" in Arabic?
- الشَّيْطَانُ (ash-shayṭān).
- What does the root of shayṭān (ش-ط-ن) mean?
- It centers on being distant or remote — literally far away, and figuratively far from the truth and from God's mercy.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).