إبليس

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See also: ابلیس

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Etymology

Theorised to come from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “devil, accuser, slanderer”). Alternatively, it has been maintained to originate from the trilateral root ب ل س (b-l-s) with the meaning of "despairing or confounded " from the verb أَبْلَسَ (ʔablasa). This would, however, require the trilateral root to take the form if'īl which, excepting إحليل, is usually associated with words of non-Arabic origin (see إدريس, إكليل, إنجيل, إبريز, and إبريق).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

إِبْلِيس • (ʔiblīs) m

  1. (religion) Iblis, Satan; the Devil.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:34:
      وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
      waʔiḏ qulnā lilmalāʔikati sjudū liʔādama fasajadū ʔillā ʔiblīsa ʔabā wastakbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
      And when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — إِبْلِيس
ʔiblīs 		—
Nominative — إِبْلِيسُ
ʔiblīsu 		—
Accusative — إِبْلِيسَ
ʔiblīsa 		—
Genitive — إِبْلِيسَ
ʔiblīsa 		—

Descendants

References

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