إبليس
العربية
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إبليس
- /ʔib.liːs/
Where it comes from
Not attested before the Qurʾān. 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 [of God's mercy] or confounded [and unable to see the right course]" 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).
proper noun إِبْلِيس · ʔiblīs · -
- Iblis, Satan; the Devil. وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
In English
Talk about this word "إبليس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. إبليس. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3 "إبليس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3.Cite this
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