إبليس
See also: ابلیس
Arabic
Etymology
Possibly originating 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 (ʾablasa). Alternatively theorized to come from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “devil, accuser, slanderer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔib.liːs/
Proper noun
إِبْلِيس • (ʾiblīs) m
- (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
- waʾiḏ qulnā lilmalāʾikati sjudū liʾādama fasajadū ʾillā ʾiblīsa ʾabā wastakbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
- And [mention] 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.
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Declension
Declension of noun إِبْلِيس (ʾiblīs)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | إِبْلِيس ʾiblīs | — |
| Nominative | — | إِبْلِيسُ ʾiblīsu | — |
| Accusative | — | إِبْلِيسَ ʾiblīsa | — |
| Genitive | — | إِبْلِيسَ ʾiblīsa | — |
Related terms
- إِبْلِيسِيّ (ʾiblīsiyy)
- شَيْطَان (šayṭān)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: иблис (iblis)
- → English: Iblis, Iblees, Eblis
- → Kazakh: ібіліс (ıbılıs)
- → Kyrgyz: ибилис (ibilis)
- → Swahili: Ibilisi
- → Turkish: iblis
- → Yoruba: bìlísì
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “إبليس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate