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ش-ط-ن

Shin-Tah-Nun

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Shin-Tah-Nun (ش-ط-ن) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: shayṭān (Satan / devil).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 88 times in 78 verses, across 36 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:14. The form شَيْطَانٌ (Satan / devil) accounts for all of them.

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Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
شَيْطَانٌ
shayṭān
Satan / devilnoun, B188×Reward and Punishment

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ شَيَـٰطِينِهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِءُونَ

And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe; but when they go apart to their devils they declare: Lo! we are with you; verily we did but mock.

Quran 2:14
فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time.

Quran 2:36
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَلَـٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and wholesome in the earth, and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.

Quran 2:168

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
شَيْطَانٌ
shayṭān

Satan / devil

Example
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا
inna ash-shayṭāna lakum ʿaduwwun fattakhidhūhu ʿaduwwā
Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you, so take him as an enemy (35:6)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Plural: شَيَاطِينُ (shayāṭīn). From the root meaning 'to be distant/remote' (from God's mercy). Also called إِبْلِيسُ (Iblīs) as a proper name.

Culture

Satan in Islam is a jinn (not a fallen angel) who refused to prostrate to Adam out of arrogance. He has no power to force humans - only to whisper suggestions.

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