Iblis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Iblis
< Arabic iblīs < Greek diábolos ( see devil); di- lost by confusion with Aramaic di- of
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But Satan, or Iblis in his Muslim incarnation, a redheaded wisecracker who claims to be Jacob’s dearest friend, argues for a radical intervention that can open Jacob’s “strictured heart”, allowing him to feel and heal.
From Economist ● Nov. 29, 2016
More of a monotheist than God himself, Iblis was banished from Heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Muslims, he is Iblis, a word perhaps derived from the Greek diabolos, the proudest of all God's creatures.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to one account, when he was asked to bow before Adam, God's newest and best-beloved creation, Iblis refused.
From Time Magazine Archive
But "angels" here takes precedence because Iblis was one of them.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
