What Does Ash-shaytan (الشَّيْطَان) Mean in the Quran?
This page studies الشَّيْطَان as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.
Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.
Inside the Quran
الشَّيْطَان (ash-shaytan) means Satan, the devil. It usually refers to Iblis as the tempter who invites people away from remembrance and obedience.
Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.
“And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.”
“He [i.e., Satan] promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.”
“So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].”
Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.
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