| Shaitan (شيطان) is the
equivalent in Islam of Satan in Christianity and Judaism. The
Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differences
with Christian and Jewish views. While Shaitan (شيطان, from
the root sh,tn شطن) is an adjective meaning (astray) or
(distant) or (illusionist) that can be applied to both Man
(al-Ins, الإنس) and Jinn, Iblis is the personal name of the
Shaitan who is mentioned in the Quranic (Genesis), and whose
origin is unclear.
Whenever the Qur'an refers to the creature who refused to
prostrate before Adam at the time of the latter's creation, it
refers to him as Iblis. |
