From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Iblis (إبليس) is another name for Satan (the devil) who was the jinn that refused to prostrate before Adam. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Jinn (الجن) Iblis (إبليس)

Quranic Concept Iblis إبليس Translation Iblis Transliteration ib'līs Category Jinn Alternative name Satan

Iblis is referred to in verse (2:34) of chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow):

Sahih International: 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.

Visual Concept Map

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Concept map for Iblis. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept iblis:

(name-of iblis satan)
(instance iblis jinn)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (11 occurances)
• Devil (Islam) - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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