Authored by: Dr. Raza Abdullah Pasha (ḥafiẓahullāh)
Answer:
The term “Shayṭān” can be applied to any being that is distant from the truth and rebellious.
Every individual who is disobedient and defiant, whether from among the jinn, humans, or even animals, may be referred to as a Shayṭān.
References:
Al-Jāmiʿ li-Aḥkām al-Qur’ān 1/136
Tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-ʿAẓīm 1/15
Maṣāʾib al-Insān, pp. 6–7
Gharāʾib wa ʿAjāʾib al-Jinn, p. 24
Answer:
The term “Shayṭān” can be applied to any being that is distant from the truth and rebellious.
Every individual who is disobedient and defiant, whether from among the jinn, humans, or even animals, may be referred to as a Shayṭān.
References:
Al-Jāmiʿ li-Aḥkām al-Qur’ān 1/136
Tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-ʿAẓīm 1/15
Maṣāʾib al-Insān, pp. 6–7
Gharāʾib wa ʿAjāʾib al-Jinn, p. 24
