LessonsTemptation, gratitude, moderation, and friendly conduct (Hadith 18–22)Quiz

In الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ, الْجَرَسُ is the subject (mubtadaʾ): what the statement concerns. مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ is the predicate (khabar): what is said about it.

مَزَامِيرُ is the first term of a possessive construction (muḍāf), and الشَّيْطَانِ is the second (muḍāf ilayh). The first word means “instruments”; together the phrase means “instruments of Satan.”

The next report, النِّسَاءُ حَبَائِلُ الشَّيْطَانِ, follows a similar structure. Recognizing it here helps the learner read the next text more accurately.

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Temptation, gratitude, moderation, and friendly conduct (Hadith 18–22)

In الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ, الْجَرَسُ is the subject (mubtadaʾ): what the statement concerns. مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ is the predicate (khabar): what is said about it.

مَزَامِيرُ is the first term of a possessive construction (muḍāf), and الشَّيْطَانِ is the second (muḍāf ilayh). The first word means “instruments”; together the phrase means “instruments of Satan.”

The next report, النِّسَاءُ حَبَائِلُ الشَّيْطَانِ, follows a similar structure. Recognizing it here helps the learner read the next text more accurately.