What is the difference between Shaytan and Iblis?

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The student: What is the difference between Shaytan and Iblis?

The Shaykh : And what is this question? It is not appropriate... the difference between Shaytan and humans?
The student: And Iblis.

The Shaykh : And Iblis, Shaytan is Iblis, it is one and the same, yes.

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