Arabic vocabulary

بَلَايَاafflictions in Arabic

بَلَايَا is how you say “afflictions” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ الشَّدِيدَةِ وَالْبَلَايَا الْعَظِيمَةِ،
Among the severe calamities and the great afflictions,
وَالْبَلَايَا — and the afflictions. The wa- links a second example onto the first with 'and', and the al- marks this plural as definite. Coordinated with the calamities, it shares their 'of' (genitive) role under the earlier 'among', adding the great afflictions to the list of specific hardships.
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