غَضَبًاan anger

Example sentences

• فيقول إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإنه قد كانت لي دعوة دعوت بها على قومي،

  He says, "My Lord was angry today with an anger like none before it, and none like it will be after it, and indeed there was for me a supplication which I invoked against my people,"

  غضباً — with an anger. A noun in the accusative echoing the verb's own root, used to intensify it, much as English might say 'angry with a great anger'. This cognate accusative underscores the weight and singularity of the anger.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• فيقول عيسى إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله ولم يذكر ذنباً،

  Then Jesus will say, "My Lord was angry today with an anger like none before it, and none like it will be after it, and he did not mention any sin."

  غَضَبًا — an anger. This noun echoes 'was angry' and sits in the object form to intensify it, the Arabic device of reinforcing a verb with its own related noun. The sense is 'angry with a real anger', stressing degree.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →