سَيِّئَةbad

Example sentences

• وَإِنْ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ بُعْدُهَا

  And indeed, among the punishment for an evil deed is the evil that follows it.

  السَّيِّئَةِ — the evil (deed). The noun 'the evil deed' completing 'punishment of' as its owner, in the genitive. It names what the punishment is for, closing the possessive pair.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →

• وَإِنْ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ بُعْدُهَا

  And indeed, among the punishment for an evil deed is the evil that follows it.

  السَّيِّئَةِ — the evil (deed). The same noun appears again right after itself, an emphatic repetition reinforcing the previous occurrence. Arabic doubles a word like this for stress where English might add 'the very' or italics; it shares the case of its twin.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →