سُوءُbadness of

Example sentences

• وَدُرِكَ الشَّقَاءُ وَسُوءُ الْقَضَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةُ الْأَعْدَاءِ

  And being overtaken by misery, an adverse decree, and the gloating of enemies.

  وَسُوءُ — and badness of. Two pieces: wa- ('and') adds a further item to the list, and the noun heads a possessive pairing with the word after it ('badness of the decree'). As the first term it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner that follows.

  From: Three States of the Heart →