سببcause

Example sentences

• كم من لذة حصلها الإنسان في ساعة، فكانت سببًا لشقائه الأبدي

  How many a pleasure has a person gained in an hour, which then became a cause of his eternal misery!

  سَبَبًا — a cause. The complement of 'became', naming what the pleasure turned into, with a bare indefinite ending: a cause. It takes the form such being-verbs require for the resulting state.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

• وكم من ألم احتمله في ساعة، فكان سببًا لنعيمه الدائم

  And how many a pain has someone endured in an hour, which then became a cause of his everlasting bliss!

  سَبَبًا — a cause. The complement of 'became', naming what the pain turned into, with a bare indefinite ending: a cause. It takes the form such being-verbs require for the resulting state.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →