Arabic vocabulary

سببcause in Arabic

سبب is how you say “cause” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

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 →

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