OpenArabic Get the app

كَرْب distress in Arabic

كَرْب is how you say “distress” in Arabic.

Arabic

English

The audio uses AI voices.

Example sentence

وَأَنْ الْفَرَجَ مَعَ الْكَرْبِ،

And relief comes with distress.

الْكَرْبِ the distress

In the genitive after 'with', naming anguish or distress. The maxim: relief comes 'with' the very distress, arriving alongside it.

From Patience and Trust in God

The English is machine-translated.

The app’s sheet for the word كِتَاب: book, an audio button, and the root it comes from.

Practise this word in the app

One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.

Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.

Free. No ads. No subscription.

An account is needed in the app.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

More example sentences

فيبصرهم الناظر، ويسمعهم الداعي، وتدنوا منهم الشمس، فيبلغ الناس من الغم والكرب ما لا يطيقون ولا يحتملون ،

The onlooker will be able to see all of them, and the caller will be able to make all of them hear, and the sun will come near them, so the people will reach a level of distress and anxiety they cannot bear or endure.

وَالْكَرْبِ and anxiety

The wa- on the front is the linking 'and', pairing this noun with the previous one in the same role. It too is definite and genitive after the same preposition, so the two together list what the people are overcome by.

From The Prophet's Intercession

Related words