سُوْءٍevil in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّهَا أَرْضُ سُوْءٍ،

  For it is an evil land.

  سُوءٍ — evil. This noun completes the possessive pairing as the owner: 'a land of evil', i.e. an evil land. It sits in the 'of...' (genitive) shape the pairing requires, and being indefinite it keeps the description general, characterizing the place by the bad quality it belongs to.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• فَإِنَّهَا طَلْعَةٌ إِلَى كُلِّ سُوْءٍ

  For it is a step toward every evil.

  سُوْءٍ — evil. An indefinite noun ('evil') as the complement of 'every', in the genitive. The singular-after-'every' shape is how Arabic expresses 'every single evil'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →