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مُنْكَر evil in Arabic

مُنْكَر is how you say “evil” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وأحلام السباع لا يعرفون معروفاً ، ولا ينكرون منكراً،

with the minds of predators—they neither recognize good nor reject evil,

مُنْكَرًا evil

This is the object of 'reject', in the accusative — 'what is wrong / evil', a passive participle used as a noun: the morally rejected. So they neither acknowledge good nor denounce evil — utterly indifferent.

From The Return of Jesus

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More example sentences

ثم ينسى ما بعد الموت من أهوال القبر وسؤال منكر ونكير،

Then forgets what comes after death: the horrors of the grave and the questioning by Munkar and Nakir,

مُنْكَرٍ Munkar

The first owner in the 'questioning of Munkar and Nakir' pair, a proper name. Because it is a name it is already definite, so the chain reads as the questioning carried out by this angel.

From A Path to Mercy

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