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جَهَنَّم Hell in Arabic

جَهَنَّم is how you say “Hell” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وكذلك من أوجب أن يدعو بعد التشهد بالدعاء المأمور به هناك، وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And likewise for those who obligate supplication after the tashahhud with the commanded supplication there, which is to seek refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal.

جَهَنَّمَ Hell

Genitive owner of 'torment' — 'Hell, Gehenna'; a diptote name (the -a, no tanwin).

From Required Remembrance

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وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And it is seeking refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal,

جَهَنَّمَ Hell

A proper name of the non-bending kind: it refuses the usual tanwin and takes a plain '-a' even though the 'of' pairing would normally call for '-i'. That bare ending is itself the clue that this is a name that does not fully decline. It is the owner in 'torment of Hell'.

From Praise and Petition in Prayer

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