جَهَنَّمُ Hell in Arabic
جَهَنَّمُ is how you say “Hell” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أن أول ثلاثة تسجر بهم جهنم
"The first three for whom Hell will be kindled are:
جَهَنَّمُ Hell
The subject of the passive 'is kindled' — what receives the action — shown by the '-u' nominative. It is a non-bending name, so even in the nominative it takes a bare '-u' with no tanwin, the ending flagging it as a proper noun.
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More example sentences
قَالَ تَعَالَى وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا
He (Allah) said: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide in it, and Allah's wrath is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment.'
جَهَنَّمُ Hell
A proper noun naming Hell, the predicate completing 'his recompense is Hell'. It links to the subject with no verb 'to be' - Arabic joins subject and predicate directly in such equational sentences. As a name it stays definite by itself without needing al-.