Arabic vocabulary
عَوْجًاin a crooked way in Arabic
عَوْجًا is how you say “in a crooked way” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
يَصُدُّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغِيهَا جُهْدُهُ عَوْجًا وَتَحْرِيفًا
He turns people away from the way of God and, by his effort, seeks to bend and distort it.
عَوْجًا — in a crooked way. An indefinite noun in the accusative working as an adverbial of manner, 'crookedly'. The accusative is Arabic's way of turning a noun into a 'how' description, so it tells you in what manner he seeks to bend the path.
From: Three States of the Heart →
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