عُقُوقُingratitude

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا تَرَقَّوا فَعَاقُوا وَالْعُقُوقُ مِنَ الْذُّنُوبِ الْكِبَارِ،

  When they grew tender, they were ungrateful, and ingratitude is among the major sins,

  وَالْعُقُوقُ — and the ingratitude. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'). Here wa- opens a fresh general statement — 'and ingratitude is ...' — coordinating a moral comment with the story. The definite article treats ingratitude as a known, named vice that the next words will rank among grave sins.

  From: This World Is Short →