Arabic vocabulary

غَبْنٍinjustice in Arabic

غَبْنٍ is how you say “injustice” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

لَعُمْرُكَ مَا شَيْءٌ يَفُوْتُكَ نَيْلُهُ بِغَبْنٍ وَلَكِنَّ فِي الْعُقُولِ التَّغَابُنُ
By your life, nothing you fail to obtain is lost through injustice; rather, minds are mutually deluded.
بِغَبْنٍ — because of injustice. The prefix bi- here marks cause or manner, 'through/because of', and forces the noun after it into the (genitive). It tells you the alleged WAY a thing would be lost, namely through injustice, which the line denies. It links the loss to its supposed cause.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

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