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عَدَمِ nothingness in Arabic

عَدَمِ is how you say “nothingness” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَتَفَكَّرْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي وُجُودِهِمْ كَالْعَدَمِ،

I reflected and saw that many people, in their existence, are like nothingness.

كَالْعَدَمِ like nothingness

The 'ka-' fused to the front is a comparison link, 'like/as', setting up a likeness between these people and what follows. It governs its noun into the 'of'-style ending, and 'al-' makes that noun definite. Together the piece states the verdict of the comparison: their being is on a par with sheer nothingness.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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