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ظالم oppressive in Arabic

ظالم is how you say “oppressive” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قُلْتُ لَهُ وَلَا يَنْتَقِضُ هَذَا بِالْمُلُوكِ الظَّلَمَةِ الَّذِينَ مَكَّنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَقْتًا مَا

I said to him, 'This is not refuted by the oppressive kings whom God empowered on the earth for a period of time.'

الظَّلَمَةِ the oppressive

This noun carries 'the' and is plural, 'the oppressive ones', describing the kings before it. As a following adjective it agrees with that noun in definiteness and plurality, so the two read together as 'the oppressive kings'.

From Signs of the Messenger in Medina

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