عَاقِبَة outcome in Arabic

اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مُطْلَقَ الْهَوَى يَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّذَّةِ الْحَاضِرَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فِكْرٍ فِي عَاقِبَةٍ

Know that unchecked desire calls towards immediate pleasure without considering the consequences.

عَاقِبَةٍ consequences

Indefinite and genitive after 'in', so 'any outcome'; the absence of 'the' keeps it general rather than pointing to one particular consequence.

From The Discipline of Foresight

لأَنَّ الْبَهَائِمَ وَاقِفَةٌ مَعَ طِبَاعِهَا لَا نَظَرَ لَهَا إِلَى عَاقِبَةٍ وَلا فِكْرَ فِي مَآلٍ

Because animals remain with their nature, without regard to consequences and without thinking of their fate.

عَاقِبَةٍ consequences

Indefinite and genitive after 'towards' — 'any outcome at all', kept general by the missing 'the'.

From The Discipline of Foresight

إِلَى أَنْ يَتَيَقَّنَ السَّلامَةَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ فِي الْعَاقِبَةِ

until he is certain of safety from harm in the end.

الْعَاقِبَةِ the end

Genitive after 'in'; the 'the' makes it 'the final upshot' — safety as things finally turn out.

From The Discipline of Foresight

وفاسق الكتبة إليه المنتهى في السرق وعاقبة أمرهم وبيلة من الضرب والمصادرة والفقر

And the dissolute scribes reach the pinnacle of theft, and their final outcome is disaster with beatings, confiscation, and poverty.

وَعَاقِبَةُ and the final outcome

This is 'and' plus 'the outcome / end-result', heading a possessive — 'the outcome OF their affair'. It is the nominative subject of a new clause. As construct head it drops its own 'the' and leans on the owner to come.

From Intention in Islam

وإن أمتكم هذه جعل عاقبتها في أولها،

And indeed, this nation of yours has been granted its well-being in its beginning.

عَاقِبَتُهَا the consequence for it

This is 'outcome' with 'its' attached, 'its outcome', and it serves as what was made/placed, the thing the passive verb acts upon. The suffix points back to the community; the feminine 'its' agrees with that feminine noun, part of tracking the right owner.

From A Prophet Warns His People

فالعاقل من يملك نفسه عند الغضب، ويكظم غيظه، ويتذكر عاقبة الأمر

The wise person is one who controls himself when angry, suppresses his rage, and recalls the consequences.

عَاقِبَةَ the consequence of

This noun opens a possessive pair, 'the outcome of the matter', as the object of 'recalls' and so in the object form. It links straight onto the owning noun with no word for 'of'.

From Restraining Anger

بأن يتفكر في قبح صورته عند الغضب، وفي سوء عاقبة ما يصدر منه

by thinking about the ugliness of his appearance when angry, and the bad consequences of what he does.

عَاقِبَةِ consequences of

This noun is both the owner of the previous noun and the head of a further pairing, 'outcome of what issues from him', chaining nouns together. Its form marks it as governed within the possessive chain, with no word for 'of' anywhere.

From Restraining Anger

ولو نظر بعين البصيرة لعلم أن السلامة في ترك ما يخشى عاقبته

Had he looked with insight, he would have known that safety lies in avoiding what is feared in its outcome.

عَاقِبَتُهُ in its outcome

This is the subject of the passive 'is feared', the thing whose outcome causes dread, with -hu meaning 'its'. As the doer-slot of a passive verb it stands in the subject case; the 'its' ties the outcome to the feared matter.

From Think Before You Act

العاقل يرى بنور فكره عواقب الأمور قبل وقوعها، فيتجنب ما يخاف سوء عاقبته، ويسارع إلى ما يرجو حسن عاقبته

"The wise person sees, with the light of his thought, the consequences of matters before they occur. He avoids what he fears will have a bad outcome, and hastens toward what he hopes will have a good outcome."

عَاقِبَتِهِ its outcome

The completing half of 'badness of its outcome', so it carries the possessive case, and the -hu means 'its', tying the outcome to the matter. Two possessive links stack here: the badness belongs to the outcome, the outcome to the matter.

From Think Before You Act

العاقل يرى بنور فكره عواقب الأمور قبل وقوعها، فيتجنب ما يخاف سوء عاقبته، ويسارع إلى ما يرجو حسن عاقبته

"The wise person sees, with the light of his thought, the consequences of matters before they occur. He avoids what he fears will have a bad outcome, and hastens toward what he hopes will have a good outcome."

عَاقِبَتِهِ its outcome

The completing half of 'goodness of its outcome', carrying the possessive case, with -hu meaning 'its'. It parallels the earlier outcome phrase, the good end the wise one hopes the matter will reach.

From Think Before You Act

فاقتدهِد في كسر شَهَواتها، وحملها على ما يرضي ربك، واصبر على ذلك، فإن العاقبة حميدة

So strive to break its desires, compel it to what pleases your Lord, and be patient with that, for the outcome is praiseworthy.

العَاقِبَةَ the outcome

This is the subject of the 'indeed' clause but it stands in the object case because the emphatic particle governs it that way. With 'the' it is definite, 'the outcome', and the predicate that follows says it is praiseworthy.

From Struggling Against the Self

لِأَنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْتَّقْوَى

Because the ultimate outcome is for piety.

الْعَاقِبَةَ the ultimate outcome

A noun carrying 'the', 'the final outcome', sitting in the object-style ending forced by the preceding 'because'. Despite that ending it is the subject of the reason-clause 'the outcome is for piety'. The definiteness marks it as THE ultimate end.

From Trust and Piety