Arabic vocabulary
How to say “penalty” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَمن عُقُوبَة السَّيئَة السَّيئَة بعْدَهَا
And among the penalties for a bad deed is a bad deed after it.
عُقُوبَةِ — the penalties. uquba means 'punishment'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'min'.
From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →وَإِنْ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ بُعْدُهَا
And indeed, among the punishment for an evil deed is the evil that follows it.
عُقُوبَةِ — punishment of. A noun 'punishment' in the genitive after 'from', heading a possessive pairing, 'the punishment of...'. It leans on the next noun to specify whose punishment.
From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →OpenArabic teaches words like عُقُوبَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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