Arabic vocabulary
عُقُوبَة is how you say “penalty” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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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