Arabic vocabulary

سُرُورpleasure in Arabic

سُرُور is how you say “pleasure” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَأَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَقَعَ السُرُورَ بِمَا هُوَ عُقُوبَةٌ،
Even more severe than that is taking pleasure in what is a punishment.
السُرُورَ — the pleasure. A definite noun carrying 'the', naming pleasure, the thing that 'occurs'. It is presented with the object ending in the source, marking it as what the occurring lands on. So it names the misplaced delight that, the line says, outdoes the unfelt punishment in severity.
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