عَاقَبَpunish

Example sentences

• وإن كثرت سيئاته عوقِبَ بقدرها، ثم تُخرجه بقيةُ حسناته ولو كانت مثقال ذرّة؛ إذ إن الإيمان لا ينعدم مع وجود أصلٍ منه

  And if his bad deeds are numerous, he is punished according to them, then the rest of his good deeds deliver him, even if they are the weight of an atom, for faith does not vanish as long as a trace of it remains.

  عُوقِبَ — he is punished. PASSIVE past — 'he was punished', not 'punished'. The inner-vowel shape marks the passive; the punisher unnamed — 'he gets punished'.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• إن رجحت سيئاته عوقب بقدْرها،

  If his bad deeds outweigh, he will be punished proportionally,

  عُوقِبَ — he will be punished. PASSIVE past — 'he was punished', not 'punished'. The inner-vowel shape marks the passive; the punisher unnamed.

  From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →

• ويرضى ويغضب ويثيب ويعاقب

  And He is pleased and becomes angry, and He rewards and punishes,

  وَيُعَاقِبُ — and He punishes. 'And' plus a present-tense engage-with (form III) verb 'metes out punishment', subject 'He' inside. The opposite of 'rewards', completing the pair.

  From: God's Majesty →