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عَذَابِ punishment in Arabic

عَذَابِ is how you say “punishment” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ثم أخبر سبحانه عن حال الانسان في يوم القيامة أنه غير ممتنع من عذاب الله لا بقوة منه ولا بقوة من خارج وهو الناصر

Then He, the Exalted, informed us about the state of human beings on the Day of Judgment: that they will not be able to prevent the punishment of Allah, neither by their own strength nor by any external support, for He is the Helper.

عَذَابِ punishment of

A noun 'punishment of' that opens an 'of' pairing with the next word, held in the genitive by the preceding 'from'. As the possessed head it carries no 'the' of its own.

From Signs of Resurrection

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More example sentences

وَالْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ ،

And the severe punishment,

وَالْعَذَابِ and the punishment

Two pieces: the connector wa- continuing the list of what is heard, and a definite noun (al-) 'the punishment'. The wa- extends the run of objects, and the noun carries the 'of'-style ending matching the items it is strung alongside.

From Humility Over Fame

وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ

And the angels of punishment.

الْعَذَابِ the punishment

This definite noun completes a two-noun 'of' pairing with 'angels' before it: these are the angels belonging to punishment. The two nouns sit directly together with no word for 'of', and this second one takes the genitive tail ending that marks it as the owner term in the pair.

From The Joy of Repentance

وَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ

And the angels of punishment said:

الْعَذَابِ of the punishment

This definite noun finishes an 'of' pairing with 'angels': it identifies them as the angels belonging to punishment. The two nouns stand directly together with no word for 'of', and the genitive tail ending here marks this as the possessor term that defines the first noun.

From The Joy of Repentance

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