عَذَابٌpunishment

Example sentences

• كَذَبَت عادُ فكيفَ كانَ عَذابِي وَنُذُرِ

  'Aad denied, so how was My punishment and My warnings?

  عَذَابِي — My punishment. This noun is what the 'was' clause is about, and 'my' is fused to its end, pointing to the divine speaker. The attached owner makes 'my punishment' in one unit, and within the question it stands as the thing whose nature is being asked about.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →

• قَالَ تَعَالَى وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا

  He (Allah) said: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide in it, and Allah's wrath is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment.'

  عَذَابًا — a punishment. An indefinite noun 'a punishment' (no al- 'the'), the object of 'prepared' in the accusative (object) form. Its indefinite shape leaves it as 'some punishment', soon qualified by 'great'. As the thing prepared, it is what the verb acts upon.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →