عُقُوبَةٌ punishment in Arabic
عُقُوبَةٌ is how you say “punishment” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَأَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَقَعَ السُرُورَ بِمَا هُوَ عُقُوبَةٌ،
Even more severe than that is taking pleasure in what is a punishment.
عُقُوبَةٌ a punishment
An indefinite noun, no 'the', naming a punishment, the predicate said of the pronoun 'it'. Carrying the buzzing indefinite ending, it states 'it is a punishment'. So it delivers the sting: the very thing rejoiced over is, in truth, a chastisement.
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More example sentences
فَإِذَا وَقَعَتْ عُقُوبَةٌ لِتَمْحَصَ ذَنْبًا،
So when a punishment befalls to test a sin,
عُقُوبَةٌ a punishment
An indefinite noun standing as the subject of the verb just before it, so it carries the plain subject ending. It is what does the befalling. Left indefinite, it means 'some punishment', any instance, fitting the general 'whenever' frame the clause is building.