عِقَاب punishment in Arabic
عِقَاب is how you say “punishment” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
مالم يُخرجهُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى إِسْقَاط الْأَمر وَالنَّهْي وَالثَّوَاب وَالْعِقَاب والوعد والوعيد
As long as it does not lead him to dismiss command and prohibition, reward and punishment, promise and warning.
وَالْعِقَابِ and punishment
The matching opposite of 'reward', still in the genitive chain under 'annulment of'. Pairing thawab with iqab is the set formula for 'consequences, good and bad'.
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فأمر بهما تارة وأثنى على فاعليهما تارة وتوعد بالويل والعقاب تاركهما تارة
He commanded them at times, praised those who perform them at other times, and warned of woe and punishment for those who abandon them at other times.
وَالْعِقَابِ and punishment
The wa- adds a second item of the threat, a noun carrying 'the', 'and punishment', in the prepositional form by sharing the earlier preposition. Coordinated with 'woe', it completes what is threatened.
وخضع لربه وخاف عقابه، ورجا رحمته
and becomes humble before his Lord, fears His punishment, and hopes for His mercy.
عِقَابَهُ His punishment
A noun 'punishment' with an attached 'his' fused on, pointing back to the Lord: His punishment. It is the object of 'feared', and the possessor rides on the suffix, where English needs a separate 'His'.
فَالْيَوْمَ أُذِيقُكُمْ أَلِيمَ عِقَابِي مَعَ مَا حَرَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ جَزِيلِ ثَوَابِي
So today I will let you taste My painful punishment along with what I have deprived you of My generous reward.
عِقَابِي My punishment
A noun, 'My punishment', with 'My' attached as possessor, the thing tasted. The suffix marks the punishment as God's own, and it stands as the object completing 'make you taste'.