Arabic vocabulary
عِقَابٍpunishment in Arabic
عِقَابٍ is how you say “punishment” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بل هي صنعة بلا ثواب ولا عقاب،
Rather, it is a craft without reward or punishment.
عِقَابٍ — punishment. Genitive, coordinated under 'without', this names the second thing absent: punishment. So the craft brings neither reward nor penalty — morally weightless. Its ending matches 'reward' before it.
From: Intention in Islam →
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