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ثواب retribution in Arabic

ثواب is how you say “retribution” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ولذة من خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْغَضَب وَالثَّوَاب بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته الغضبية فِي متعلقها

And the joy of one created with the power of anger and retribution is in employing their furious strength on its objective.

وَالثَّوَابِ and reward

'And' plus 'requital / retribution', a second owner parallel to 'anger', genitive — and of avenging. Anger paired with the drive to repay.

From Directing Desire Toward God

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فكذلك العاقل يمتنع عن لذات المعاصي خوفًا من عذاب الآخرة، ويصبر على مرارة الطاعة رجاء لثواب الله تعالى

Similarly, the wise person refrains from the pleasures of sins fearing the torment of the Hereafter, and bears the bitterness of obedience hoping for the reward of Allah Almighty.

لِثَوَابِ for the reward of

Here 'li-' is fused on as 'for' to a noun that opens a possessive pair, 'the reward of Allah'. The preposition marks the goal of the hope; the noun links to its owner with no word for 'of'.

From Paradise Over Pleasure

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