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ذَنْبٌ sin in Arabic

ذَنْبٌ is how you say “sin” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اكتب ذنبًا واحدًا تُغلق بابه غدًا، وخُلقًا واحدًا تفتحه لنَفَسٍ أطول

Write down one sin you will close its door to tomorrow, and one virtue you will open for longer breath.

ذَنْبًا one sin

'dhanb' = 'sin, fault'. The '-an' ending marks it as the object, 'a sin'.

From On Sincerity

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More example sentences

كَانَ لِي إِلَيْهِ ذَنْبٌ فَدَخَلْتُ مُسْلِمًا عَلَيْهِ،

I had an offense to him, so I entered submitting myself to him.

ذَنْبٌ an offense

This noun is the delayed subject of the 'there was ... for me' frame, the thing the speaker is said to have had, in its basic (nominative) shape as that subject. Word order puts it after its possessor for emphasis. It names the wrong owed.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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