مُعَاقِبًاsomeone being punished

Example sentences

• فَمَتَى رَأَيْتَ مُعَاقِبًا؛ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لِذُنُوبٍ

  So when you see someone being punished, know that it is because of sins.

  مُعَاقِبًا — someone being punished. An active participle, an '-er/-ing' word from a verb, naming the one undergoing punishment. It stands in the object-style ending as the thing seen by 'you'. As a participle it can be read as the person caught up in the act, the punished figure the reader is told to notice.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →