Arabic vocabulary

شَرًّاsomething bad in Arabic

شَرًّا is how you say “something bad” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَإِنْ رَأَى شَرًّا مِنْهُ قَالَ لَعَلَّ هَذَا يَنْجُوَ
And if he saw something bad from him, he would say, "Perhaps this will save him."
شَرًّا — something bad. An indefinite noun for 'something bad' in the accusative as the object of the seeing-verb, its tanwin ending giving 'some evil, any evil'. The accusative marks its role as the thing seen. It is the negative counterpart to the 'good' he saw in the parallel clause.
From: On Reason and Temptation →

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