شَرًّاsomething bad

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 →