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غَرَابَةَ surprise in Arabic

غَرَابَةَ is how you say “surprise” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَلَا غَرَابَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ فِي الإِسْلَامِ،

So it is no surprise that he was among the most prolific authors in Islam,

غَرَابَةَ surprise

An indefinite noun, 'surprise/oddity', in the object-style case demanded by the negation before it — the 'there is no X' construction puts X in that case. It is what is being denied, and its indefinite shape gives the sweeping 'no surprise at all' force.

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