بَلَاءtrials

Example sentences

• وسيصيب آخرها بلاء وأمور تنكرونها،

  and its end will face trials and matters you will deny.

  بَلَاءٌ — trials. This indefinite noun, 'an affliction', is the subject doing the striking, placed after its verb as Arabic commonly orders things. Its indefinite ending presents it as something new entering the picture.

  From: A Prophet Warns His People →

• وَأَنْزَلَهُ إِلَى دَارِ الْذُّلِّ وَالْهَوانِ وَالْبَلَاءِ وَالْاِمْتِحَانِ

  And He sent him down to the abode of humiliation, abasement, affliction, and trial.

  وَالْبَلَاء — and affliction. The 'wa-' adds 'affliction' as a further item to the running list of the abode's qualities, again sharing the chain's genitive ending. The repeated connector strings the parallel nouns into one sweeping description of the place.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →