قَبِيحٌugliness

Example sentences

• وقبيحه قبيح وهو الأغلب،

  And its ugliness is ugly, and it is predominant,

  وَقَبِيحُهُ — and its ugliness. Parallel to the earlier 'its good', this is 'and the bad/ugly of it', with attached 'its' looping back to poetry. It is the subject of the verbless clause to follow. The structure deliberately mirrors the previous line to set up a contrast.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• وقبيحه قبيح وهو الأغلب،

  And its ugliness is ugly, and it is predominant,

  قَبِيحٌ — is ugly. The predicate, echoing the root of its subject: 'its ugly is ugly'. Like its twin earlier, the repetition drives the point home. No 'is' is written; the two nouns sitting together carry it.

  From: Sincere Preaching →