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وَيْلٌ woe in Arabic

وَيْلٌ is how you say “woe” in Arabic.

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فَإِذَا لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يَسْتَزِلَّهُ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَهُ

So when he could not win him over, he would exclaim, "Woe to him."

وَيْلَهُ woe to him

This noun means 'woe' and carries an attached '-him' at its end, together a cry of lament 'woe to him'. The accusative shape is fixed for this exclamatory formula. The '-him' marks the one the woe is wished upon.

From On Reason and Temptation

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