وَيْلًاwoe

Example sentences

• وَيْلًا لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيَضْحَكَ النَّاسُ

  Woe to the one who tells people things and lies to make them laugh.

  وَيْلًا — woe. An indefinite noun used as an exclamation of warning or doom, 'woe', flung out to open a threat. Its indefinite, accusative-style form is the fixed shape this curse-word takes when launched on its own, setting an ominous tone.

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