سوء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns negativity, badness, evil, and misfortune. It extends to concepts of poor quality, illness (specifically leprosy), and unfavorable outcomes, particularly in judgment or accounting.

Derived headwords

سُوءnoun

1.
badness, evilboth
The inherent quality of being bad, evil, or negative.
2.
misfortune, harmboth
An instance of bad luck, suffering, or detriment.
3.
leprosyclassical
A specific skin disease, used metaphorically or as a euphemism.

تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء — it comes out white, not having any leprosy

سُوءnoun

1.
poor accountingclassical
An unfavorable or strict accounting of deeds, where no good deeds are accepted and all bad deeds are counted.

أولئك لهم سوء الحساب — those will have a bad reckoning

سَيِّئَةnoun

1.
bad deed, sinboth
An action that is morally wrong or sinful.

سُوءnoun

1.
dislike, aversionclassical
A feeling of dislike or aversion towards something or someone.

لم يكن إنكاري إياك من سوء — my denial of you was not out of dislike

سُوءnoun

1.
bad opinionclassical
A negative or unfavorable opinion or judgment.

لم يكن إنكاري إياك من سوء — my denial of you was not out of a bad opinion

سُوءnoun

1.
badness (of a person)classical
The quality of being bad or wicked in a person.

لم يكن إنكاري إياك من سوء — my denial of you was not out of any badness seen in you

سُوءnoun

1.
lack of knowledgeclassical
A state of not knowing or being unfamiliar with something.

إنما هو لقلة المعرفة — rather, it is due to lack of knowledge

سُوءnoun

1.
badness (general)classical
The general state or quality of being bad.

لا خير في قول السوء — there is no good in speaking evil

سُوءًاnoun

1.
evil, badnessclassical
An instance or state of evil or badness, often referring to speech.

لا تقل سوءا — do not say evil

بنو سوءةname

1.
Banu Su'ahclassical
A tribe or clan named Su'ah, belonging to the Qays clan.

بنو سوءة: حي من قيس بن علي — Banu Su'ah: a tribe from Qays bin 'Ali

Parallel reading

أولئك لهم سوء الحساب

those will have a bad reckoning

سوء الحساب أن لا يقبل منهم حسنة، ولا يتجاوز عن سيئة

A bad reckoning is that good deeds are not accepted from them, nor are bad deeds overlooked

لأن كفرهم أحبط أعمالهم

because their disbelief has nullified their deeds

من نوقش الحساب عذب

Whoever is scrutinized in his account will be tormented

لا أنكرك من سوء

I do not deny you out of dislike

وما أنكرك من سوء

and I do not deny you out of a bad opinion

إنما هو لقلة المعرفة

rather, it is due to lack of knowledge

إن السوء البرص

Indeed, 'al-su'' (badness) refers to leprosy

تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء

it comes out white, not having any leprosy

أما السوء، فما ذكر بسيئ، فهو السوء

As for 'al-su'' (badness), it is what is mentioned as bad; that is 'al-su''

ويكmathbbنى بالسوء عن اسم البرص

And 'al-su'' is used as a euphemism for the name of leprosy

لا خير في قول السوء

There is no good in speaking evil

فإذا ضممت السين، فمعناه لا تقل سوءا

And if you pronounce it with a dammah on the sin, its meaning is 'do not say evil'