سوء

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns negativity, badness, evil, and ugliness. It encompasses concepts like harm, misfortune, ugliness, ugliness of character or action, and physical ailments like leprosy. It also extends to morally reprehensible actions and states of being.

Derived headwords

سَاءَ، يَسُوءُverb

1.
to be bad, evil, uglyboth
To be characterized by negativity, harm, or unpleasantness.
2.
to displease, grieveboth
To cause someone to feel unhappy or displeased.

سُوءٌnoun

1.
evil, badnessboth
The state or quality of being bad, evil, or morally wrong.
2.
harm, misfortuneboth
A state of suffering, damage, or bad luck.
3.
uglinessboth
The quality of being unpleasant to look at or experience.
4.
leprosyclassical
A disease characterized by disfigurement and skin lesions.
5.
affliction, illnessboth
A general term for any ailment, disease, or hardship.
6.
scandal, disgraceboth
A shameful or disgraceful act or event.

سَوْءٌnoun

1.
bad speech, evil talkboth
Words that are ugly, offensive, or morally reprehensible.

سَاءَةٌnoun

1.
ugliness, disgraceclassical
A shameful or disgraceful state or act.

سَوَاءٌnoun

1.
equality, levelnessboth
The state of being equal, even, or alike.
2.
middle, centerclassical
The central or most balanced point.

سَوَاءَةٌnoun

1.
equality, levelnessclassical
The state of being equal, even, or alike.

سِوَايَةٌnoun

1.
badness, evilclassical
The quality or state of being bad or evil.

سُوَائِيَّةٌnoun

1.
badness, evilclassical
The quality or state of being bad or evil.

مَسَاءَةٌnoun

1.
displeasure, distressboth
A feeling of unhappiness, annoyance, or distress.
2.
harm, evilclassical
Something that causes harm or is morally wrong.

مَسَائِيَّةٌnoun

1.
displeasure, distressclassical
A feeling of unhappiness, annoyance, or distress.

مُسَاوِئَةٌnoun

1.
evil deed, bad actclassical
An action that is morally wrong or harmful.

مُسَايَةٌnoun

1.
badness, evilclassical
The quality or state of being bad or evil.

اِسْتَاءَverb

1.
to be displeased, distressedboth
To feel unhappy, annoyed, or distressed by something.

السُّوءَىnoun

1.
the worst end, evil consequenceboth
The ultimate bad outcome or consequence of one's actions.
2.
hellclassical
The abode of the damned in Islamic theology.

أَسَاءَverb

1.
to do evil, to act badlyboth
To perform an action that is morally wrong, harmful, or unpleasant.
2.
to harm, to displeaseboth
To cause harm or displeasure to someone.
3.
to spoil, to do poorlyboth
To perform a task badly or imperfectly.

السَّوْأَةُnoun

1.
private part, genitalsboth
The external reproductive organs.
2.
shameful thing, disgraceboth
Something that causes shame or embarrassment.
3.
ugly trait, bad habitclassical
A negative characteristic or undesirable behavior.

السَّيِّئَةُnoun

1.
bad deed, sinboth
An action that is morally wrong or a transgression.
2.
misfortune, calamityboth
An event that causes suffering or distress.

سَيِّىءٌadjective

1.
bad, evil, uglyboth
Possessing negative qualities, morally wrong, or unpleasant.

أَسْوَأُadjective

1.
uglier, worseboth
Comparative form indicating a greater degree of ugliness or badness.

سَوْءَاءُadjective

1.
ugly (female)classical
Describing a female as being physically unattractive.

رجل سوءnoun phrase

1.
a bad manboth
A man characterized by evil deeds or bad character.

رجل السوءnoun phrase

1.
the bad manboth
A specific man known for his bad character or actions.

Parallel reading

ساءه ذلك

That displeased him.

ساء ما فعل فلان صنيعا

How bad was so-and-so's deed!

وساء سبيلا

And what an evil way!

وما مسنى السوء

And no harm has befallen me.

تخرج بيضآء من غير سوء

It comes out white, without any defect (leprosy).

كذالك لنصرف عنه السوء والفحشآء

Thus, that We might turn away from him evil and indecency.

عليهم دآئرة السوء

Evil shall encompass them.

الظآنين بالله ظن السوء

Those who assume evil of Allah.

وظننتم ظن السوء

And you assumed an evil assumption.

أمطرت مطر السوء

It rained a rain of evil.

ثم كان عاقبة الذين أساءوا السوءى

Then the consequence of those who did evil was the worst (evil).

أساء كاره ما عمل

A reluctant person does poorly what he does.

وقد أحسن بى

And He has been good to me.

إن أحسنتم أحسنتم لانفسكم وإن أسأتم فلها

If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, it is for yourselves.

بدت لهما سوآتهما

Their private parts appeared to them.

والسيئة بين السيئتين

And the bad deed is between the two bad deeds.

ولا يحيق المكر السيىء إلا بأهله

And the evil plot strikes not but its own people.

سوآء ولود خير من حسناء عقيم

An ugly, fertile woman is better than a beautiful, barren one.

وكنت كذئب السوء لما رأى دما بصاحبه يوما أحال على الدم

And I was like the evil wolf when it saw blood on its companion one day, it turned to the blood.