شَرُّ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – شَرُّ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
الشَّرُّ is the natural state of a definite noun and it is in this state ( مَرْفُوْعٌ) when the noun is: 1) the subject المُبْتَدَأُ or 2) the predicate الخَبَرُ or 3) اسْمُ كَانَ or 4) خَبَرُ إِنَّ or 5) الفَاعِلُ subject of a verb in the active voice or 6) نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ subject of a verb in the passive voice or 7) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
الشَّرُّ loses it’s definite article, changing to شَرُّ due to it being a possessed noun
To do evil, be ill natured, bad, wicked, find fault, defame
| Grammatical analysis of شَرُّ |
| اسْمٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | ش ر ر | بَاب نَصَرَ | شَرَّ يَشُرُّ | فَعْلٌ | اسْمٌ | الصِّفَاتُ المُشَبَّهَةُ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Nominative | Root | Evil | ن | Pattern | Noun | Quality / Descriptive nouns |
| bad | |||||||||
| Surah/ | Below are the 2 verses in the holy Quran containing the nominative, possessed noun | شَرُّ |
| Verse | ||
| 76-7 | they fulfil the vow, and they fear a day, its evil will be widespread | يُوْفُوْنَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُوْنَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيْرًا |
| Truly those who disbelieve from the people of the book and the polytheists will be in the fire of hell | إِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِيْنَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ | |
| 98-6 | abiding therein forever, those are the worst of creatures | خَالِدِيْنَ فِيهَآ أُوْلَآئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ البَرِيَّةِ |