Quran glossary · draft

سوأ

worst

The elative degree of bad: worse or worst.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: سوأ

Lemmas: أسوأ

Forms: أَسْوَأَ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

39:35

لِيُكَفِّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِيَهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

41:27

فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Repeated حسنة/سيئة and أحسن/أسوأ oppositions establish a single evaluative axis. Form I predicates badness or an experiencer's displeasure; Form IV performs bad; elatives, adjectives, agent nouns, and the shameful-exposure noun compose regularly. Context selects deed, adversity, outcome, or bodily exposure without multiplying lexical cores.