No. 3,784 in Arabic

الشر

Evil.

In a sentence

الشر لا ينتصر في النهاية.
Evil does not prevail in the end.
Here, "الشر" is used as a noun to represent the concept of 'evil' or 'malice' in a general philosophical sense.
كان شخصًا مليئًا بالشر والانتقام.
He was a person filled with evil and vengeance.
In this sentence, "الشر" describes a personal characteristic or attribute of a person, indicating their malicious nature.
علينا أن نحارب الشر بعمل الخير.
We must fight evil by doing good.
Here, "الشر" is used to conceptualize 'evil' as an antithesis to 'good', showing it as a force or entity to be opposed by virtuous actions.

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