| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali 'Imran Verse 120 (3:120:7) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyi-etun | misfortune | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some misfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you; for Allah Compasseth round about all that they do. | |||||
| 2 | An-Nisa Verse 78 (4:78:21) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyi-etun | any evil | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers built up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah.; but if evil, they say, "This is from thee" (O Prophet).(597) Say: "All things are from Allah." But what hath come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?* | |||||
| 3 | Al-A'raf Verse 131 (7:131:9) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyietun | bad | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs(1088) in Allah.s sight, but most of them do not understand!* | |||||
| 4 | Ar-Rum Verse 36 (30:36:9) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyietun | an evil | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When We give men a taste of Mercy,(3548) they exult thereat: and when some evil afflicts them because of what their (own) hands have sent forth, behold, they are in despair!* | |||||
| 5 | Ash-Shura Verse 40 (42:40:3) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyietun | (is) an evil | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto(4581) (in degree): but if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due(4582) from Allah. for (Allah) loveth not those who do wrong.(4583)* | |||||
| 6 | Ash-Shura Verse 48 (42:48:21) | سَيِّئَةٌ | سيئة | seyyietun | evil | س و أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them.(4593) Thy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when We give man a taste of a Mercy(4594) from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!* | |||||