Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:177
How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
Sahih International
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سَآءَ
sāa
Evil
Word breakdown
سَآءَ
Fi'l · VerbEvil
RootسواswA
evil, bad, wicked
167× in the Quran · Common
LemmaسَآءَVerb (form I) - to be evil
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
سَآءَ (Evil) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present