B2noun
مَأْسَاة
maʾsāh
tragedy
Example
كَتَبَ مَأساةً مَسرَحِيَّةً مُؤَثِّرَة.
kataba maʾsātan masraḥiyyatan muʾaththira.
He wrote a moving theatrical tragedy.
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Arabic root
ا-س-و
2 words from this root family
B1noun
أُسْوَةٌ
uswah
example / model / role model
Example
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
laqad kāna lakum fī rasūli Allāhi uswatun ḥasanah
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example (33:21)
Grammar
Feminine noun. Also written قُدْوَةٌ (qudwah) in some dialects. أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ (excellent example) is a key Quranic phrase.
Culture
This verse establishes the Prophet ﷺ as the living model of Quranic ethics — his Sunnah (practice) is the practical application of Quranic principles.