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Arabic root

ص-و-ب

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B1noun
مُصِيبَةٌ
muṣībah

calamity / affliction / trial

Example
مَا أَصَابَ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ
mā aṣāba min muṣībatin illā bi-idhni Allāh
No disaster strikes except by permission of Allah (64:11)
Grammar

Active participle (feminine) used as noun. From أَصَابَ (to strike/befall). Plural: مَصَائِبُ (maṣāʾib). Literally 'that which strikes/hits.'

Culture

Trials in Islam are not random — they come by God's permission and carry purpose: purification, elevation, or returning to God.