Q241: What is the opposite of the word "just" ('adil)?
Answer: Unjust
💡 "Unjust" (zalim) is the opposite of "just"; "fair" and "equitable" mean the same as just.
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Answer: Unjust
💡 "Unjust" (zalim) is the opposite of "just"; "fair" and "equitable" mean the same as just.
Answer: The sea
💡 "Al-yamm" means a large body of water (literally "the sea"); the word appears in the story of the mother of Musa (Moses) (peace be upon him), and according to the Quran commentators it refers there to the Nile River.
Answer: Salty
💡 "'Adhb" is sweet, fresh water, and its opposite is "salty" (malih); "furat" and "zulal" are themselves descriptions of fresh water.
Answer: Cruel
💡 "Cruel" (qasin) is the opposite of "merciful"; "kind," "compassionate" and "tender" mean the same as merciful.
Answer: Good (sound)
💡 "Good" (salih) is the opposite of "spoiled" (fasid); Arabic says a thing salaha (became good) or fasada (went bad). "Damaged" and "ruined" are close in meaning to spoiled.
Answer: Where
💡 "Where" asks about place, "when" about time, "how" about condition, and "how many" about number.
Answer: False ✖
💡 False. The opposite of hot summer is cold "winter," while spring and fall come between the two seasons.
Answer: Lazy
💡 A hardworking person puts effort into their work and studies, and a lazy person avoids work.
Answer: Sweet
💡 Bitter is an unpleasant taste, like some medicines, and its opposite is sweet, like honey. Sour and salty are other tastes, not opposites of bitter.
Answer: New
💡 Something old has been around for a long time, and something new was made or bought recently.
Answer: Strong / weak, Few / many, Asleep / awake
💡 Strong and weak, few and many, and asleep and awake are opposites, while "big and huge" and "happy and glad" are synonyms with close meanings.
Answer: Saturday, then Sunday, then Monday, then Tuesday
💡 After Saturday comes Sunday, then Monday, then Tuesday, then Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Answer: Going down
💡 We go up the stairs to the upper floor and down them to the lower one, so going down is the opposite of going up, while rising is close in meaning to going up.
Answer: Boy, then Two boys, then Boys
💡 "Walad" (boy) is singular and means one, "waladan" (two boys) is dual and means two, and "awlad" (boys) is plural and means three or more.
Answer: She-camel (naqah)
💡 A female camel is called a "naqah" (she-camel). "Jumlah," on the other hand, means a meaningful sentence, and "jimal" is the plural of camel.
Answer: Sadness
💡 Joy is a lovely feeling of happiness, and its opposite is sadness.
Answer: Fajr, then Dhuhr, then Asr, then Maghrib
💡 The first prayer of the day is Fajr, then Dhuhr after midday, then Asr, then Maghrib at sunset, and after it Isha.
Answer: Queen
💡 The feminine of "malik" (king) is "malikah" (queen), formed by adding ta' marbutah. "Mamlakah" (kingdom), on the other hand, is a country ruled by a king, and "muluk" (kings) is a plural.
Answer: Health
💡 Illness weakens the body, and health means the body is sound and strong. Medicine and doctors help us recover.
Answer: Right
💡 Right and left are opposite directions: if your right hand is on one side, your left is on the other side.