Does the word (wabāl) in His saying, "so it tasted the evil consequence of its conduct" mean the consequence of a bad matter, or is it composed of the letter waw and the word (bāl) meaning ended and perished? And does the word (minsa’atih) in the Holy Quran mean the staff on which Solomon (peace be upon him) used to lean, or is it composed of the preposition (min) and the word (sa’atih)?
"Al-wabal" means punishment and retribution, as in His, the Almighty's, saying: (So it tasted the evil consequence of its affair) meaning the recompense of its affair or the punishment of its affair. And "al-minsa'ah" means a large staff. It is said to be a word from the language of Abyssinia, and it has been narrated with different recitations.
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