شمِتَ بـ يَشمَت، شماتةً، فهو شامت، والمفعول مشموتٌ به
Root: ش م تSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
شمِت بعدوِّه
فرِح بمكروه أصابه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Rejoiced at a misfortune that befell him (To gloat/To take malicious pleasure in another's misfortune).
Example / Citation:
- " إذا سقط عدوّك فلا تَشمَت به
- الشماتة لُؤْم
- كلّ المصائب قد تمرّ على الفتى … فتهون غير شماتة الأعداءِ
- لَا تُظْهِرِ الشَّمَاتَةَ لأَخِيكَ فَيَرْحَمَهُ اللهُ وَيَبْتَلِيكَ [حديث] "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " idha saqata 'aduwwuka fala tashmat bihi
- ash-shamatatu lu'mun
- kullu al-masa'ibi qad tamurru 'ala al-fata ... fatahunu ghayra shamatati al-a'da'i
- la tuzhiri ash-shamatata li-akhika fayarhamuhu allahu wayabtaliaka [Hadith] (If your enemy falls, do not gloat over him
- Gloating is baseness
- All calamities may pass over a young man... and become light, except the gloating of enemies
- 'Do not show joy at the misfortune of your brother, lest Allah have mercy on him and afflict you' [Hadith]). "
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