Sāʾa can also serve as an ordinary verb conveying that something turned out badly; in the author’s special structure it is a fixed blame expression.
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Do Not Confuse Two Uses of Sāʾa
Verbs of Praise and Blame: Niʿma, Ḥabbadhā, Biʾsa, Sāʾa
Sāʾa can also serve as an ordinary verb conveying that something turned out badly; in the author’s special structure it is a fixed blame expression.