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طَرْفَةَ a blink in Arabic

طَرْفَةَ is how you say “a blink” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلَا يَكِلُنَا إِلَى نَفْسِنَا طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ،

and do not leave us to ourselves even for the blink of an eye,

طَرْفَةَ a blink

A noun in the object form used adverbially for a span of time, 'for an instant', opening an 'of' pairing with the word that follows. The case ending turns it into a measure of duration, and the chain builds the set phrase for the briefest moment.

From Guidance for the Seeker

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