طَرْفَةَa blink

Example sentences

• 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 →