يَعْمَىbecome blind

Example sentences

• وَكَذَلِكَ من أعرض عَن اتِّبَاع الْحق الَّذِي يُعلمهُ تبعا لهواه فَإِن ذَلِك يورثه الْجَهْل والضلال حَتَّى يعمى قلبه عَن الْحق الْوَاضِح

  And likewise: whoever turns away from following the truth that is taught to him, following his own desire, then that (attitude) will beget in him ignorance and misguidance until his heart becomes blind to the clear truth.

  يَعْمَى — he becomes blind. Present-tense verb, 'it goes blind', with its subject following. Used metaphorically here for spiritual blindness; it heads the 'until' clause describing the final state.

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