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هَيْهَاتَ by no means in Arabic

هَيْهَاتَ is how you say “by no means” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

هَيْهَاتَ وَاللَّهِ، لَقَدْ ظَنَّ أَكْذَبَ الظَّنَّ،

By no means, by God, he truly thought the most false thought.

هَيْهَاتَ By no means

A frozen exclamation meaning 'far be it! / never!', used to dismiss the whole idea as utterly out of reach. It is not an ordinary verb or noun but a fixed cry of rejection, throwing out the notion that any of those means could save him.

From Ignoring God's Guidance

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هَيْهَاتَ، رَحَلَ كُلٌّ بِمَا فِيهِ، فَلَيْتَ اَلذُّنُوبَ إِذَا تَخَلَّتْ خَلَتْ

Alas! Everything has departed with what is in it; I wish that the sins, when they depart, would vanish.

هَيْهَاتَ Alas!

A fixed exclamation of dismissal meaning roughly 'far off!' or 'alas!'. It is a frozen interjection, not a regular noun or verb, used to open the line with a cry of lament; it stands on its own without governing anything.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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