Arabic vocabulary
بُوصَلَةٌcompass in Arabic
بُوصَلَةٌ is how you say “compass” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
العملُ بلا نيةٍ كرحلةٍ بلا بوصلة؛
Action without intention is like a journey without a compass;
بُوصَلَةٍ — a compass. 'a compass,' indefinite, in the -i form after 'without.' The journey lacks its direction-finder — just as the action lacks its guiding intention. The matched 'withouts' lock the comparison together.
From: Purifying Your Intentions →
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