شغلdistract

Example sentences

• اسْتَعِنْ عَلَى سَيْرِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِتَرْكِ مَنْ شَغَلَكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ ﷿

  Seek assistance on your path to Allah by abandoning those who divert you from Allah.

  شَغَلَكَ — divert you. Past-tense verb 'shaghala' = 'he occupied, distracted'; '-ka' = 'you', so 'distracted you'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• وَلَيْسَ بِشَاغِلٍ يَشْغَلُكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ كَنَفْسِكَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْكَ

  And nothing can distract you from Allah like your own self between your sides.

  يَشْغَلُكَ — distract you. Present-tense verb 'yashghal' = 'it distracts, occupies'; '-ka' = 'you'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →