Arabic vocabulary
شاغلdistractor
How to say “distractor” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَلَيْسَ بِشَاغِلٍ يَشْغَلُكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ كَنَفْسِكَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْكَ
And nothing can distract you from Allah like your own self between your sides.
بِشَاغِلٍ — with a distraction. 'bi-' here is an emphasis tag after 'laysa'; 'shaghil' = 'a distracter', so 'there is no distracter'.
From: Taming the Lower Self →
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