صَرَفَdivert

Example sentences

• ضع نيةً محددة كإبرة بوصلتك، ثم اجعل أعمالك الصغيرة تدور حولها وضوء حاضر، نظرة مصروفة عن فضول، كلمة مكفوفة عن إيذاء، ابتسامة تُثبِّت قلبًا واهيًا

  Set a specific intention as your compass needle, then let your small deeds revolve around it: a mindful ablution, a glance turned away from curiosity, a restrained word from harm, a smile that steadies a weak heart.

  مَصْرُوفَةٌ — turned away. 'masrufa' = 'turned away, diverted'; describes 'a glance'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• نُودُوا أَنِ اصْرِفُوهُمْ عَنْهَا فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا نَصِيبَ لَهُمْ فِيهَا

  A voice called out: Turn them away from it, for they have no share in it.

  اصْرِفُوهُمْ — divert them. A command-form verb, 'turn them away', built by stripping the present tense down to its bare ordering shape, with 'them' attached as object. The plural addressees are carried in the verb's ending, and the suffix names who is to be turned away.

  From: Turned Away at the Gate →