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فَارِغًا empty in Arabic

فَارِغًا is how you say “empty” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،

So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.

فَارِغًا empty

The predicate of 'becomes', accusative (the tanwin) because this 'to be'-type verb governs its predicate there — 'becomes empty'. The accusative ending marks the state it comes into.

From Reflecting on God's Names

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More example sentences

لِئَلا يَمْضِيَ الزَّمَانُ فَارِغًا،

So that time would not pass idly.

فارغًا idly

An adjective in the object form, used here adverbially to describe the manner of the passing: time passing 'empty/idle'. Arabic routinely turns such an object-marked adjective into a manner adverb. It tells how the speaker did not want the time to go by.

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