فَتْرَةًfor a time

Example sentences

• وَفَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ، فَتْرَةً حَتَّى حَزِنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  Then the revelation paused for a time, until the Messenger of God became sorrowful; may God send blessings upon him and grant him peace.

  فَتْرَةً — for a time. A noun used adverbially to measure how long, 'for a while'; its -an accusative is what turns it into a span-of-time phrase rather than a plain object. It tells us the pause lasted a stretch, with no separate word for 'for'.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →