مَخَافَةَfor fear of

Example sentences

• وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ الشَّرِّ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَدْرِكَنِي

  And I used to ask him about evil, for fear that it might overtake me.

  مَخَافَةَ — for fear of. A verbal noun used to express cause, 'out of fear of', sitting in the accusative shape that Arabic uses for such reason-giving nouns. It explains why the asking was done.

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