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غفلة heedlessness in Arabic

غفلة is how you say “heedlessness” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وغايته أن يظفر في الأحايين منه بخَطْفَةٍ ونَهْبَةٍ تحصل له على غِرَّةٍ من العبد وغفلةٍ لابد له منها؛

At most, he might occasionally manage a snatch or grab from him when the servant is caught off guard in an unavoidable moment of heedlessness;

وَغَفْلَةٍ and heedlessness

'And' plus an indefinite 'heedlessness' (tanwin), genitive, parallel to the off-guard moment. It doubles the picture of the servant's lapse.

From Repelling the Devil

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More example sentences

وأحكام البشرية جارية عليه من الغفلة والسهو، والذهول وغلبة الطبع

and the laws of humanity apply to him, including forgetfulness, error, distraction, and the dominance of nature.

الْغَفْلَةِ forgetfulness

In the genitive after the explanatory 'min', definite — the first item, inattention. One of the inescapable human conditions.

From Repelling the Devil

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