غفلةheedlessness

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →