خَلْوَةٌintimacy in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلهَذَا قل وارده الْمُحب يهرب إِلَى الْعُزْلَة وَالْخلْوَة بمحبوبه

  For this reason, few come to it. The lover flees to solitude and seclusion with his beloved.

  وَالْخَلْوَةِ — and seclusion. 'And' plus 'private retreat', parallel genitive — being alone with the Beloved. The second refuge.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →