Arabic vocabulary
التَّفَاتِlooking back in Arabic
التَّفَاتِ is how you say “looking back” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَعْزِمُ بِلاَ تَرَدُّدٍ، وَيَمْضِي مِنْ غَيْرِ التَّفَاتِ،
Some of them decide without hesitation and go on without looking back.
التَّفَاتِ — looking back. This action-noun sits in the genitive the 'without' idiom governs, naming what the person does not do: turning to look back. It closes the picture of unhesitating advance.
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