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لَحْظَةٍ moment in Arabic

لَحْظَةٍ is how you say “moment” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَيَا مَنْ كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ إِلَى هَذَا يَسْرِي،

O you who experience this every moment,

لَحْظَةٍ moment

An indefinite noun, no 'the', the owned half of 'every moment'. The quantifier before it forces it into the 'of...' ending, and being singular it spreads the sense to each individual instant. So it marks the relentless, moment-by-moment timing of the action.

From Vigilance Against Worldly Deception

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More example sentences

فَالْعَاقِلُ مَنْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ لَحْظَةٍ حَقَّهَا مِنَ الْوَاجِبِ عَلَيْهِ،

The sensible person is the one who gives each moment its due among the duties incumbent upon him.

لَحْظَةٍ moment

A singular noun closing the 'every...' pairing, so it carries the 'of' (genitive) ending as the thing being quantified. Arabic uses the singular after this quantifier to mean 'each one', so its shape tells you the giving is distributed moment by moment.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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