الْجَهْلِof ignorance in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَإِنَّمَا يَصِحُّ لَهُ التَّلَصُّصُ فِي لَيْلِ الْجَهْلِ

  And it is only justified for him to spy in the night of ignorance.

  الجهل — of ignorance. The owner-noun completing the pairing 'night of ignorance', in the genitive shape. The second noun of such a side-by-side pair takes the genitive and supplies the phrase its definiteness; here it works as a metaphor.

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