Arabic vocabulary
فَقَطَّonly in Arabic
فَقَطَّ is how you say “only” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
الْمُقْبِلُ عَلَى دُنْيَاهِ وَشَهَوَاتِهَا فَقَطَّ
The one who is intent only on his worldly life and its desires.
فَقَطَّ — only. This is an adverb meaning 'only / just', and its grammatical job is to fence the statement in: his focus is on the world and its desires and nothing more. It restricts the scope of what was said, which is why the English adds 'only'.
From: Three States of the Heart →
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