Arabic vocabulary
وَقْفَةٌpause in Arabic
وَقْفَةٌ is how you say “pause” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اجعل لكل يوم وقفة محاسبة قصيرة ما الذي زادني قربًا من ربي اليوم، وما الذي زاد الغفلة سمكًا حول قلبي
Make a brief accounting each day: What brought me closer to my Lord today, and what increased the thickness of heedlessness around my heart.
وَقْفَةَ — a pause. 'waqfa' = 'a pause, a stop'. Object of 'make', and first half of an 'of' phrase: 'a pause of...'.
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