Arabic vocabulary
وَقْفَةٌpause
How to say “pause” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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