أَنِفَrefuses

Example sentences

• فَأَتَاهُ مَا لَمْ يَحْتَسِبْ مِمَّنْ يَأْنَفُ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ،

  Then something he had not expected came to him from one who refused to look at him.

  يَأْنَفُ — refuses. A present-tense verb carrying its 'he' subject inside, meaning to disdain or scorn. Inside the relative clause it describes the source of the blow as someone who held the victim beneath notice. So one whose very contempt makes the fatal stroke more bitter.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →