أَسَفregret

Example sentences

• ويرسلها مع أنفاس الأسف حتى جاءه توقيع فتاب عليه

  And he sent them with sighs of regret until a decree came to him, and He accepted his repentance.

  الأَسَفِ — of regret. al- = 'the'; asaf means 'regret, sorrow' — the 'of…' word: 'of regret'.

  From: Adam's Descent →

• وَمِنْه قَوْله تَعَالَى يُوسُف فَتَوَلّى عَنْهُم وَقَالَ يَا أسفي على يُوسُف وابيضت عَيناهُ من الْحزن فَهُوَ كظيم

  And from this is His saying in Surah Yusuf: 'So he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my grief over Yusuf!" And his eyes turned white from sadness, for he was suppressing it.'

  أَسَفَى — my sorrow. A noun, 'my grief', with a 'my' fused onto its end (the special lament form). It is the thing exclaimed over; the attached 'my' makes the sorrow personal, 'oh my grief'.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →