تَلِفَruin in Arabic

Example sentences

• أَلا تَرَى أَنَّ الطِّفْلَ يُؤْثِرُ مَا يَهْوَى وَإِنْ أَدَّاهُ إِلَى التَّلَفِ

  Do you not see that a child prefers what he desires, even if it leads to his ruin?

  التَّلَفِ — ruin. Genitive after 'to'; the 'the' makes it the definite endpoint — his very ruin, not just some ruin.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →