Arabic vocabulary
اِسْتِكْفَاء is how you say “seeking help” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
واستكفائه ذلك الأمر واستتار في الغار،
And his seeking help for that matter and his concealment in the cave,
وَاسْتِكْفَائِهِ — and his seeking help. The opening particle continues the list, and the noun carries an attached 'his' while heading an 'of' pairing: 'and his seeking sufficiency'. It shares the earlier 'by' that governs the series, hence its governed form.
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