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بَصَر sight in Arabic

بَصَر is how you say “sight” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلَوْ زَالَ رَيْنُ الْهَوَى عَنْ بَصَرِ بَصِيرَتِهِ لَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَقِيَ مِنْ حَيْثُ قَدَّرَ السَّعَادَةَ وَاغْتَمَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ ظَنَّ الْفَرَحَ وَأَلِمَ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَرَادَ اللَّذَّةَ

If the veil of desire were lifted from the eyes of his insight, he would see that he is miserable where he thought he was happy, grieved where he thought he was joyous, and in pain where he sought pleasure.

بَصَرِ eyes of

Genitive after 'from'; first half of a possessive pair, 'the sight of...', passing definiteness to the next noun.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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More example sentences

وَإِذا تجلى بِصفة السّمع وَالْبَصَر وَالْعلم

And when He manifests in the attributes of hearing, seeing, and knowledge.

وَالْبَصَرِ and seeing

'And' plus 'sight', parallel genitive owner. The second faculty.

From Humility Before the Divine

وَأرْسل حَمَامَتَيْنِ فاتخذتا هُنَاكَ عشا جعل على أبصار الطالبين غشاوة

And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.

أَبْصَارِ the eyes

A broken plural 'sights / eyes', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the eyes of the seekers' — genitive after 'over'. It owns the noun that follows.

From The Night of the Migration

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