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بَدِيهَةِ spur of the moment in Arabic

بَدِيهَةِ is how you say “spur of the moment” in Arabic.

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فَقَالَ عَلَى الْبَدِيهَةِ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَتْ بِنْتُهُ تَحْتَهُ،

He said on the spur of the moment: the best of people is the one whose daughter was under him.

الْبَدِيهَةِ on the spur of the moment

A definite noun, 'the quick wit / spontaneity', in the after-preposition case under 'on', forming the idiom 'off the cuff'. The set phrase describes the reply as immediate and unprepared.

From Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow

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