التَّفْرِيطُthe negligence

Example sentences

• لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

  I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

  التَّفْرِيطُ — the negligence. This definite noun is the thing whose source is being questioned, standing in the basic (nominative) shape as the subject of its clause. Its 'the' marks the specific fault under discussion. It names the negligence weighed between the two parties.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →