التَّلَصُّصُthe spying in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَإِنَّمَا يَصِحُّ لَهُ التَّلَصُّصُ فِي لَيْلِ الْجَهْلِ

  And it is only justified for him to spy in the night of ignorance.

  الْتَلَصُّصُ — the spying. A verbal noun, the name of an action used as a noun, made definite by 'al-' and standing as the real subject of 'is justified'. Arabic readily turns a whole action into a single noun this way.

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