وَقْتٌtime

Example sentences

• وخمول الذّكر وإضاعة الْوَقْت ونفرة الْخلق

  Fading of reputation, waste of time, and people's aversion.

  الْوَقْتِ — of time. al- = 'the'; completes the 'of…' phrase: 'of time'.

  From: Returning to God →

• والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت

  And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.

  الْوَقْتَ — time. al- = 'the'; the object of 'waste': 'time' (object form).

  From: Returning to God →

• وانقضى زمان الدلال وفات وقت النشوز،

  The time of indulgence has ended, and the moments of rebellion have passed.

  وَقْتُ — the moments. This is the subject of 'passed', placed after its verb and carrying the subject ending, and it heads a possessive pairing, 'the time of defiance'. So it both slips away and opens the 'of' relationship completed by the next word.

  From: God's Promise of New Life →