اِلْتِفَاتturning

Example sentences

• أم يكون التفاته إِلَى من ألبسهُ إِيَّاهَا

  Or will he turn towards the giver of these clothes.

  اِلْتِفَاتُهُ — his turning. A verbal noun (form VIII) 'turning [the gaze]' with '-hu' (his) attached, the subject of 'will be', nominative — his attention. Whether his glance turns instead to the Giver.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →

• قلت ولا التفات إلى أبي حمزة في حكايته فجاء أسد فأخرجني ،

  I said, there is no attention to Abu Hamza in his story where a lion came and rescued me,

  اِلْتِفَاتَ — attention. A verbal noun, the naming of an action turned into a thing, here 'paying-attention' treated as a noun. It carries the ending of the absolute 'no' before it, the form that means 'no attention at all', a blanket denial.

  From: Trust in God →

• وَعَنْ الاِلْتِفَاتِ إِلَى الصُّوَرِ

  And concerning turning toward images.

  الاِلْتِفاتِ — turning toward. An action-noun ('turning toward'), naming the act of turning one's attention as a thing rather than a finished event. With the al- prefix it is the definite, general activity. It stands in the genitive ending under the preposition before it, and it heads the 'toward...' phrase that follows.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →