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اِلْتِفَات turning in Arabic

اِلْتِفَات is how you say “turning” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

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More example sentences

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

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