غَفْلَةٌ
Root: غفل
Full Definition
غَفْلَةٌ
the subst. from غَفَلَ, or it is an Verbal.Noun and also a simple subst., or the subst. is
غَفَلَةٌ , with fet-h to the ف to distinguish it from the Verbal.Noun; as also
غَفَلٌ , or this may be the Verbal.Noun of غَفِلَ, mentioned above as a dial. var. outweighed in authority; and
غُفْلَانٌ , or this may be an Verbal.Noun like كُفْرَانٌ, and it may be a simple subst.; Unmindfulness, forgetfulness, neglectfulness, heedlessness, or inadvertence; [the state in which is] absence of a thing from the mind of a man; and unmindfulness, or forgetfulness: and sometimes, intentional neglect: or غَفْلَةٌ signifies the forgetting, neglecting, or being unmindful, of a thing: or the want of requisite knowledge or cognizance of a thing: or, accord. to Er-Raghib, negligence occurring from littleness of consideration and of vigilance; or, as some say, the following the soul in that which it desires, [فِى غَفْلَةٍ
In a state of unmindfulness &c., and عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ
in consequence of unmindfulness &c., may often be rendered at unawares.]
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