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Arabic word for heedlessness, forgetfulness or carelessness A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the region of "'ghaflah" relative to other concepts based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts. Ghaflah (غفلة) is the Arabic word for "heedlessness", "forgetfulness" or "carelessness". In an Islamic context, it is the sin of forgetting God and one's divine origins, or being indifferent of these. In the Quran , ghaflah is often associated with "dalal" (going astray), kufr (disbelief), zulm (wrongdoing), and shirk (worshiping others beside God). The state of heedlessness or forgetfulness is to be remedied through dhikr or remembrance of God.
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Ghaflah (غفلة) is the Arabic word for negligence , heedlessness . In Islamic context, it is the sin of forgetting Allah and one's divine origins, or being indifferent of these.
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Ghaflah (غفلة) is the Arabic word for negligence and heedlessness . In an Islamic context, it is the sin of forgetting Allah and one's divine origins, or being indifferent of these. It is also the sin of purposeful misguiding, misleading or the deceiving of another, usually through falsity or by failure of full disclosure, through concealment, which keeps another in ignorance and heedlessness .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arabic word for negligence”. Today it says “arabic word for "heedlessness"”. Read the current article and compare.
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arabic word for negligence
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arabic word for "heedlessness"
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