حسرة

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Arabic

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Root
ح س ر (ḥ s r)
2 terms

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Noun

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حَسْرَة (ḥasraf (plural حَسَرَات (ḥasarāt))

  1. regret, sorrow
  2. pity
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 36:30:
      يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِن رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
      yā ḥasratan ʕalā l-ʕibādi mā yaʔtīhim min rasūlin ʔillā kānū bihi yastahziʔūna
      Oh pity on such beings! Never has a messenger come to them except that they derided him

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