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Arabic root

غ-ف-ل

1 word from this root family

B1noun
غَفْلَةٌ
ghaflah

heedlessness / negligence / unawareness

Example
اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَ
iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa-hum fī ghaflatin muʿriḍūn
The reckoning has drawn near for people while they are turning away in heedlessness (21:1)
Grammar

Feminine noun. Adjective: غَافِلٌ (heedless). Verb: غَفَلَ (to be heedless). Plural: غَافِلُونَ. The opposite of dhikr (remembrance).

Culture

Ghaflah is considered one of the greatest spiritual diseases — being oblivious to God, death, and the afterlife while absorbed in worldly distractions.