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Zay-Fa-Ra
a sigh/sob, draw in breath due to distress, to groan, moan in grief, a sea that makes a roaring, one who carries loads/burdens, calamity/misfortune.
zafir
n.m.prf
11:106
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِير ٌ وَشَهِيق ٌ
Fa'ammā Al-Ladhīna Shaqū Fafī An-Nāri Lahum Fīhā Zafīrun Wa Shahīqun
As for those who are distraught, they will be in the Fire; in it for them is a sighing and a wailing.
21:100
لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِير ٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ
Lahum Fīhā Zafīrun Wa Hum Fīhā Lā Yasma`ūna
They will be breathing heavily in it, and they will not be heard therein.
25:12
إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِنْ مَكَان ٍ بَعِيد ٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظا ً وَزَفِيرا ً
'Idhā Ra'at/hum Min Makānin Ba`īdin Sami`ū Lahā Taghayyužāan Wa Zafīrāan
When it sees them from a far place, they hear it raging and roaring.
Hans Wehr
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