Note 196 — THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[177]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. she cried “Astaghfiru ’llah” (which strangers usually pronounce “Astaffira ’llah”); a pious exclamation, humbling oneself before the Creator, and used in a score of different senses, which are not to be found in the dictionaries.