أَحْمَدُ

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أَحْمَدُ is a prov., meaning Repetition is more attributive of praise (أَكْثَرُ حَمْدًا): for generally you do not desire to return to a thing save after experience, or knowledge, [and approbation,] thereof: [the act of returning, therefore, implies praise:] or the meaning is, when one begins a kind act, he attracts praise to himself; and when one repeats, he gains more praise for himself: or احمد is from the pass. part. n., and the meaning is, the beginning is praised, or praiseworthy; and repetition is more deserving of being praised. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 130]

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