أَنْقَرَ
Root: نقر
Form: 4
Full Definition
أَنْقَرَIV
see 1, in three places, in the first half.
def.2 انقر عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun إِنْفَارٌ, He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it or him; he left or relinquished, it or him. Hence the saying, ضَرَبَهُ فَمَا أَنْقَرَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ He beat him and left him not until be killed him. And hence the saying of I'Ab, مَاكَانَ ٱللّٰهُ لِيُنْقِرَ عَنْ قَاتِلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِ, i. e., God will not leave the slayer of the believer until He destroy him
def.2 انقر عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun إِنْفَارٌ, He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it or him; he left or relinquished, it or him. Hence the saying, ضَرَبَهُ فَمَا أَنْقَرَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ He beat him and left him not until be killed him. And hence the saying of I'Ab, مَاكَانَ ٱللّٰهُ لِيُنْقِرَ عَنْ قَاتِلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِ, i. e., God will not leave the slayer of the believer until He destroy him
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