اتلفهُ
Root: تلف
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 El-Farezdak says,
orوَقَوْمٍ كِرَامٍ قَدْ نَقَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ قِرَاهُمْ فَأَتْلَفْنَا المَنَايَا وَأَتْلَفُوا
or قَدْ بَلَغْنَا قِرَاهُمُ, or قد فَعَلْنَا قراهم, i. e., [accord. to the different readings, How many a generous company of men has there been, or how many guests of the night have there been, to whom we have brought their entertainment, and] we have found the fates to be destructive, and they have found them to be so: it is like the phrase أَتَيْنَا فُلَانًا فَأَبْخَلْنَاهُ and أَجْبَنَّاهُ: or we found the fates to destroy us, and they found them to destroy them: or we made the fates to be destruction to them, and they made them to be destruction to us: he means, we engaged with them in vehement fight, and slew them.وَأَضْيَافِ لَيْلٍ قَدْ نَقَلْنَا قِرَاهُمُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَتْلَفْنَا المَنَايَا وَأَتْلَفُوا
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