Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اخبت

Root: خبت

Form: 4

Full Definition

اخبتIV He became in what is termed خَبْتٌ [q. v.].
2 And, [hence, or] from خَبْتٌ, or from خَبَتَ ذِكْرُهُ, Verbal.Noun إِخْبَاتٌ, He was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive, in heart, and obedient, لِلّٰهِ to God. And in like manner, in the Kur [xi. 25], وَأَخْبَتُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ means And who have become lowly, humble, or submissive, [and obedient,] to their Lord; or have lowered, humbled, or abased, themselves to their Lord; or have trusted to their Lord: for the Arabs put إِلَى in the place of لِ.


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