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استوجبهُ

Root: وجب

Form: 10

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استوجبهُX He had a right or just title or claim, to it; deserved it; merited it: syn. إِسْتَحَقَّهُ [q. v.] See the act. part. n. below.
2 استوجب إثْمًا i. q. اِسْتَحَقِّهُ; (TA, in art. حق;) which means He did what necessitated sin; [was guilty of a sin;] and deserved its being said of him that he was a sinner.
3 رَكَبَ خَطِئَةً ٱسْتَوْجَبَ بِهَا النَّارَ [He committed a sin for which he became deserving of hell].
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