Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

العَنُّونُ

Root: عن

Full Definition

العَنُّونُ , of the measure فَعُّول, is an intensive epithet applied to the present world (الدُّنْيَا) [as meaning The offerer of much opposition]; because it opposes itself to mankind.


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