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بَالِغٌ

Root: بلغ

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بَالِغٌ Reaching, attaining, arriving at, or coming to, a place [or time, or an affair or a state or an event that is meditated or intended or determined or appointed; reaching, &c., to the utmost point or degree: and sometimes, being at the point of reaching &c.: see 1, first sentence]. You say also, جَيْشٌ بَلْغٌ , meaning بَالِغٌ [An army reaching, or arriving at, its appointed place]. And أَمْرُ ٱللّٰهِ بَلْغٌ , i. e. بَالِغٌ, meaning [The decree of God] reacheth, or attaineth, its intended object: from the saying in the Kur [lxv. 3], إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بَالِغٌ أَمْرَهُ Verily God attaineth his purpose. And بَالِغٌ فِى الحُمْقِ Reaching the utmost point, or degree, in stupidity, or foolishness. And لَزِمَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ: see 1: and see the sentence there next following it. أَيْمَانٌ بَالِغَةٌ, in the Kur lxviii. 39, means Firm covenants: or covenants confirmed by oaths in the utmost degree: or rendered obligatory for ever; sworn to, that they shall be constantly observed: or that have reached their utmost point: or يَمِينٌ بَالِغَةٌ means [an oath, or a covenant,] confirmed.
2 Attaining, or having attained, to puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; applied to a boy: and in like manner, without ة, applied to a girl; thus applied, with the mention of the noun qualified by it, by Esh-Sháfi'ee and other chaste persons, of the Arabs; or بَالِغَةٌ; or the latter is also thus applied, with the mention of the noun which it qualifies, not being wrong because it is the original form; and seems to be necessarily used when the noun which it qualifies is not mentioned, to prevent ambiguity.
3 A good, a goodly, or an excellent, thing.


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