بِطَاقَةٌ

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بِطَاقَةٌ A piece of paper: in the K, الحَدَقَةُ is erroneously put for الوَرَقَةُ: a ticket that is attached to a garment, or piece of cloth, bearing the mark, or inscription, of its price; or a ticket marked, or inscribed, with the weight, and the number, of a thing: of the dial. of Egypt and the neighbouring parts: so called, or said to be so called, because it is tied by a twist, or thread, (بِطَاقَةً,) of the unwoven end of the cloth: but this is a mistake: [in Greek, πιττάκιον, as observed by Freytag; and hence probably derived:] accord. to some, it is [نِطَاقَةً,] with ن, because it tells (تَنْطِقُ) what is marked, or inscribed, thereon; but this is strange. It is said in a trad., that a man will be brought on the day of resurrection, and ninety-nine scrolls, or records, inscribed with his sins will be produced; and there will be produced for him a بطاقة bearing the testimony that there is no deity but God, and it will outweigh the others.

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