رَتْقٌ
Root: رتق
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رَتْقٌ
i. q.
مَرْتُوقٌ [and مَرْتُوقَةٌ, &c., being originally an Verbal.Noun; i. e. Closed up, and repaired; applied to a rent; and so
رَتَقٌ ]. كَانَتَا
رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا, in the Kur [xxi. 31, lit. They were closed up, and we rent them], is from الرَّتْقُ as the contr. of الفَتْقُ: accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, it means they were closed up, without any interstice, and we rent them by the rain and by the plants: accord. to Az, it means they were a heaven closed up and an earth closed up, and we rent them into seven heavens and seven earths: Lth says that the heavens were closed up, no rain descending from them; and the earth was closed up, without any fissure therein; until God rent them by the rain and the plants: Zj says that رَتْقًا is for ذَوَاتَىْ رَتْقٍ: and he says that the heaven and the earth were united, and God rent them by the air, which He placed between them: (TA in art. فتق:) some read
, for شَيْئًا رَتَقًا, meaning مَرْتُوقًا.
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