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سَبَّبَ

Root: سب

Form: 2

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سَبَّبَII see what next precedes.

def.2 سبّب لِلْأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun تَسْبِيبٌ, He made, or appointed, or prepared, a means, or cause, of attaining, or accomplishing, the thing, or affair. [And سبّب, alone, He, or it, caused or, occasioned.] You say, سَبَّبَ ٱللّٰهُ لَكَ سَبَبَ خَيْرٍ [May God make, or appoint, or prepare, for thee a means of attaining good, or prosperity]. And سبّب لِلْمَآءِ مَجْرًى He made, or prepared, a channel for the water.
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