Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَبِيلَ

Root: بين

Full Definition

سَبِيلَ , in the Kur [vi. 55], means And that thou mayest the more consider, or examine, repeatedly, in order that it may become manifest to thee, the way of the sinners, O Mohammad: or that thou mayest seek, or endeavour, to see plainly, or clearly, &c.; syn. وَلِتَسْتَوْضِحَ سَبِيلَهُمْ: but most read, وَلِيَسْتَبِينَ سيبلُ المجرمين; the verb in this case being intrans.


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