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شاقّهُ

Root: شق

Form: 3

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شاقّهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُشَاقَّةٌ and شِقَاقٌ, the latter Verbal.Noun occurring in the Kur ii. 131 and iv. 39 [&c.], He acted with him contrariously, or adversely, and inimically; properly, each of them doing to the other that which was distressing, grievous, or troublesome, so that each of them was in a شِقّ [or side] other than that of his fellow; or as though he became in a شِقّ, i. e. side, in respect of him: accord. to Er-Rághib, the Verbal.Noun signifies the being in a شِقّ [or side] other than that of one's fellow: or it is from شَقُّ العَصَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ صَاحِبِكَ [meaning “ the effecting disunion and dissension between thee and thy fellow ”], so that it is tropical: or the primary meaning of الشِّقَاقُ is the being [mutually] remote. See also 1, in the first quarter of the paragraph.
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