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صِبْغَةٌ

Root: صبغ

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صِبْغَةٌ : see صِبْغٌ, first sentence.
2 It also means Religion, syn. دِين, and مِلَّة; and the religious law, syn. شَرِيعَة; and anything whereby one advances himself in the favour of God: [thus,] in the Kur [ii. 132], صِبْغَةَ ٱللّٰهِ means the religion of God, syn. فِطْرَةَ ٱللّٰهِ, or دِينَ ٱللّٰهِ, which is the meaning of فِطْرَةَ ٱللّٰهِ; the religion of God, with an adaptation to which mankind are created; because its effect appears in him who has it like the dye in the garment; or because it intermingles in the heart like the dye in the garment; and it is said to be from the Christians' صَبْغ [or صَبْغَة i. e. baptism] of their children in a sort of water that they have; صبغة being in this instance in the accus. case as an objective complement; for the meaning is “ follow ye the religion of God; ” or “ we will follow the religion of God: ” or it means that which God has prescribed to Mohammad; i. e. circumcision: or صبغة is in this instance an Verbal.Noun, signifying a mode, or manner of, صَبْغ [i. e. of baptism], relating to the baptism of the Christians, a corroborative of the saying آمَنَّا [in verse 130], as such put in the accusative case, by reason of a verb understood, the meaning being صَبَغَنَا ٱللّٰهُ صِبْغَتَهُ [God hath baptized us with his baptism]; [so that صِبْغَةَ ٱللّٰهِ signifies the baptism of God, and may here be rendered We have received the baptism of God;;] the Muslims being hereby commanded to say to the Christians, “ Say ye, God hath baptized us (صَبَغَنَا) with the faith, with a baptism (صَبْغَة) not like ours [i. e. not like our Christian baptism], and purified us with a purifying not like ours; ” or the Muslims being hereby commanded to say [of themselves], “ God hath baptized us (صَبَغَنَا) with the faith, as a baptism (صِبْغَةً), and we have not been baptized with your baptism (لَمْ نُصْبَغْ صِبْغَتَكُمْ). ”
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