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ظُلْمٌ

Root: ظلم

Full Definition

ظُلْمٌ [as a simple subst. generally means Wrong, wrongdoing, injustice, injuriousness, or tyranny]: see 1, first sentence, in two places.
2 [ظُلْمُ الارضِ in the CK is a mistranscription for ظَلَمَ الأَرْضَ.
3 And الظُلْمُ in one place in the CK, as syn. with الظَّلْمَآءُ, is a mistake for الظُّلْمَةُ.]
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