غَيْبٌ
Root: غيب
Full Definition
غَيْبٌ
Whatever is absent, or hidden, from one; as though it were an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of the act. part. n. [in which the meaning of a subst. is predominant]; and so
غَائِبٌ , which [in this sense] is a subst., like كَاهِلٌ, or an act. part. n. used in the sense of a subst.: anything that is absent, or hidden, from the eyes; invisible, unseen, or unapparent; whether it be, or be not, perceived in the heart, or mind: [or anything unperceivable; absent from the range, or beyond the reach, of perception by sense, or of mental perception; or undiscoverable unless by means of divine revelation; a mystery, or secret, such as an event of futurity;] a thing that has been hidden from men, and with which the Prophet has acquainted them, of the events of the resurrection and of Paradise and of Hell &c.; thus in the Kur ii. 2; and [hence] Zj explains الغَيْب as meaning, in the Kur lxxxi. 24, that which has been revealed: (TA in art. ضن:) pl. غُيُوبٌ. [See also the Ksh and Bd in ii. 2.] [Hence, عَالَمُ الغَيْبِ
The world of the unseen; the invisible world.] And [hence also] one says, رَجَمَ
بِالغَيْبِ [and قَذَفَ بِالغَيْبِ (see art. قذف)] He spoke of that which he did not know: and قَالَ رَجْمًا بِالغَيْبِ
He said conjecturally, [or speaking of that which was hidden from him or unknown by him,] without evidence, and without proof. (Msb in art. رجم, q. v.)
2 And
3 Also A place, in the ground, that hides, or conceals, one: a low, or depressed, place in the ground, or in a tract of land: or any place such that one knows not what is in it: and a place such that one knows not what is behind it: pl. غُيُوبٌ. Hence the phrase عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ in a verse of Lebeed cited voce ظَهْرٌ, q. v. [Hence also] one says, سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنْ وَرَآءِ الغَيْبِ i. e. [I heard a sound, or voice,] from [behind] a place that I saw not. And تَنَاوَلَهُ بِظَهْرِ الغَيْبِ بِمَا يَسُوؤُهُ: see 8. And تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ or عَنْ ظَهْرِ الغَيْبِ (TA, and A and O in art. ظهر) [app. He spoke of it by memory; in the absence of a book or the like; as one says in modern Arabic, عَلَى الغَائِب. See also ظَهْرٌ.]
4 Also The خَمْصَة [i. e. pit, or depression, as is shown by what here follows, (thus in the A, and in the Ksh in ii. 2, in the TA حُفْرَة, which has a similar meaning,)] that is in the place where the kidney is situate, and which swells up when the beast becomes big in the belly: so says ISh: or the خَمْصَة that is next to the kidney: pl. غُيُوبٌ: one says, شَرِبَتِ الدَّابَّةُ حَتَّى وَارَتْ غُيُوبَ كُلَاهَا, meaning هُزُومَهَا [i. e. The beast drank until it concealed the pits of its kidneys].
5 And Fat: i. e. the fat of the ثَرْب [q. v.] of a sheep or goat: so called because it is hidden from the eye.
def.2 See also غَائِبٌ.
2 And
[Thou art a prophet, knowing doubts, or things doubted; not saying a lie, nor a thing suspected: or, more probably, the meaning is, the things unseen].أَنْتَ نَبِىٌّ تَعْلَمُ الغِيَابَا لَا قَائِلًا إِفْكًا وَلَا مُرْتَابَا
3 Also A place, in the ground, that hides, or conceals, one: a low, or depressed, place in the ground, or in a tract of land: or any place such that one knows not what is in it: and a place such that one knows not what is behind it: pl. غُيُوبٌ. Hence the phrase عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ in a verse of Lebeed cited voce ظَهْرٌ, q. v. [Hence also] one says, سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنْ وَرَآءِ الغَيْبِ i. e. [I heard a sound, or voice,] from [behind] a place that I saw not. And تَنَاوَلَهُ بِظَهْرِ الغَيْبِ بِمَا يَسُوؤُهُ: see 8. And تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ or عَنْ ظَهْرِ الغَيْبِ (TA, and A and O in art. ظهر) [app. He spoke of it by memory; in the absence of a book or the like; as one says in modern Arabic, عَلَى الغَائِب. See also ظَهْرٌ.]
4 Also The خَمْصَة [i. e. pit, or depression, as is shown by what here follows, (thus in the A, and in the Ksh in ii. 2, in the TA حُفْرَة, which has a similar meaning,)] that is in the place where the kidney is situate, and which swells up when the beast becomes big in the belly: so says ISh: or the خَمْصَة that is next to the kidney: pl. غُيُوبٌ: one says, شَرِبَتِ الدَّابَّةُ حَتَّى وَارَتْ غُيُوبَ كُلَاهَا, meaning هُزُومَهَا [i. e. The beast drank until it concealed the pits of its kidneys].
5 And Fat: i. e. the fat of the ثَرْب [q. v.] of a sheep or goat: so called because it is hidden from the eye.
def.2 See also غَائِبٌ.
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