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فَحْصٌ

Root: فحص

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فَحْصٌ Even ground; an expanded and open tract: pl. فُحُوصٌ.
2 And hence, Any inhabited place.
3 In a trad. respecting the intercession [of Mohammad for his people], where it is said, فَٱنْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى الفَحْصَ [And he went away until he came to the فحص], الفحص is said to signify What is before the عَرْش [of God].
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