لَحَدَ

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لَحَدَI and الحد He, or it, declined, or deviated, from the right course: and also he, or it, inclined: you say لَحَدَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ; and الحد and ; he, or it, inclined to him, or it. Some read, [in the Kur xvi. 105,] لِسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يَلْحَدُونَ إِلَيْهِ [The tongue of him unto whom they incline].
2 الحد فِى الدِّينِ; and لَحَدَ فِيهِ, Present.T ـَ; He deviated, or swerved, from the right way, with respect to religion: he impugned religion.
3 الحد فِى الحَرَمِ He relinquished, or forsook, the right course, with respect to that which he was commanded to do, in the sacred Temple or territory of Mekkeh; and inclined to do wrong, wrongfully, unjustly, or injuriously: or he did wrong, wrongfully, unjustly, or injuriously, therein; and so opposed others: or he associated others with God, therein; expl. by أَشْرَكَ بِاللّٰهِ: so in the K and Basáïr; in the latter as on the authority of Zj: or he doubted respecting God, therein: so in the L and other lexicons, as on the authority of Zj: or he hoarded up corn in expectation of its becoming dear, therein; a meaning taken from a trad of 'Omar; but this is merely a kind of wrong-doing: or he desecrated it, and violated its sanctity. The origin of the phrase is in the text of the Kur [xx. 26,] وَمَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ, i.e. إِلْحَادًا بِظُلْمٍ, the ب being redundant.

def.2 لَحَدَ القَبْرَ, Present.T ـَ (Verbal.Noun لَحْدٌ; L,) and ; and لَحَدَ لَهُ لَحْدًا; and الحد له; He made a لَحْد to the grave.
2 لَحَدَ ٱلْمَيِّتَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun لَحْدٌ; and ; and لَحَدَ لَهُ; and الحد له; He made a لَحْد for the corpse: or has this signification; and in like manner, لَحَدَ لَه لَحْدًا, and الحد , he dug a لَحْد for him: and لَحَدَهُ, he buried him; or put him into a لحد; and so .

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