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مُحِيطٌ

Root: حوط

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مُحِيطٌ [act. part. n. of 4; Surrounding, encompassing, or enclosing: &c.]
2 It is said in the Kur [lxxxv. 20], وَٱللّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحيِطٌ And God, behind them, includeth them altogether within his power; not one shall escape Him. And again, [xi. 85,] عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُحِيطٍ The punishment of a day which shall beset on every side so that there shall be no place of escape from it: or of a destructive day: meaning the day of resurrection: or the punishment [of a day] of extermination: the epithet, which is that of the punishment, being applied to the day because it includes it. And again, [ii. 18,] وَٱللّٰهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالكَافِرِينَ, explained by Mujá- hid as signifying And God will collect together the unbelievers on the day of resurrection.
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