مَعْرَكٌ

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مَعْرَكٌ and مَعْرَكَةٌ and and مُعْتَرَكٌ A place [or scene] of battle, or fight: pl. [of the first and second and third] مَعَارِكُ. It is said in a trad., ذُمِّ السُّوقَ فَإِنَّهَا الشَّيْطَانِ وَبِهَا تُنْصَبُ رَايَتُهُ [Discommend thou the market; for it is the battle-ground of the Devil, and in it is set up his banner]: meaning that it is the dwelling of the Devil, and his place of alighting to which he repairs and which he frequents, because of the unlawful doings and the lying and the usury and the violence that occur therein. And it is said in another trad., المَنَايَا مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ [The space of the conflict of the decrees of death is that between the ages of sixty and seventy].

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