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مُفْرَطٌ

Root: فرط

Full Definition

مُفْرَطٌ Sent before, or first, or foremost. Hence the saying in the Kur [xvi. 64], وَأَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ And that they shall be sent before, or first, or foremost, to the fire [of Hell], and hastened thither; this being the primary signification: or forgotten in the fire [of Hell]: or neglected, or left: or forgotten, and neglected or left, in the fire: and another reading is , meaning [they are] exceeding the limits assigned to them: and another is , meaning [falling short of their duty] to themselves, in respect of sins.
2 [Filled, or] full; applied to a pool of water left by a torrent.
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