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نَفَذٌ

Root: نفذ

Full Definition

نَفَذٌ i. q. طَعْنَةٌ نَافِذَةٌ; A wound having a passage through the other side; by نَفَذٌ being meant مَنْفَذٌ, or نُفُوذٌ: pl. أَنْفَاذٌ. Keys Ibn-El-Khateem says , طَعَنْتُ ٱبْنَ عَبْدِ القَيْسِ طَعْنَةَ ثَائِرٍ لَهَا نَفَذٌ لَوْلَا الشَّعَاعُ أَضَاءَهَا I pierced the son of 'Abd-El-Keys with the wound of one making an angry assault, that had a passage through, which, but for the spirtling blood, would have made it show the light through him. (T, L [See also شُعَاعٌ.]) See also مَنْفَذٌ.
2 نَفَذٌ A place, or way, or means, of exit, escape, or safety; syn. مَخْرَجٌ So in the saying أَتَى بِنَفَذِ مَا قَالَ He effected a means of escape from [the natural consequences of] what he had said; i. e., بِالمَخْرَجِ مِنْهُ. It occurs in a trad., where it is said, that unless a man who has published against a Muslim a charge of which he is clear do this, he is to be punished.
3 نَفَذٌ a subst., used in the sense of إِنْفَاذٌ: نَفَذٌ أَمْرٍ signifying [The making a command, or order, effectual; making it to have effect; to be executed or performed;] i. q. إِنْفَاذُهُ: you say, أَمَرَ بِنَفَذِهِ He commanded that it should have effect, or be executed or performed;] i. e., بِإِنْفَاذِهِ: and قام المُسْلِمُونَ بِنَفَذِ الكِتَابِ [The Muslims accomplished the execution, or performance, of what was in the Scripture:] i. e. بإِنفَاذِ مَا فِيهِ.
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