وِرَاطٌ

Form: 3

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وِرَاطٌIII and مُوَارَطَةٌ [The act of mutually making to fall into what is termed وَرْطَة.

def.2 And hence,] The act of mutually deceiving, beguiling, or circumventing; or endeavouring to deceive, beguile, or circumvent; or the act of deceiving, beguiling, or circumventing; and the acting, or advising, or counselling, dishonestly, or insincerely; and وَرْطٌ and وِرَاطَةٌ , the latter on the authority of J, [accord. to some copies of the S, but in other copies وِرَاطٌ,] signify the same [as substs.] You say, لَا تُوَارِطْ جَارَكَ فَإِنَّ الوِرَاطَ يُورِدُ الأَوْراَطَ [Do not thou practise mutual deceit with thy neighbour, or endeavour to deceiving him, &c., for the doing so brings upon its author things, or affairs, from which it is difficult to escape]. And it is said in trad, لَا خِلَاطَ وَلَا وِرَاطَ, which is like his [Mohammad's] saying, There shall be no putting together what is separate, nor separating what is put together, from fear of the poor-rate: خلاط has been explained in its place: وراط [has also been variously explained in that place, and, it is said,] signifies the putting together what is separate: and the reverse: or the dispersing camels among other camels: or the hiding camels among other camels; or in a low, or depressed, piece of ground; in order that the collector of the poor-rate may not see them: or the making one another to fall into a وَرْطَة, one saying to the collector of the poor-rate, “ Such a one has that for which a poor-rate is due, ” when he has not; so accord. to IAar: accord. to Ibn-Háni, it is from أَوْرَطَ الجَرِيرَ فِى عُنُقِ البَعِيِرِ. See 4.

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