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يَتَفَقَّرُونَ

Root: فقر

Form: 5

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يَتَفَقَّرُونَV , occurring in a trad., as some relate it, means [There appeared before us men] eliciting what was recondite, or obscure, of knowledge, and opening what was closed thereof; from فَقَرْتُ البِئْرَ meaning “ I dug the well to draw forth the water: ” but the reading commonly known is [يَتَقَفَّرُونَ, q. v.,] with the ق before the ف.
2 See also 2.


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