غَرَامٌ
Root: غرم
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غَرَامٌ
A thing from which one is unable to free himself, [a thing] such as cleaves fast. Lasting evil. Perdition: in the Kur xxv. 66, accord. to AO, it means perdition, persistent, and such as cleaves fast. And Punishment, or torment; or, accord. to Zj, the most vehement punishment or torment; and accord to Er-Rághib, hardship, or difficulty, and an affliction, or a calamity or misfortune, that befalls a man.
2 Also Eager desire [بِشَىْءٍ for a thing]; fondness [for it]; or attachment [to it]; syn. وَلُوعٌ: or love that torments the heart. [See 4, last sentence.]
2 Also Eager desire [بِشَىْءٍ for a thing]; fondness [for it]; or attachment [to it]; syn. وَلُوعٌ: or love that torments the heart. [See 4, last sentence.]
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