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ارفه

Root: رفه

Form: 4

Full Definition

ارفهIV He found, or experienced, rest, or ease, or he remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, and found, or experienced, rest, or ease, عِنْدِنَا at our abode; as also رفّه , Verbal.Noun تَرْفِيهٌ; and .
2 He kept continually, or constantly, to the eating of dainty food, and indulged himself largely in eating and drinking: and this is said to be meant in a trad. in which الإِرْفَاه is forbidden; because it is one of the practices of the foreigners and of worldly people.
3 He anointed himself, and combed, or anointed and combed, his hair, every day: and this also is said to be meant in the trad. above mentioned: or by الارفاه in that trad. is meant [the indulging in] ease and plenty.
4 ارفهُ المَالُ The cattle remained near to the water in the water-ing-trough or tank, pasturing there upon the plants, or trees, called حَمْض.
5 And ارفهوا Their camels, or their cattle, came to the water to drink every day, or when they would.

def.2 أَرْفَهَهُمْ He made them to have an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, and a plentiful, life; as also , Verbal.Noun تَرْفِيهٌ: and أَرْفَهْتُهُ and I made him to find, or experience, [or enjoy, ] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life, with ampleness of the means of subsistence.
2 And ارفه الإِبِلَ; and رفّهها , and رفّه عَنْهَا, Verbal.Noun as above; He made the camels to come to the water to drink every day, when they would.
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