الجَاهِلِيَّةٌ
Root: جَهِلَ
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الجَاهِلِيَّةٌ
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2 [Also, or] الجَاهِلِيَّةُ , in which the latter word is a corroborative, as in لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَآءُ &c., [The time, or state, of ignorance, or paganism; or of intense ignorance;] the time of the فَتْرَة [or cessation of the mission of apostles, and of the effacement of the signs of their religion]. One says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ الجَهْلَآءِ [That was in the time, or state, of paganism, or of intense ignorance].
2 [Also, or] الجَاهِلِيَّةُ , in which the latter word is a corroborative, as in لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَآءُ &c., [The time, or state, of ignorance, or paganism; or of intense ignorance;] the time of the فَتْرَة [or cessation of the mission of apostles, and of the effacement of the signs of their religion]. One says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ الجَهْلَآءِ [That was in the time, or state, of paganism, or of intense ignorance].
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