Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الفِلْسُ

Root: فلس

Full Definition

الفِلْسُ A certain idol which belonged to the tribe of Teiyi, in the Time of Ignorance; which 'Alee, being sent by Mohammad, destroyed, taking away the two swords, مِخْذَمٌ and رَسُوبٌ, that El-Hárith Ibn-Abee-Shemir had given to it.


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