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المُسَبَّحَةُ

Root: سبح

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المُسَبَّحَةُ and السَّبَّاحَةُ [The index, or fore finger;] the finger that is next the thumb: so called because it is like the glorifier when one makes a sign with it [by raising it] when declaring [the unity of] the divine essence. One says, أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ بِالمُسَبِّحَةِ and [He pointed towards him, or it, with the fore finger].

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