تَرَآءَوْا

Form: 6

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تَرَآءَوْاVI They saw one another: dual تَرَآءَيَا. And تَرَآءَى الجَمْعَانِ, in the Kur [xxvi. 61], The two bodies of people saw each other: or approached and faced each other so that each was able to see the other. And تَرَآءَيْنَا We met and saw each other. See also 3, first sentence. It is said in a trad, لَاتَرَاآنَاراهُمَا, [for تَتَرَاآ, as it is written in some copies of the K,] [i. e. Their two fires shall not be within sight of each-other;] meaning that the Muslim may not dwell in the country of the believers in a plurality of gods, and be with them so that each of them shall see the fire of the other: so says A'Obeyd: or, accord. to AHeyth, it means that the Muslim may not mark himself with the mark of the believer in a plurality of gods, nor assimilate himself to him in conduct and guise, nor assume his manners, or dispositions; from the phrase مَا نَارُ بَعِيرِكَ, meaning “ What is the brand of thy camel? ” IAth explains it similarly to A'Obeyd; and says that the verb is thus used tropically.
2 ترآءى لِى He addressed, or presented, himself [to my sight, or] in order that I might see him; as also لى. And ترآءى لَهُ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الجِنِّ [Somewhat of the jinn, or genii, presented itself to his sight].
3 ترآءى النَّخْلُ The palm-trees showed the colours of their unripe dates.
4 تَرَآءَيْنَا الهِلَالَ We tasked the sight by trying whether or not we could see the new moon: or, as some say, we looked [together, at, or for, the new moon]: or we lowered our eyes towards the new moon in order that we might see it. [See also 6 in art. نقض.]
5 See also 4, in the former half of the paragraph, in two places.
6 تَرَآءَيْنَا فِىالأَمْرِ or ترآءينا الأَمْرَ: see 8.
7 هُوَ يَتَرَآءَى بِرَأْىِ فُلَانٍ He takes to, or holds, the opinion, or persuasion, or belief, of such a one; and inclines to it; and conforms to it.
8 See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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