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تَسَآءَلُوا

Root: سأل

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَسَآءَلُواVI They asked, or begged, one another. You say, هُمَا يَتَسَآءَلَانِ, and also يَتَسَاوَلَانِ, and يَتَسَايَلَانِ. In the Kur [iv. 1], some read وَٱتَّقُوا ٱللّٰهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَّآءَلُونَ بِهِ; and others, تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِ: in each case, originally تَتَسَآءَلُونَ: the meaning is, [And fear ye God,] by Whom ye demand [one of another] your rights, or dues: or by Whom ye ask, or demand, one of another; saying, I ask thee, or beg thee, by God; and I beseech thee, or adjure thee, by God.
2 One says also تَسَآءَلُوا القَوْمَ, meaning They [together] asked, or begged, the people. (Mgh in art. نقض.)
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