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حَرُورٌ

Root: حر

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حَرُورٌ , of the fem. gender, A hot wind, in the night or in the day; as also سَمُومٌ: or the former is a hot wind in the night, and sometimes in the day; and the latter, a hot wind in the day, and sometimes in the night: or the former, a hot wind in the night; like the latter in the day: or the former, in the day; the latter being in the night; accord. to Ru-beh, as said to AO: pl. حَرَائِرُ.
2 The heat of the sun: or heat [absolutely]: constant heat: the fire of Hell: pl. as above. In the Kur [xxxv. 20], وَلَا الظِّلُّ وَلَا الحَرُورُ means Nor shade nor heat: or nor Paradise nor Hell: or nor the people of truth, who are in the shade of truth, nor the people of falsehood, who are in constant heat, night and day.
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