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ذَخِيرَةٌ

Root: ذخر

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ذَخِيرَةٌ and A thing hoarded, treasured, or laid up; reposited, or stored, in secret; or prepared, or provided; for a time of need: or taken for one's self, or prepared: pl. of the former, ذَخَائِرُ; and of the latter, أَذْخَارٌ.
2 You say, جَعَلَ مَا لَهُ عِنْدَ ٱللّٰهِ and ذَخِيرَةً [He made his wealth to be a store in the hands of God, by applying it to pious uses].
3 And أَعْمَالُ المُؤمِنِ ذَخَائِرُ [The works of the believer are things laid up for the time of need, i. e. the day of resurrection].
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