رَبَطَ

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رَبَطَI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun رَبْطٌ, He tied, bound, or made fast, a thing, and a beast; and in like manner he tied, or bound, a beast with a rope, in order that he might not run away. You say, فُلَانٌ كَذَا رَأْسًا مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ [Such a one ties so many head of beasts: or the verb may here have a different signification, explained below]. And it is said in a prov., اِسْتَكْرَمْتَ فَٱرْبِطْ, or, accord. to one relation, أَكْرَمْتَ, i. e. Thou hast found a generous horse, therefore do thou preserve him; or, as some relate it, : relating to the duty of preservation. See also 3.
2 رَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ He held back, or drew back, from him, or it; as though he confined, and bound, himself.
3 رَبَطَ جَأْشُهُ, Verbal.Noun رِبَاطَةٌ, His heart became strong, and firm, and resolute, so that he did not flee on the occasion of fear. (TA. [In the CK, رَبَطَ جَأْشَهُ, which would be more properly rendered He strengthened, or fortified, his heart.])
4 رَبَطَ لِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ جَأْشًا He constrained himself to be patient, and confined, or restricted, himself to that thing, or affair.
5 رَبَطَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ بِالصَّبْرِ God inspired him with patience. Thus in the Kur [xviii. 13], وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ And we inspired them with patience: or strengthened them with patience. And in like manner in [viii. 11 and] xxviii. 9.

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