زِلْفٌ
Root: زلف
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زِلْفٌ
A meadow; syn. رَوْضَةٌ; and so
زَلَفَةٌ : thus the latter is expl. as occurring in a trad. relating to Ya-jooj and Ma-jooj, in which it is said, ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ ٱللّٰهُ مَطَرًا فَيَغْسِلُ الأَرْضَ
حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهَا كَالزَّلَفَةِ [Then God will send rain, and it will wash the earth so that it will leave it like the meadow]: but in this instance, several other meanings are assigned to it: see زَلَفَةٌ below.
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