Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شُبْهَةٌ

Root: شبه

Full Definition

شُبْهَةٌ : see شَبَهٌ, in two places.
2 [Hence,] Confusedness, or dubiousness: pl. شُبَهٌ [and شُبْهَاتٌ and شُبَهَاتٌ and شُبُهَاتٌ: whence the phrase أَصْحَابُ الشُّبُهَاتِ Those persons who are of dubious characters; those who are objects of suspicion]. One says, لَيْسَ فِيهِ شُبْهَةٌ [There is not any confusedness, or dubiousness, in respect of it]: referring to property. (Msb voce شَائِبَةٌ, in art. شوب.)


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