شِرَّةٌ
Root: شر
Full Definition
2 Also The inordinate desire, or eagerness, and sprightliness, of youth: and in an absolute sense, inordinate desire, or eagerness; and [simply] desire; and sprightliness: [and] sharpness, and angriness. It is said in a trad., إِنَّ لِهٰذَا القُرْآنِ شِرَّةً ثُمَّ إِنَّ لِلنَّاسِ عَنْهُ فَتْرَةً [Verily there is an eagerness for this Kur-án: then men have a weariness of it].
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