ضَالٌّ
Root: ضل
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ضَالٌّ
Erring, straying, or going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which is right; missing, or losing, the right way; or losing his way; and
ضَلُولٌ is syn. therewith; [or rather with ضِلِّيلٌ, accord. to a general rule:] pl. of the former ضُلَّالٌ, [of which see an ex. in a verse cited voce رِسْلٌ,] and ضُالُّونَ: [in the Kur i. last verse,] some read وَلَا ٱلضَّأَلِّينَ, to avoid the concurrence of two quiescent letters. You say ضَالٌّ
تَالٌّ; in which the latter epithet is an imitative sequent. (S and K in art. تل.)
2 [Also Becoming lost; &c.
3 And Forgetting. It is said that] وَأَنَا مِنَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ [in the Kur xxvi. 19] means
2 [Also Becoming lost; &c.
3 And Forgetting. It is said that] وَأَنَا مِنَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ [in the Kur xxvi. 19] means
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