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ضاهاهُ

Root: ضهى

Form: 3

Full Definition

ضاهاهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُضَاهَاةٌ, He resembled, or conformed with, him, or it; syn. شَاكَلَهُ; like ضَاهَأَهُ [q. v.]: and, like the latter, he imitated him. It is said in a trad., أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ الَّذِين يُضَاهُونَ خَلْقَ ٱللّٰهِ i. e. [The most severely punished of mankind on the day of resurrection will be] those who imitate by what they make [the creation of God]; meaning the sculptors or limners or the like.
2 Also, [or ضَاهَى بِهِ, like ضَاهَأَ به, q. v.,] He was, or became, gentle, tender, or courteous, or he acted, or behaved, gently, &c., with him, or to him; namely, a man, and other than a man.
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