طَهْ
Root: طه
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طَهْ
[at the commencement of the 20th chapter of the Kur-án] means اِطْمَئِنّ [Be thou still, &c.]: and thus it is expl. as occurring in a trad. respecting Moses' hearing the speech of the Lord of Might: or, as some say, it is for طَأْ [imperative of وَطِئَ], meaning tread upon the ground with the soles of both thy feet; because the Prophet raised one of his feet in prayer: (TA in art. وطأ:) or it means O man, in the Abyssinian language; or so in Syriac, accord. to Katádeh; or so in Nabathæan, accord. to other authorities: read طٰهٰ, with the two fet-hahs pronounced fully, it is two letters of the alphabet (مِنَ الهِجَآءِ [strangely misunderstood by Freytag as meaning “ quibus maledicitur ”]): Ibn-Mes'ood is related to have read طِهِ, with the two kesrehs pronounced fully: and Fr says that some divided it, reading طِ هِ: Abu-n-Nejm has called it طَهَا. (TA in art. طهو, q. v.)
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