طَيِّبَةٌ

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طَيِّبَةٌ [fem. of طَيِّبٌ: and also a subst., made so by the affix ة; meaning A good, pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury, thing: and a pure, or clean, thing: pl. طَيِّبَاتٌ]. وَٱلطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزقِ, in the Kur [vii. 30], means And what are esteemed [good,] pleasant, delicious, sweet, or savoury, of foods and beverages. And أَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ, in the same [ii. 269], Expend ye of the good things that ye have gained: or of your lawful gains. And كُلُوا مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَاتِ, in the same [xxiii. 53], Eat ye of the things that are lawful; of any such lawful things as are esteemed good, or pleasant. الطَّيِّبَاتُ مِنَ الكَلَامِ means The most excellent of words, or speech; the best thereof: and is meant by الطَّيِّبَاتُ in [the words of] the تَشَهُّد, [commencing with] التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ: [see تَحِيَّةٌ, in art. حى:] and likewise in the Kur [xxiv. 26], where it is said, الطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ; by the طيّبين being meant the pure of men; accord. to Fr.: but these words of the Kur are otherwise expl., as meaning the good women are for the good men.
2 See also طَيْبَةُ.

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