فَارِقٌ
Root: فرق
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فَارِقٌ
[act. part. n. of فَرَقَ, q. v.]. الفَارِقَاتُ, mentioned in the Kur lxxvii. 4, means Those angels that descend with what makes a distinction between truth and falsity: or that distinguish between that which is allowable and that which is forbidden: or that make a distinction between things according as God has commanded them.
2 Also, فَارِقٌ, A she-camel, and a she-ass, in consequence of her being taken with the pains of parturition, going away at random in the land; and so فَارِقَةٌ, as in the “ Mufradát: ” or a she-camel that separates herself from her mate, and brings forth alone: or a she-camel that runs (تَشْتَدُّ), and then casts her young one by reason of the pain that befalls her; thus expl. by IAar: pl. فَوَارِقُ and فُرَّقٌ and فُرُقٌ and فُرَّاقٌ, which is thus used by El-Aashà, applied to she-camels, and مَفَارِيقُ is [an irreg. pl.] likewise applied to she-camels as syn. with فَوَارِقُ.
3 And hence, as being likened to such a she-camel, applied to a cloud (سَحَابَةٌ) as meaning
2 Also, فَارِقٌ, A she-camel, and a she-ass, in consequence of her being taken with the pains of parturition, going away at random in the land; and so فَارِقَةٌ, as in the “ Mufradát: ” or a she-camel that separates herself from her mate, and brings forth alone: or a she-camel that runs (تَشْتَدُّ), and then casts her young one by reason of the pain that befalls her; thus expl. by IAar: pl. فَوَارِقُ and فُرَّقٌ and فُرُقٌ and فُرَّاقٌ, which is thus used by El-Aashà, applied to she-camels, and مَفَارِيقُ is [an irreg. pl.] likewise applied to she-camels as syn. with فَوَارِقُ.
3 And hence, as being likened to such a she-camel, applied to a cloud (سَحَابَةٌ) as meaning
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