قِدَّةٌ
Root: قد
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قِدَّةٌ
: see قِدٌّ.
2 Also A piece of a thing.
3 And hence, A party, division, sect, or distinct body or class, of men, holding some particular tenet, or body of tenets, creed, opinion, or opinions, accord. to some, of whom each has his own, or of which each has its own, erroneous opinion: pl. قِدَدٌ. Hence, كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا, in the Kur [lxxii. 11], said by the Jinn, We were parties, or sects, differing in their erroneous opinions, or in their desires: or separate [sects]; Muslims and not Muslims: or diverse, or discordant, or various, sects; Muslims and unbelievers. And one says, صَارَ القَوْمُ قِدَدًا The people became divided, or different, in their states, or conditions, and their desires, or erroneous opinions.
2 Also A piece of a thing.
3 And hence, A party, division, sect, or distinct body or class, of men, holding some particular tenet, or body of tenets, creed, opinion, or opinions, accord. to some, of whom each has his own, or of which each has its own, erroneous opinion: pl. قِدَدٌ. Hence, كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا, in the Kur [lxxii. 11], said by the Jinn, We were parties, or sects, differing in their erroneous opinions, or in their desires: or separate [sects]; Muslims and not Muslims: or diverse, or discordant, or various, sects; Muslims and unbelievers. And one says, صَارَ القَوْمُ قِدَدًا The people became divided, or different, in their states, or conditions, and their desires, or erroneous opinions.
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