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قُرَابَةٌ

Root: قرب

Full Definition

قُرَابَةٌ : see قُرْبٌ, first quarter:
2 and قِرَابٌ, in two places: and قَرِيبٌ, near the end, in three places.
3 قُرَابَةُ المُؤْمِنِ and signify The believer's فِرَاسَة [i. e. insight, or intuitive perception, &c.]; and his opinion, which is near to knowledge and assurance: occurring in a trad., in which it is said that one is to beware thereof, because he looks with the light of God. (Fr, O, TA. [See also فِرَاسَةٌ.])
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