قَيْرَوَانٌ
Root: قير
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قَيْرَوَانٌ
, an arabicized word, from [the Persian] كَارْوَانْ, and signifying A caravan; a company, or an assemblage of persons, travelling together; syn. قَافِلَةٌ: or the main part of a
قافلة: and of an army: or of [such a collection of soldiers as is called] a
كَتِيسبَة: and the companions and assistants of the devil. It has the last of these significations in a trad. of Mujáhid, in which it is said, يَغْدُو
الشَّيْطَانُ بِقَيْرَوَانِهِ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَهْتَزُّ العَرْشُ
مِمَّا يَعْلَمُ ٱللّٰهُ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُ [The devil goeth in the morning with his companions and assistants to the market-place, and the empyrean ceaseth not to shake in consequence of the assertions that God knoweth what He knoweth not]: meaning, that the devil incites men to say “ God knoweth such a thing, ” of things whereof God knoweth the contrary: [as for instance, “ God knoweth that such a commodity cost me such a sum of money: ”] يَعْلَمُ ٱللّٰهُ being a form of asseveration. [قيروان is written قَيْرُوَانٌ in some copies of the S and K. It is mentioned in this art., and in art. قرو, in the K: in the S, only in the latter art., and part of the above trad. is there cited.]
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