كِفَاتٌ
Root: كفت
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كِفَاتٌ
A place in which a thing is drawn together, or comprehended, and collected, or congregated. So in the words of the Kur [lxxvii. 25 and 26,] أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا [Have we not made the earth a place which comprehends the living and the dead? meaning كِفَاتَ أَحْيَاءٍ وَأَمْوَاتٍ:] EshShaabee, pointing to the houses of El-Koofeh, said, هٰذِهِ كِفَاتُ الأَحْيَاءش; and then, turning to its tombs, he said, هٰدهِ كِفَاتُ الأَمْوَاتِ; meaning to explain the above text of the Kur: but ISd thinks, that كفاتا in this text is an Verbal.Noun, and that احياء and امواتا are governed by it in the acc. case.
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