مُتَشَابِهٌ
Root: شبه
Full Definition
2 See also مُشْتَبِهٌ.
3 مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ in the Kur iii. 5 means Verses that are equivocal, or ambiguous; i. e. susceptible of different interpretations: or verses unintelligible; such as the commencements [of many] of the chapters: or the مُتَشَابِه in the Kur is that of which the meaning is not to be learned from its words; and this is of two sorts; one is that of which the meaning is known by referring it to what is termed مُحْكَم [q. v.]; and the other is that of which the knowledge of its real meaning is not attainable in any way: or it means what is not understood without repeated con-
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