مُتَطَوِّعٌ
Root: طوع
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مُتَطَوِّعٌ
A supererogator in any good act. One says, فَعَلَهُ مُتَطَوِّعًا [He did it without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; supererogatorily: or gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: or disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation: syn. مُتَبَرِّعًا]. (S and K in art. برع.) And
المُطَّوِّعَةُ means Those who exceed what is obligatory on them in fighting, or warring, against unbelievers or the like; originally المُتَطَوِّعَةُ: hence
in the Kur ix. 80; originally المُتَطَوِّعِينَ.
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