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مُرْسَلَةٌ

Root: رسل

Full Definition

مُرْسَلَةٌ A قِلَادَة [or necklace], or a long قلادة, that falls upon the bosom: or a قلادة upon which are beads &c.
2 As used in the Kur [lxxvii. 1], المُرْسَلَاتُ means The winds that are sent forth, [by عُرْفًا, which follows it, being meant consecutively,] like [the several portions of] the mane of the horse: or the angels [so sent forth]: or the horses that are started, [one following another,] in the racecourse.
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