مُسْمَعٌ

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مُسْمَعٌ [pass. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. وَٱسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍ, in the Kur [iv. 48], means [And hear thou without being made to hear; i. e.] mayest thou not be made to hear: or mayest thou not hear, by reason of deafness, or of death; said by way of imprecation: or hear thou without being made to hear speech which thou wouldest approve: or not being made to hear what is disliked; accord. to which explanation, it is said hypocritically: or hear thou speech which thou wilt not be made [really] to hear; because thine ear will be averse from it; accord. to which explanation, what follows the verb is an objective complement: or hear thou without having thine invitation assented to: or without having what thou sayest accepted.

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