مُعْفٍ
Root: عفو
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مُعْفٍ
, thus correctly, like مُكْرِمٌ, as in the M, in the K said to be like مُحَدِّثٌ, One who associates with another without seeking to obtain his bounty. You say, اِصْطَحَبْنَا وَكِلَانَا
مُعْفٍ [We associated, each of us doing so without seeking to obtain the other's bounty]: and hence the saying of Ibn-Mukbil,
[For verily thou wilt not test a man before companionship, and until ye live associating without either's seeking to obtain the other's bounty, and toil in so living].فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَبْلُو ٱمْرَأَ دُونَ صُحْبَةٍ وَحَتَّى تَعِيشَا مُعْفِيَيْنِ وَتَجْهَدَا
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