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مُعْوَلٌ

Root: عول

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مُعْوَلٌ , followed by عَلَيْهِ, Wailed for: thus in the trad., المُعْوَلُ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ, or, as some relate it, ; i. e. He who is wailed for will be punished.
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