مَنَارٌ
Root: نور
Full Definition
2 A sign, or mark, set up to show the way: and a thing that is put as a limit or boundary between two things; or between two lands, made of mud or clay or of earth: pl. مَنَاثِرُ [respecting which see مَنَارَةٌ]. It is [also used as a coll. gen. n.; as, for instance, where it is] said, in a trad., لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ May God curse him who alters the marks of the limit between two lands: or it may mean مَنَارَ الحَرَمِ the boundary-marks of the Haram [or sacred territory of Mekkeh], which [it is said] were set up by Abraham. And it is said in another trad, إِنَّ لِلْإِسْلَامِ صُوًى وَمَنَارًا
3 See also صَوْمَعَةٌ.
4 The middle, or main part and middle, or part along which one travels, (مَحَجَّة,) of a road.
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