مُنْفَكِّينَ

Root: فك

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مُنْفَكِّينَ in the Kur [xcviii. 1], followed by the words حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ, means, accord. to Mujáhid and Zj, In the condition of desisting from their infidelity; or, as Akh says, ceasing from their infidelity: or, accord. to another, namely, Niftaweyh, quitting the present state of existence, i. e., sharing, one with another, in perdition, until the evidence came to them that had been affirmed to them in the Towráh, with respect to the description of Mohammad &c.; تَأْتِيَهُم being lit. an Present.T, but in its meaning a pret.: Az says that it is not from مَا ٱنْفَكَّ meaning مَا زَالَ, but from اِنْفِكَاكُ الشَّىْءِ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ meaning “ the thing's becoming separated from the thing: ” accord. to IAar, as mentioned by Th, فُكَّ فُلَانٌ means “ Such a one was set free, and at rest, from a thing; ” and hence منفكّين in the Kur means experiencing rest: accord. to Er-Rághib, it means separated, or separated into several parties; for all [to whom the word, preceded by a negative, relates] were assenting to error.

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