نوش
Root: انى
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نوش
,) in the world to come, when they have disbelieved in the present world? or but how &c.?]. And in the same [1xxx. 25], accord. to one reading, أَنَّى صَبَبْنَا المَآءَ صَبَّا, meaning Where have we poured forth the water, pouring? but in this is an allusion to the direction [whence the rain comes]; and it may be rendered whence? &c.; and accord. to this reading, the pause upon طَعَامِهٌ [immediately preceding] is complete. And you say, أَنَّى تَأْتِنِى آتِكَ, meaning Whencesoever, or from whatever direction or quarter, thou shalt come to me, I will come to thee. In the saying of 'Alkameh,
the meaning is, [And he who is given spoil to enjoy, on the day of spoil, is given it to enjoy] wherever he repairs, or however he repairs, [and the prohibited is prohibited.] The saying in the Kur [iii. 159], قُلْتُمٌ أَنَّى هٰذَا means Ye say, When is this? or How is this? or Whence is this? And أَنَّى شئْتُمْ, in the same, [ii. 223,] may mean Whence, or when, or how, ye will. You say also, أَنَّى لَكَ أَنْ تَفْتَحَ الحِصْنَ, meaning How [is it, or will it be, possible for thee to open, or conquer, the fortress]?وَمُطْعَمُ الغُنْمِ يُوْمَ الغُنْمِ مُطْعَمُهُ أَنَّى تَوَجَّهَ وَالمَحْرُومُ مَحْرُومُ
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