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ه و ي

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38
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17

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root هوى. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

هَوَى بِهِ He made it to fall down: see an ex. in a verse of Ru-beh, cited voce رِياَغٌ , in art. ريغ . ― -b2- See 4. ― -b3- هَوَتْ أُذُنُهُ His ears heard a confused, or humming, or singing, sound. (K.) ― -b4- هَوَتْ أُمُّهُ is used to express wonder; like as when one says, قَاتَلَهُ ا@للّٰهُ مَا أَسْمَعَهُ . (IB, in TA, art. ام .)

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أَهْوَى اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ بِيَدِهِ He extended, or stretched forth, his arm, or hand, to the thing to take it; it being near: if it be distant, you say, اـِلَيْهِ ↓ هَوَى , without ا . (Msb.) And أَهْوَى اـِلى سَيْفِهِ He reached his sword; took it with his hand, or with his extended hand; or took hold of it. (Msb.) And أَهْوَيْتُ بِالشَّىْءِ [in my copy of the Msb, erroneously, اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ ] I made a sign with the thing. (As, S.)

تَهَوَّهَ : see ا=هَةٌ , in art. اوه .

اِنْهَوَى : see اِنْغَوَى , in art. غو .

هَاهْ and هَاهُ : see ا=هِ , in art. اوه .

الهَوَى Love, and attachment: then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing: then, blameable inclination; as when one says, اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ [He followed his evil inclination]; and هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَهْوَا=ءِ [see below]. (Msb.) See also حُبٌّ . ― -b2- هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love]. (K, Ham, p. 546.) [Being originally an inf. n., it may be used alike as sing. and pl. See an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين : and see an ex. voce شَكْلٌ . ― -b3- الهَوَى The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; (KT;) [natural desire:] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: (Mgh:) I render it, love, or desirous love. ― -b4- [Its pl.] أَهْوَا=ءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. (Bd, ii. 114.) [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَا=ءِ [The people of erroneous opinions]. (T, in art. سمع ; &c.)

هُوَّةٌ A deep hollow in the ground: (S, JK, M, Msb, K:) or a hollow, or cavity, in the ground; a pit: (Msb:) or a descent in the ground: (K:) or a deep hollow, cavity, or pit; as also ↓ مَهْوَاةٌ : or a low, or depressed, place in the ground. (TA.) ― -b2- اـِجْعَلِ الأَمْرَ هُوَّةً وَاحِدَةٌ Make thou the affair, or case, [uniform, or] one uniform thing. (Fr in TA, in art. بأج .)

هَوَا=ءٌ A vacancy; a vacuity; a vacant, or an empty, space. (Mgh.) ― -b2- A vacant, or an empty, thing. (Msb.)

هَوِىٌّ and هُوِىٌّ : see 4, (last sentence), in art. سلم .

هَاوَنٌ , said to be thus, with fet-h to the و , originally هَاوُونٌ , [A mortar;] the thing in which one pounds, or bruises: pl. هَوَاوِينُ . (Msb.)

هَاوِيَةٌ An abyss; a depth, or deep place, of which the bottom cannot be reached. (JK, TA.)

مَهْوَى الرَّكِيَّةِ [The cavity of the well]. (K, voce اـِزَا=ءٌ .) ― -b2- See مَهْوَاةٌ .

مَهْوَاةٌ : see هُوَّةٌ . ― -b2- The space between two mountains; (S, Msb;) and the like; as also ↓ مَهْوًى : (S:) a pit, or hollow, dug, or excavated. (Msb.)

مُهَيَّأٌ i. q. زَُمَاوَرْدٌ . (MF, art. ورد .)

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Consultation 42:15Quranic text

فَلِذَٰلِكَفَٱدْعُوَٱسْتَقِمْكَمَآأُمِرْتَوَلَاتَتَّبِعْأَهْوَآءَهُمْوَقُلْءَامَنتُبِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُمِنكِتَٰبٍوَأُمِرْتُلِأَعْدِلَبَيْنَكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّنَاوَرَبُّكُمْلَنَآأَعْمَٰلُنَاوَلَكُمْأَعْمَٰلُكُمْلَاحُجَّةَبَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَكُمُٱللَّهُيَجْمَعُبَيْنَنَاوَإِلَيْهِٱلْمَصِيرُ

Reference 42:15

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