Rizwan Zubair

Root ع و ل ʿ-w-l

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ع و لʿ-w-l

(ن) عَالَ يَعُوْلُ عَوْلًاʿāla yaʿūlu ʿawlan (original form: عَوَلَ يَعْوُلُʿawala yaʿwulu): (1) to deviate from what is right, to act unjustly (2) to have a large family to support, to be weighed down by a burden. Most exegetes have taken the first meaning in the following verse. ﴿ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَعُوْلُوْا﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:3)

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