Rizwan Zubair

Root ج ب ر j-b-r

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ج ب رj-b-r

(ن) جَبَرَ يَجْبُرُ جَبْرًاjabara yajburu jabran: (1) to set a thing right by force or pressure, as in setting a broken bone; the divine attribute al-Jabbār is in this sense. (2) to compel someone to an act against his will, to coerce; the attribute generally applied to human beings is in this sense.

جَبَّارٌjabbār (intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah, on the pattern فعّالfaʿʿāl): (1) one who sets right again and again and abundantly: ﴿الْعَزِيْزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ﴾ (Al-Ḥashr 59:23); (2) one who coerces again and again and abundantly, overpowering, mighty: ﴿وَمَآ اَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَّارٍ﴾ (Qāf 50:45); ﴿اِنَّ فِيْهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:22)

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