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(ف) مَحَلَ يَمْحَلُ مَحْلًاmaḥala yamḥalu maḥlan: to slander someone, to bring trouble upon him by complaining against him. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
Form III (mufāʿalah) مَاحَلَ يُمَاحِلُ مُمَاحَلَةً وَمِحَالًاmāḥala yumāḥilu mumāḥalatan wa-miḥālan: to plot secretly against someone; مِحَالٌmiḥāl: a seizing, a severe stratagem. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَهُوَ شَدِيْدُ الْمِحَالِ﴾ (Ar-Raʿd 13:13)