لب

1 لَبڤ3َ [لَبَّ, originally لَبِبَ,] sec. per. لَبِبْتَ, (S, K,) the most common form of the verb, (TA,) and [لَبَّ, originally لَبُبَ, like حَبَّ, originally حَبُبَ, q. v.,] sec. Pers\. لَبُبْتَ, aor. ـَ (S, K,) in the dial. of El-Hijáz, deviating from rule as aor. of the latter form of the verb; (TA;) inf. n. لَبَابَةٌ (S, K) and لِبٌّ and لَبٌّ; (TA;) and لَبَّ, aor. ـِ in the dial. of Nejd; like فَرَّ, aor. ـِ (TA;) and [لَبَّ], sec. Pers\. لَبِبْتَ, aor. ـُ [contr. to analogy;] (Yz;) and [لَبَّ], sec. Pers\.

لَبُبْتَ, aor. ـُ [agreeably with analogy;] (Yoo;) He was, or became, possessed of لُبّ, i. e., understanding, intellect, or intelligence. See لُبٌّ. (S, K.) It has been said by some (as the authors of the T, the S, &c.) that لَبُبْتَ, aor. ـَ has not its like among the class of reduplicative verbs; i. e., in being of the measure فَعُلَ in the pret., and يَفْعَلُ in the aor. : but three similar verbs have been mentioned; namely, دَمُمْتَ, شَرُرْتَ, and عَزُزَتِ الشَّاةُ (meaning “ the ewe, or goat, became scant in her milk ”). (TA.) [This, however, is a mistake: the assertion relates to لَبُبْتَ having for its aor. (regularly) تَلُبُّ: see دَمَّ, aor. ـُ A2: لَبَّ, aor. ـِ and ↓ لَبْلَبَ; He (a goat, and sometimes ↓ لبلب is used in the same sense with reference to a buck-antelope,) uttered a cry, or sound, at rutting-time. (TA.) A3: لَبَّ اللَّوْزَ He broke the almond and took forth its kernel. (TA.) b2: لَبَّهُ, (K,) sec. Pers\. لَبَبْتُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. لَبٌّ, (S,) He struck him upon the part called the لَبَّة; (S, K;) i. e., the pit above the breast, between the collar-bones; the place where camels are stabbed. (TA.) A4: لَبَّ, aor. ـُ It (a house) faced, was opposite to, or stood over against, another house. (Kh, S, K.) A5: See 4.2 لبّب, inf. n. تَلْبِيبٌ, He (a man warning, or admonishing, a people, and crying out for aid,) put his quiver and his bow upon his neck, and then grasped his own clothes at the upper part of his bosom: ex.

إِنَّا إِذَا الدَّاعِى اعْتَرَى وَلَبَّبَا [Verily we, when a caller comes seeking a kind office, and puts his quiver &c.]: (Lth:) or لبّب here signifies تَرَدَّدَ: see above. (TA.) b2: He drew together his garments at his bosom and breast, in altercation, or contention, and then dragged him along. (S, K.) b3: Also, He put round his neck a rope, or a garment, and held him with it. (TA.) A2: See also 5, and تَلْبِيبٌ

A3: لبّب It (grain) got a لُبّ, or heart, (S, K,) an edible heart. (TA.) A4: لبّب, inf. n. تَلْبِيبٌ, He went backwards and forwards, or to and fro; went and came: syn. تَرَدَّدَ. (K.) ISd says, This is related, but I know not what it is. (TA.) See below.4 البّ بِالمَكَانِ, inf. n. إِلْبَابٌ; (ISk, S, K;) and ↓ لَبَّ بِهِ, [aor. ـُ inf. n. لَبٌّ; (Kh, S, K;) He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, in the place; (S, K;) kept to it. (S.) Hence, says Fr., the expression لَبَّيْكَ, q. v. infra. (S, K.) b2: البّ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He kept to the thing, or affair. (TA.) A2: البّ It (growing corn, &c.) had, bore, or produced, the edible substance in the grain: like احبّ. (S.) A3: البّ لَهُ الشَّىْءُ The thing appeared to him: syn. عَرَضَ. (K.) A4: أَلْبَبْتُ السَّرْجَ I made a لَبَب (or breast-leather) to the saddle. (TA.) b2: أَلْبَبْتُ الدَّابَّةَ I put a لَبَب (or breast-leather) on the beast of carriage; (S, K;) as also ↓ لَبَبْتُهَا, aor. ـُ (K.) 5 تلبّبت بِمِنْطَقَتِهَا [app. a mistake for بِمِنْطَقِهَا] She (a woman) put one end of her scarf over her left shoulder, and drew forth the middle of it from beneath her right arm, and covered with it her bosom, and put the other end also over her left shoulder. (TA.) b2: تلبّب He raised his clothes, or tucked them up: (K:) he girded himself, and raised, or tucked up, his clothes; (S;) a signification assigned in the A to ↓ لَبَّبَ: he girded himself with his garment about his bosom; or wrapped it round him at his bosom: he drew together his garments: he girded himself with a weapon &c.: he armed himself, and raised, or tucked up, his clothes for fight: (TA:) he bound his waist with a rope. (S, in art. حزم.) b3: تَلَبَّبَ الرَّجُلَانِ The two men seized each other at the part called لَبَّة. (TA.) A2: تلبّب الوَادِى (tropical:) He took his way through the valley: and, in like manner, ↓ لبّبوا and ↓ استلبّوا they took their way through it. (A.) 10 استلبّهُ He made trial of his understanding, or intelligence. See لُبٌّ.

A2: And see 5.

R. Q. 1 لَبْلَبَةٌ, [inf. n. of لَبْلَبَ,] The being tender, affectionate, kind, or compassionate, to offspring. (S, K.) b2: لَبْلَبَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا, inf. n. as above, She (a ewe) was tender, or affectionate, to her young one, and licked it, when she brought it forth, (S, K,) making a sound like لِبْ لِبْ. (TA.) b3: See 1. b4: لَبْلَبَ عَلَيْهِ, inf. n. as above, He was kind, or compassionate, to him; i. e., to a man: he was kind, or affectionate, to him, and aided, or succoured, him. (TA.) A2: لَبْلَبَ It was separated, dispersed, or scattered. (AA, T, K.) (The inf. n., لبلبة, is explained by تَفَرُّقٌ: but I think it not improbable that this is a mistake for تَرَفُّقٌ; and that the meaning is, He was gentle, courteous, or kind.]

لَبٌّ inf. n. of لَبَّ “ he remained, &c. ” b2: لبَّيْكَ [At thy service! lit., Doubly at thy service!] (S, K, &c.) and لَبَّيْهِ [At his service: &c.]. (TA.) [See an ex. voce مَرْهُوبٌ. It is used in the present day like our phrase At thy service, and may well be thus rendered, or with the addition of time after time.] لبّيك is derived from أَلَبَّ [or rather from لَبَّ as syn. with البّ] “ he remained &c. ”; and means I wait intent upon thy service, or upon obedience to thee: (Fr, S, K;) waiting [at they service] after waiting; [i. e., time after time;] and answering [thy commands] after answering: (K:) it [i. e. the noun without the annexed pron.] is put in the acc. case as an inf. n. [used as an absolute complement of its own verb which is understood], as in حَمْدًا لِلّٰهِ وشُكْرًا; and the right way would be to say لَبًّا لَكَ; but it is put in the dual number for the sake of corroboration; meaning إِلْبَابًا بِكَ بَعْدَ إِلْبَابٍ, and إِقَامَةً بَعْدَ إِقَامَةٍ, [waiting at thy service, or in attendance upon thee, or in thy presence, after waiting, or time after time]. (Fr, S.) [See also the similar expression سَعْدَيْكَ.] Or لَبٌّ signifies the obeying, or serving; or obedience, or service; from the original signification of the “ remaining, staying, abiding, or dwelling,” [in a place]: the dual, in the nom. case, is لَبّانِ; and in the acc. and gen., لَبَّيْنِ; and the original meaning of لبيك is I have obeyed thee, or served thee, twice: [or I do obey thee, &c.:] the ن [of لبّين] being elided because of its being prefixed to the pron. (IAar.) Or لبّيك is from the saying دَارُ فُلَانٍ تَلُبُّ دَارِى “ the house of such a one faces my house ”; (Kh, S, K;) and the meaning is I present myself before thee, (or repair to thee, K,) doing what thou likest, answering thee [after answering, or time after time]: the ى is to form the dual number; and indicates that the noun is in the acc. case as an inf. n. [used as mentioned above]. (Kh, S.) Or it means My love [is given] to thee; from the expression اِمْرَأَةٌ لَبَّةٌ “ a woman loving (and affectionate, TA,) to her husband ”: so in the K: but the expression, as related on the authority of Kh, is أُمٌّ لَبَّةٌ; which is confirmed by a verse that he cites. (TA.) Or the meaning is إِخْلَاصِى لَكَ [My sincere service, or the like, (is given) to thee;] from the expression حَسَبٌ لُبَابٌ

“ pure nobility, or the like. ” (K.) Accord. to Yoo, لبّيك is a noun in the sing. number with the pron. annexed to it: this noun is originally لَبَّبٌ, of the measure فَعْلَلٌ: (not of the measure فَعَّلٌ, because this is rare in the language:) the the last ب is changed into ى to avoid the reduplication; and thus it becomes لَبَّىٌ: then the ى, being movent, and immediately preceded by fet-hah, is changed into ا; and it becomes لَبَّا [or لَبَّى, for the ى in this case is called ا]: then, being conjoined with ك in لبّيك, and with ه in لبّيه, its ا is changed into ى; after the same manner as you say إِلَيْكَ and عَلَيْكَ and لَدَيْكَ. (TA.) [But see what here follows.] b3: لَبَّىْ يَدَيْكَ is a phrase exactly similar to لبّيك, meaning At the service (or, lit. doubly at the service) of thy hands! and this is said, in the S, art. لبى to be at variance with the opinion of Yoo, given above; for, if لبّى were similar to إِلَى &c., being prefixed to a noun, not a pron., it would be لَبَّى يَدَيْكَ, not لَبَّىْ.] Accord. to El-Khattá- bee, لبّى يديك signifies May thy hands be safe and sound! the desinential syntax being disregarded in the saying يديك, which rightly should be يَدَاكَ, in order that يديك may match in sound with لبّيك: but Z says, that the meaning is, I will obey thee, and be at thy free disposal, as a thing which thou shalt dispose of with thy hands in whatever manner thou shalt please. (TA.) b4: In like manner you say لَبَّىْ زَيْدٍ [At the service (or doubly at the service) of Zeyd]. (Msb.) See art. لبى. b5: لَبِّ, with kesreh for its termination, like أَمْس and غَاقِ, is also related as having been used: (Sb:) [and it is still used in some parts, as signifying At thy service!].

A2: لَبٌّ keeping, or adhering, [to a thing]: remaining, or staying. (K.) b2: A camel-driver who keeps constantly to the work of driving the camels, not leaving them. (TA.) b3: رَجُلٌ لَبٌّ A man who keeps to a thing, or affair, or business; as also ↓ لَبِيبٌ; (S, K;) a man who keeps to his art, or craft, or trade, not ceasing from it. (TA.) b4: رجلٌ لَبٌّ طَبٌّ A man who keeps to business, [and is skilful, expert, clever, or intelligent]. (S, TA.) A3: لَب One who renders himself near to people by affection and friendship [or is friendly and affectionate to them]: courteous, polite, or affable: fem. لَبَّةٌ: pl. لِبَابٌ. (TA.) b2: اِمْرَأَةٌ لَبَّةٌ A woman who renders herself near by affection and friendship [or is friendly and affectionate], to people; (S;) courteous, polite, or affable: (S, K:) a woman loving to her husband; (K;) affectionate to him: or, accord. to Kh, the expression is أُمٌّ لَبَّةٌ: see لَبٌّ, above. (TA.) لُبٌّ (S, K) and ↓ لُبَابٌ (Msb) of a nut, an almond, and the like, What is in the inside; (S;) the heart, or kernel: (K:) of a palm-tree, the heart, or pith, called قَلْبٌ or قُلْبٌ. (S, K.) Pl. of the former لُبُوبٌ. (S.) b2: لُبٌّ (S, K) and ↓ لُبَابٌ (TA) What is pure, or the choice, or best, part, of anything: (S, K:) pl. of the former أَلْبَابٌ. (A'Obeyd.) b3: لُبُّ الحِنْطَةِ [The purest substance of wheat: see فَالُوذٌ:] (T, L, art. فلذ &c:) [also called البُرِّ ↓ لُبَابُ, acc. to Sprenger, “Life of Mohammad,” (Allahabad, 1851,) p. 24, note 1.] b4: [Hence,] لُبٌّ of a man, (TA,) (tropical:) Understanding; intellect; intelligence; or mind; syn. عَقْلٌ: (S, K:) the understanding, &c., that is put into the heart of a man: so called because it is the choicest or best part of him: or it is not so called unless it is pure from cupidity, or lust, and foul imaginations; and therefore has a more special sense than عقل: so in the Keshf el-Keshsháf: (TA:) pl. أَلْبَابٌ, and sometimes أَلُبٌّ; (S, K;) like as أَبْؤُسٌ is pl. of بُؤْسٌ, and أَنْعُمٌ of نُعْمٌ; (S;) and أَلْبُبٌ; (S, K;) the last being used, without incorporating the second ب into the first, in case of necessity in poetry. (S.) b5: بَنَاتُ أَلْبُبٍ Certain veins in the heart; the sources of tenderness, affection, kindness, or compassion. (S, K.) b6: تَأْبَى لَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَنَاتُ أَلْبُبِى

[My tenderness forbids the doing so to him]: said by an Arab woman of the desert, on the occasion of her reproving her son, to one who asked her why she did not curse him. (S.) b7: أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ بَنَاتَ أَلْبُبِهِ He loved it. (L, art. شر.) b8: The following words of the poet, قَدْ عَلِمَتْ ذَاكَ بَنَاتُ أَلْبُبِهْ signify, accord. to the M, My intellect knew that. (TA.) El-Mubarrad read أَلْبَبِهْ in the above words of the poet: (TA:) the meaning of these words, accord. to him, is, The daughters of the most intelligent of his tribe knew this. (S, TA.) b9: If you form a pl. from [the pl.] أَلْبُبٌ, it is أَلَابِبُ; and the dim. n. is أُلَيْبِبٌ. (S.) b10: ذُو لُبٍّ Possessing, having, or a person of, understanding, or intelligence: pl. أُولُوا الْأَلْبَابِ [persons of understandings]. (TA.) See also لَبِيبٌ and مَلْبُوبٌ. b11: لُبٌّ (assumed tropical:) The self, substance, or essence, of anything. (TA.) A2: Poison: (K:) the poison of the serpent is sometimes thus called. (Abu-l-Hasan, L.) A3: لُبٌّ, in the dial. of El-Andalus and El-'Adweh, A certain beast of prey, resembling the wolf, said by AHei not to exist in other countries. (TA.) لَبَبٌ: see لَبَّةٌ. b2: The breast-girth, or thing that is bound over the breast of a beast, (or a she-camel, S,) to prevent the saddle from slipping back: (S, K:) it is an appertenance to the camel's saddle and to the horse's: (ISd, and others:) pl. أَلْبَابٌ: (S, K:) its only pl. (Sb.) b3: فُلَانٌ فِى لَبَبٍ رَخِىٍّ (tropical:) Such a one is in ample circumstances (S,) in the enjoyment of abundance and security. (TA.) b4: رَخِىُّ اللَّبَبِ Having a dilated bosom, or heart: syn. وَاسِعُ الصَّدْرِ. (TA.) A2: A thin tract, or portion, of sand, (S, K,) that has descended from the main heap, and is between the hard and even, and the rugged, parts of the earth: (TA:) or such as is near to an oblong tract of sand: (T:) or لَبَبُ كَثِيبٍ signifies the fore part of a sand-hill. (TA.) El-Ahmar says, The largest quantity of sand is called عَقَنْقَلٌ; what is less than this, كَثِيبٌ; what is still less, عَوْكَلٌ; what is still less, سِقْطٌ; what is still less, عَدَابٌ; and what is still less, لَبَبٌ. (S.) لَبَّةٌ and ↓ لَبَبٌ The stabbing-place in an animal; (S, L, K;) the middle of the breast: (L:) the pit above the breast, between the collar-bones; the place where camels are stabbed: (see لَبَّهُ:) or the bones [probably a mistake for the part next above the bones] that are above the breast, and below the throat, between the collar-bones, where camels are stabbed: he who says that it is the pit in the throat errs: (IKt:) [for it is just beneath the throat:] pl. of the former لَبَّاتٌ (S) and لِبَابٌ; and of the latter أَلْبَابٌ. (TA.) Also, both words, (the latter ↓ accord. to the S and K, and the former accord. to the TA,) and ↓ مُتَلَبَّبٌ, (TA,) The place of the breast where the necklace or collar lies, or hangs, (S, K,) in anything; (S;) [i. e., in a human being or a beast:] or the pit above it: (TA:) pl. of لَبَبٌ, أَلْبَابٌ. (S.) Lh mentions the phrase إِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَهُ اللَّبَّاتِ [Verily she is beautiful in the upper part of the breast]: as though the sing. were applied to each portion of it, and the pl. formed to denote the whole. (TA.) لَبَابٌ (as in the K) or ↓ لَبَابَةٌ (as in the L) A little of pasture, or herbage; (K;) what is not extensive thereof. (AHn.) A2: لَبَابِ لَبَابِ, said by the Arabs to a man on the occasion of becoming favourably disposed towards him, (Yoo,) No harm, No harm. Syn. لَا بَأْسَ. (K.) ISd thinks it to be from a preceding meaning; [that of “ keeping, or adhering ”;] observing that when one dispels evil from another, he [the latter] loves to adhere to him: [so that it seems to be an imp. verbal n., like نَزَالِ &c., meaning keep with me, and fear not]. (TA.) هُوَ لُبَابُ قَوْمِهِ [He is the choice one, or best, of his people]: and in like manner, هُمْ لُبَابُ قَوْمِهِمْ: and هِىَ لُبَابُ قَوْمِهَا. (IJ.) b2: لُبَابُ الإِبِلِ (tropical:) The best of the camels. (A.) b3: لُبَابُ الدَّقِيقِ The best and purest of flour; which is white flour. (TA, voce حُوَّارَى.) b4: لُبَابٌ Finely-ground flour, or meal. (TA.) b5: See لُبٌّ. b6: حَسَبٌ لُبَابٌ Pure nobility, or the like. (S, K.) لَبِيبٌ (tropical:) A person of understanding, or intelligence: pl. أَلِبَّاءُ. (S, K.) No other broken pl. is formed from it. (Sb.) Fem. with ة. (TA.) See لُبٌّ, and مَلْبُوبٌ.

A2: In the following verse of El-Mudarrib Ibn-Kaab, فَقُلْتُ لَهَا فِيئِى إِلَيْكِ فَإِنَّنِى

حَرَامٌ وَإِنِّى بَعْدَ ذَاكِ لَبِيبُ by بعد ذاك is meant مع ذاك; and by لبيب, مُقِيم, (remaining, or staying,) or, accord. to some, مُلَبٍّ, from التَّلْبِيَة: see art. لبى. (S.) لَبَابَةٌ: see لَبَابٌ.

لِبَابَةٌ What is worn by the مُتَلَبِّب [app. meaning him who girds himself, and raises or tucks up his clothes, and arms himself, for fight]: (TA:) [A garment which he who prepares himself for fight puts on over other garments. (Freytag.) App., A piece of drapery thrown over the upper part of the bosom, and over the shoulders. See 5.]

لَبِيبَةٌ A certain garment, like the بَقِيرَة, q. v. (S, K.) لَبْلَبٌ and لُبْلُبٌ Kind, and beneficent, to his family and his neighbours. (K.) هُوَ مُحِبٌّ لَهُ بِلَبَالِبِ قَلْبِهِ (tropical:) [He loves him with the tenderest affections of his heart]. (TA.) A2: لَبَالِبُ (tropical:) The confused noise, and cries, of sheep or goats. (S, K.) لَبْلَبَةٌ a word imitative of The sound which a he-goat makes at rutting-time. (K.) لَبْلَابٌ A certain herb: syn. حَشِيشَةٌ. (TA.) A certain plant, (K,) that twines about trees: (S:) [a species of dolichos, the dolichos lablab of Linn.: accord. to Golius, as from the S, convolvulus, a herb which as it rises embraces a tree: and he adds, pecul., the helxine: (Diosc. iv., 39, Beith:) either as if لفلاف, from لف; or from the love with which it seems to embrace the tree; whence it is also called عشقة [q. v.], and is a symbol of love which endures after death.] A well-known herb, or leguminous plant, (بقلة, q. v.,) used medicinally. (TA.) See عُصْرٌ.

لَوْلَبٌ A large quantity of water, which, when the aperture (مَفْتَح, as in the T; or فَتْح, as in MS. copies of the K; in the CK فُتُح;) [mean-ing the aperture of the tank or the like] carries off thereof what it can, and the hole by which it runs out (صُنْبُورُهُ, meaning the مَثْعَب of the water, TA,) is too narrow to admit it freely on account of its abundance, whirls round, and becomes like the spout of a vessel. (T, K.) AM says, I know not whether it be an Arabic word or arabicized; but the people of El-'Irák are fond of using it. (TA.) [It appears to be from the Persian لُولَهْ, as Golius thinks; and is used in modern Arabic in several other senses; namely, A tube through which water flows: the spout of a ewer, of an alembic, and the like: a cock, or tap: a turning pin, or peg; a screw: and the like. Its more appropriate place, I think, would be in an art. composed of the letters للب (accord. to what is said of مُلَوْلَبٌ in the S, K); or rather, (accord. to its derivation from the Pers\.,) لولب.] Pl. لَوَالِبُ. (TA.) أُلْبُوبٌ [and also, accord. to Golius, أَلْبُوبٌ,] The kernel of the stone of the نَبِق [or fruit of the lote-tree]. (K.) It is sometimes eaten: (TA:) and is also called صَلّامٌ. (TA in art. صلم.) مُلَبٌّ: see next paragraph.

مُلْبَبٌ and ↓ مُلَبٌّ (K: the former on the authority of ISk; but Ibn-Keysán says that it is wrong; and that the latter is the right: S:) and ↓ مَلْبُوبٌ (IAar, K) A beast of carriage furnished with a لَبَب, or breast-leather. (S, K.) مَلْبُوبٌ (tropical:) Characterized by understanding, or intelligence. (K.) b2: See preceding paragraph.

تَلْبِيبٌ The portion of the clothes that is at the part called لَبَب: a subst., like تَمْتِينٌ: (K:) pl. تَلَابِيبُ. (TA.) b2: أَخَذَ بِتَلْبِيبِهِ He drew together his clothes at the bosom, and seized him, dragging him along: (T:) he took him by the لَبَّة: you also say اخذ بِتَلَابِيبِهِ. (TA.) See also 2 and 5.

خزن: أخزن: ملأ المخازن، ففي كتاب ابن صاحب الصلاة (ص32و): اتصل إخزان المخازن المذكورة من جميع الأقوات فيها من عام 57 إلى عام 63 هـ.
انخزن: ذكرها فوك في مادة لاتينية معناها: مخزن.
خَزْن وخزان: حجرة الاحتراق في المدفع (تاريخ البربر 2: 272).
خَزْنَة وجمعها خزن: خزانة الصرافة مكتب تاجر (بوشر).
وخزنة: صندوق مربع توضع فيه النقود لتدفع مصاريف للحاج الذين يحجون على نفقة الحكومة (لين عادات 2: 276).
وخزنة التي تدفع للجند في بغداد (تيفينو 2: 101).
وخزنة: مبلغ معين من المال (وخمس خزنات تساوي 1.200.000 ريال فرنسي قديم) وهي تساوي ستة ملايين ذهب. منوكوني ص186) و (ألف ومائتي كيس تحتوي على ثلاثين مليوناً من الريالات) (تيفينو 1: 215). وألف كيس، خمسة آلاف جنيه (لين عادات 2: 421) وستة آلاف غرش (محيط المحيط).
وخزنة: القسم الأعلى من الآلة الموسيقية المسماة كمنجة (لين عادات 2: 75).
وخزنة شخوص: متحف نقود، خزانة ايقونات أو سكك عتيقة (بوشر).
وخزنة الفرش: صوان، تخت (بوشر) ويقال لها خزنة أيضاً، وهي خزانة (دولاب) كبيرة توضع فيها أثناء النهار كل ما يتعلق بالفراش (فون كريمر، تاريخ الشرق الثقافي 1: 232).
خزنة الفنون: متحف (بوشر).
خزنة كتب: مكتبة (بوشر).
خزنة المال: خزانة المال، بيت المال (بوشر).
خزان: انظر خَزْن.
خَزِين: خزانة، دولاب (دومب ص94).
الماء الخزن: الماء المحفوظ في الآبار (محيط المحيط).
خزين الملك: خازن الملك (محيط المحيط).
خزانة: صوان، تخت، دولاب (الكالا).
وخزانة: دكان بائع الكتب (الكالا).
وخزانة: خباء، خيمة (دومب ص99). وخزانة: مخزن الأمتعة المقدسة في الكنيسة (الكالا).
والخزانة، معرفة = خزانة السلاح، ترسانة، دكان الأسلحة (معجم اللطائف).
وخزانة: مبلغ معين من المال (انظر خَزْنَة). ففي ألف ليلة (1: 357): أهدى له سبع خزائن من المال. وهذه الكلمة لا بد أن تدل على نفس المعنى في مختارات من تاريخ حلب (ص30) فمن المستحيل أن تكون هذه الكلمة اسماً لنوع من السفن كما ظن فريتاج. ولابد من أن تحل كلمة السفط أي العلبة محل كلمة السف.
خزانة البدلات: مخزن الأمتعة المقدسة (بوشر).
خزانة البنود في القاهرة، وفي هذه المؤسسة التي أنشئت في عهد الخليفة الزاهر الفاطمي يعمل ثلاثة آلاف عامل يصنعون الأسلحة وآلات الحرب وغيرها، وكانت أيضاً سجناً. (ابن خلكان 1: 197) مع ترجمة دي سلان وتعليقه (1: 288 رقم9).
خزانة الطب والحكمة: صيدلية، أجزائية، دكان الأدوية، ففي حيان - بسام (1: 10د): ومن عمل موظفي البلاط (خِدْمة خزانة الطب والحكمة).
الخزانة العلمية: مكتبة سلطان الموحدين. يقول الخطيب (ص27 و): في كلمه عن سلطان الموحدين أبي يعقوب: ألْزَمَه خِدْمَة الخزانة العلمية وكانت عندهم من الخطط التي لا يتعين لها الإكبار أهل العلم.
خزانة الفنون: متحف (بوشر).
خزانة مقدسة: مخزن الأمتعة المقدسة في الكنيسة (الكالا).
صاحب الخزانة: صاحب الملك (الكالا).
خزينة = خزانة (القليوبي طبعة ليس (رايت) وفي طبعة القاهرة سنة 1865 (ص5) خزانة.
خَزَائنيّ: نوع من الرُّمان (ابن العوام 1: 273).
خَزّان: حارس، حامي، راعي (دان امرئ القيس ص31، بيت 17).
وخّزَّان: خازن المؤن والخمور (بوشر).
خازن: تجمع على خُزَّان أيضاً. وهذه الكلمة تعني أيضاً الملائكة (معجم ابن بدرون).
خازن الفضة: من يتولى حفظ أواني الفضة (الكالا).
تَخْزين: خَزْن، حفظ البضاعة في المخزن (بوشر).
وتخزين: احتكار، حكرة (بوشر).
مَخْزَن ومَخْزِن وتجمع مخازين (أبو الوليد ص637): تعني في الغالب مستودع، هري، دكان تجاري، غير أنها تعني على وجه الخصوص دار الصناعة، مصنع الأسلحة. مستودع الأسلحة، ترسانة (الكالا)، ومستودع الزيت (الكالا).
ومخزن: خزانة، دولاب، صوان، تخت (الكالا).
ومخزن: خزانة المؤن (الكالا، بوشر).
ومخزن: إسطبل، آخور، مراح الخيل، (هلو، دلالورت ص173).
ومخزن: حوض صغير، مصنع صغير (ابن جبير ص211).
ومخزن: مكتب (هلو). ومخزن: خزانة الدولة (مملوك 1، 1: 10، ابن بطوطة 3: 462، 4: 42، 97، 120) وفي كتاب ابن صاحب الصلاة (ص32 ق): تقييد أموال المخزن، وعند الخطيب (ص186 ق): أخذ ماله للمخزن. وعند مارمول (تاريخ ثورة المغاربة ص64): صاحب مخزن الملك (في أفريقية). وفي دولة الموحدين: عبيد المخزن ويظهر أنهم كانوا كتيبة من الزنوج تتولى حراسة السلطان وتتقاضى معاشها من خزانة السلطان. وقد ذكرهم كرتاس في (ص174). وفي الحلل (ص62 ق) في الكلام عن استيلاء جيش عبد المؤمن على مراكش: ودخلت صنهاجة وعبيد المخزن من باب الدباغين.
وتعني كلمة المخزن اليوم: فرسان الدولة (دوماس صحارى ص130، 197، 254، سندوفال ص102، 286، 321، 424، هيرش ص72) وهم ضباط وفرسان يختارون لجباية الضرائب، (رولاند)، جنود نرتزقة مجلة الشرق والجزائر (6: 132). ويقول بليسيه (ص152) ما معناه: (قبيلة المخزن هي القبيلة التي يكون جميع فرسانها في الخدمة الدائمة للدولة متمتعين بمنافع منها.
ومخزن: ضريبة، خراج، يقول ابن حمو (ص87): فان كان زمان رخاء وخير، فتسير فيهم أحسن سير تعدل في مخازنهم عند الغرامات. وإن كان زمان جدب وغلاء (فــترفق بهم في المخازن والمجابي). (أماري ديب، ملحق ص6) حيث يمكن أن تعني هذه الكلمة عنده أيضاً حق التخزين وهو ما يدفع لخزن البضاعة كما ترجمة الناشر.
مخزن: بلاط الأمير، بلاط الملك (الكالا) شينييه 3: 165) ومن هذا سمي البلاط: دار المخزن (فلوجل مادة 69 ص5) ومخزن وحدها تعني نفس المعنى أي بلاط الملك (الكالا).
ومخزن: مسكن، مأوى، مثوى (الكالا).
ومخزن: الحكومة، الدولة (دوماس قبيل ص193، شيرب ديال، ب ص24، أماري ديب ص131) حيث يرى الناشر (ص422 رقم 17) تغيير كتابة الكلمة وهو مخطئ في هذا.
ومخزن: ضرائب الدولة وكل ما يتعلق بها (دوماس قبيل ص9) نصارى المخزن: الرقيق من النصارى الذين هم ملك البلدة والكجتكع (هيدو ص42).
مَخْزَنة: حق، صندوقة، علبة، ففي رياض النفوس (ص 100 ق): وقال له ايتني بالمخزنة التي فيها الكافور. وقد تكرر ذكر الكلمة مرتين بعد ذلك.
مَخْزَنيّ: نسبة إلى المخزن أي خزانة الدولة.
والأشغال المخزنية: المالية، واردات الدولة. ففي مخطوطة كوبنهاجن المجهولة الهوية (ص 67): وكان باشبيلية ينظر في بعض الأشغال المخزنية والسهام السلطانية، واقرأها كذلك عند أماري (ص 382).
المغارم المخزنية: الضرائب التي لم يفرضها القرآن ولا السنة (كرتاس ص81) حيث أراد نورنبرج (ص3) وه مخطئ أن يغير كتابة الكلمة.
وتسمى أيضاَ: الوظائف المخزنية (كرتاس ص108، 275) والألقاب المخزنية (المقدمة 2: 300).
ومخزني: فارس يستوفي أجره من المخزن أي خزانة الدولة لأن جنود القبائل لا يتقاضون راتباً (سوزا فستيجيون ص157، مارمول 2: 96) وقد ترجمت عند مارمول بما معناه: فرسان القائد وترجمت في (2: 101) منه بما معناه فرسان الحرس. وترجمت في (3: 6) منه بما معناه: جنود.
ومخزني: فارس (سكوت ص68، تريسترام ص110، دوماس عادات ص283، بارت رحلة إلى قسطنطينة ص13).
ومخزني: دركي (بليسيية ص320) - وصنف من الشرطة ما بين الشرطة والجواسيس (كورية ص24) وانظر دي جوبرن الذي يقارنه بشرطي المن. ويكتبونه اليوم مخازني، ففي تاريخ تونس (ص136): ابطال جنده وأعيان مخازينته. وفي (ص137) منه: فأتبعهم الأمير جنده من فرسان المخازنّية.
ومخزني: نسبة إلى المخزن أي بلاط الملك والأمير، ففي الخطيب (ص33 ق): تعلق بسبب هذه المنتحلات بأذيال الدول - فنال استعمالاً في الشهادات المخزنية.
ومخزني: موظف البلاط، خادم البلاط. ويطلق هذا الاسم في مراكش على كل الأشخاص الذي يعملون في خدمة السلطان (هوست ص181) وفيه (مُكاسني)، (شينييه 3: 166).
المخزنية: بلاط الملك. وكل بطانته وحشمه وحاشيته، وليجة الملك (راموس ص301) وقد ترجمها هوجنة إلى الفرنسية بما معناه: موظفو الدولة.
ومخزني: سياسي، دبلوماسي (شيرب ب) وهو يكتبها مخازني كما يفعلون الآن.
مَخْزَنجي: أمين المخزن (بوشر).
مَخْزون: مخبوء، مخفي (رولاند).
مخازني: انظره في مخزني، وقد ذكر فيه مرتين.
مُخْيزِن: مخدع، مقصورة، خدر (الكالا).
تَمَخْزِين: حذاقة، كياسة، سياسة (رولاند).

خزن

1 خَزَنَهُ, (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (JK, Msb,) inf. n. خَزَنٌ, (Msb,) He reposited it, stowed it, or put it, (S, Msb,) laid it up, kept it, preserved it, or guarded it, (JK, K,) in a خِزَانَة, (JK, S,) or in a مَخْزِن [or مَخْزَن]; (Msb;) namely, a thing, (JK, Msb,) or property; (S, K;) as also ↓ اختزنهُ, (S, K,) and ↓ استخزنهُ: or ↓ the second of these signifies he did so for himself. (TA.) b2: and [hence] the first (S, Msb) and ↓ the second, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He concealed it; namely, a secret. (S, Msb.) b3: And خَزَنَ عَنْهُ عَطَآءَهُ (assumed tropical:) He withheld from him his gift. (TA.) A2: خَزِنَ, (JK, S, Msb, K,) formed by transposition from خَنِزَ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـَ inf. n. خَزَنٌ; (Msb;) and خَزُنَ; and خَزَنَ, [aor. ـُ inf. n. خَزْنٌ and خُزُونٌ; (K;) said of flesh-meat, (JK, S, Msb, K,) It became altered [for the worse] (JK, Msb, K) in odour, (Msb,) or stinking: (S, TA:) or, accord. to Z, خَزُنَ, said of flesh-meat, means it became stinking in consequence of its being laid up, or stored: and Er-Rághib says that خَزْنٌ, in relation to flesh-meat, means the laying up, or storing: and hence is metonymically used as meaning its becoming stinking. (TA.) Tarafeh says, ثُمَّ لَا يَخْزَنُ فِينَا لَحْمُهَا

إِنَّمَا يَخْزَنُ لَحْمُ المُدَّخِرْ [Then the flesh thereof will not become stinking among us: only the flesh-meat of him who lays it up becomes stinking]. (S, TA.) 4 اخزن He became rich, or in a state of competence or sufficiency, after poverty. (K.) 8 إِخْتَزَنَ see 1, in three places.

A2: اختزن طَرِيقًا He took the nearest road, or way. (K, TA.) 10 إِسْتَخْزَنَ see 1.

خَزْنَةٌ: see خَزِينَةٌ: b2: and see also خِزَانَةٌ.

خَزِينٌ A thing reposited, stowed, or put, [laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded,] in a مَخْزِن [or مَخْزَن or خِزَانَة]. (Msb.) b2: Flesh-meat altered [for the worse in odour]; (K;) stinking. (TA.) خِزَانَةٌ A small chamber within a large chamber; (TA in art. خدع;) [a closet; also called in the present day ↓ خَزْنَةٌ: and a cupboard:] a place in which things are reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded; a repository; [a magazine; a store-room;] (JK, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ مَخْزَنٌ, (S, K,) with fet-h to the ز, (S,) like مَقْعَدٌ, (K,) or ↓ مَخْزِنٌ, like مَجْلِسٌ, [which is irreg., as the aor. of خَزَنَ is يَخْزُنُ:] (Msb:) the former should not be pronounced with fet-h [i. e. خَزَانَة], (K,) as the vulgar are given to pronounce it: (TA:) the pl. of the former is خَزَائِنُ; (S, Msb;) and that of مخزن is مَخَازِنُ. (Msb, TA.) [Hence, خِزَانَةُ كُتُبٍ A library; and a bookcase. And خِزَانَةُ سِلَاحٍ An armoury.]

b2: And (tropical:) The heart; (K, TA;) because the secret is concealed in it. (TA.) See an ex. voce خَازِنٌ.

A2: Also The occupation, (JK, TA,) and act, (K, TA,) of the خَازِن. (JK, K, TA.) خَزِينَةٌ and ↓ خَزْنَةٌ Wealth, or property, reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded. (TA.) [In the present day, both signify also A treasury. The pl. of the former is خَزَائِنُ.] b2: [Hence,] خَزَائِنُ اللّٰهِ [in the Kur. vi. 50 and xi. 33, accord. to some,] means (assumed tropical:) The hidden things that are known of God: (TA:) or (assumed tropical:) the events decreed by God: (Bd in vi. 50:) or (assumed tropical:) the treasures of the means of subsistence that are supplied by God. (Bd and Jel * ibid.) خَزَّانٌ One who stores up wheat, or food: of the dial. of Egypt. (TA.) b2: See also خَازِنٌ.

A2: Also, as a subst, like جَبَّانٌ, (AHn,) Ripe dates becoming black in the interior by reason of some bane: (AHn, K:) n. un. with ة. (AHn.) خَازِنٌ [One who reposits, stows, lays up, keeps, preserves, or guards, property, &c.; a treasurer]: (K, TA:) pl. خَازِنُونَ and خَزَنَةٌ. (TA.) [The latter of these pls. is applied in the Kur. xxxix. 73 to The keepers, or guardians, of Paradise: and in xxxix. 71 and xl. 52 and lxvii. 8 to those of Hell.] مَا أَنْتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ, in the Kur [xv. 22, accord. to some], means (assumed tropical:) Ye are not bearing it in mind with thankfulness. (TA.) b2: (tropical:) The tongue; as also ↓ خَزَّانٌ. (K, TA.) Hence the saying of Lukmán to his son, إِذَا كَانَ خَازِنُكَ حَفِيظًا

أَمِينَةً رَشْدْتَ فِى أَمْرَيْكَ دُنْيَاكَ وَآخِرَتِكَ ↓ وَخِزَانَتُكَ, i. e. (tropical:) [When] thy tongue [is such as keeps the secret confided to thee], and thy heart [is trustworthy, thou wilt follow the right way in respect of thy two states, thy state in the present world and thy state in the world to come]. (TA.) مَخْزَنٌ and مَخْزِنٌ: see خِزَانَةٌ. b2: مَخَازِنُ الطَّرِيقِ The nearest roads, or ways. (K, * TA. [In the CK, مَحاصِرُهُ is erroneously put for مَخَاصِرُهُ.])

صبح

1 صَبَحَهُ, (S, Mgh, TA,) aor. ـَ (Mgh, TA,) inf. n. صَبْحٌ; (S, TA;) and ↓ صبّحهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. تَصْبِيحٌ; (TA;) He gave him to drink a morning-draught, or what is termed a صَبُوح; (S, Mgh, K, TA;) [and] so صَبَحَهُ صَبُوحًا: (MA:) and the first [and second also] he handed to him a morning-draught of milk or of wine. (TA.) And صَبَحَ الإِبِلَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He watered the camels in the morning, between daybreak and sunrise. (TA.) b2: And both are said respecting a غَارَة [meaning (assumed tropical:) He made a hostile, or predatory, incursion upon him in the morning; as though he made the غارة to be to him a morning-draught: see صَابِحٌ]. (Ham p. 66.) b3: [And accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, صَبَحَ signifies He drank in the early morning: but I think that Reiske may have assigned to it this meaning from his having found the pass. form of the verb, not distinguished as such, used in a case in which it might be supposed to signify thus.]. b4: See also 2, in five places.

A2: صَبَحٌ as an inf. n. [of which the verb is صَبِحَ accord. to a general rule] signifies The being satiated, or having the thirst quenched, by a morning-draught, or what is termed a صَبُوح. (L.) A3: And صَبِحَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. صَبَحٌ [in the CK (erroneously) صَبْح] and صُبْحَةٌ, [He, or it, was of the colour termed صُبْحَةٌ meaning as expl. below: or] it (hair) had whiteness naturally intermixed in it with redness; as also ↓ اصباحّ, (K, TA,) inf. n. اِصبِيحَاحٌ. (TA.) A4: صَبُحَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. صَبَاحَةٌ, [q. v.,] He was, or became, beautiful, comely, pretty, or elegant; (S, A, K, TA;) as some say, peculiarly in the face: (TA:) or he was, or became, bright (Msb, TA) in the face. (Msb.) 2 صبّحهُ, (S,) or صبّحهُمْ, (K,) inf. n. تَصْبِيحٌ, (TA,) He came to him, or to them, in the morning, in the time termed the صَبَاح; (S, K;) as also [↓ صَبَحَهُ, or] صَبَحَهُمْ, aor. ـَ (K:) the teshdeed in the former does not imply muchness, or frequency: (S:) and صَبَّحَتْهُمُ الخَيْلُ and ↓ صَبَحَتْهُمُ The horsemen came to them at daybreak, at the time termed the صُبْح: (TA:) but Aboo-'Adnán says that there is a difference between صَبَّحْنَا and ↓ صَبَحْنَا; which is this: you say, صَبَّحْنَا بَلَدَ كَذَا [We came in the morning to such a town, or country], and صَبَّحْنَا فُلَانًا [We came in the morning to such a one], with teshdeed; and صَبَحْنَا ↓ أَهْلَهَا خَيْرًا or شَرًّا [We came in the morning to its people, or inhabitants, with good or with evil, without teshdeed; as though we made the good or the evil to be a morning-draught, or putting the second of the nouns following the verb in the accus. case because of بِ suppressed]: you say also, صبّحهُ بِكَذَا; and you may also say, بكذا ↓ صَبَحَهُ, as well as صَبَحَهُ كَذَا; He came to him in the morning with such a thing. (L.) b2: And صَبَّحَكَ اللّٰهُ بِخَيْرٍ (S, * A, Msb) or بِالخَيْرِ (TA) (assumed tropical:) [May God visit thee in the morning with good, or good fortune, or happiness; or make thee to be in, or during, the morning attended with good, &c.; i. e. make thy morning good, or happy; or grant thee a good, or happy, morning]: a prayer for the person thus addressed, (Msb.) b3: And صَبَّحْتُهُ I said to him عِمْ صَبَاحًا [expl. below, see صَبَاحٌ]; (S;) and صَبَّحَهُمْ he said to them عِمُوا صَبَاحًا: (K:) or صَبَّحْتُهُ means I said to him صَبَّحَكَ اللّٰهُ بِخَيْرٍ [expl. above]. (Msb.) b4: See also 1, first sentence. b5: [Hence,] صَبَّحْتُ القَوْمَ المَآءَ, inf. n. as above, I journeyed with the people, or party, by night until I brought them in the morning to the water. (K.) b6: صَبَّحَنِى

فُلَانٌ الحَقَّ (tropical:) Such a one declared, or told clearly, to me the truth; syn. مَحَّضَنِيهِ. (A, TA. [See صُبْحٌ.]) A2: تَصْبِيحٌ as a subst., see below.4 اصبح He entered upon the time of morning termed صَبَاح [which means both dawn and forenoon]: (S, * Msb: [in the former this meaning is indicated, but not expressed:]) or he entered upon the time of daybreak, or dawn, the time termed صُبْح. (L, K.) By the following words of EshShemmákh, وَقِيلُ المُنَادِى أَصْبَحَ القَوْمُ أَدْلِجِى is meant, [And the saying of the crier is,] The people, or party, have nearly entered upon the time of dawn: prosecute the night-journey: for the Arabs, when they have nearly arrived at a place which they desire to reach, say, قَدْ بَلَغْنَاهُ; and when travellers are near the time of daybreak, they say, أَصْبَحْنَا. (T, L.) b2: [Hence,] (tropical:) He awoke from sleep in the جَوْف [i. e. last third, or last sixth,] of the night. (A, TA.) [And simply (tropical:) He awoke: for] one says to the sleeper, أَصْبِحْ, meaning (tropical:) Awake thou from sleep. (A, TA.) And one says also, أَصْبِحْ يَا رَجُلُ, meaning (tropical:) Become roused, O man, (A, K, * TA,) from thy heedlessness or inadvertence, (A, TA,) and see thy right course, (K, TA,) and what will rectify thy state. (TA.) And أَصْبِحْ لَيْلُ (tropical:) [Become morning, O night] a prov.: (Meyd, A, TA:) said in a distressing night, that is long by reason of evil. (Meyd. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 727.]) b3: [Also He, or it, became in the morning in any particular state or condition: in this sense, and in that next following, an incomplete, i. e. a non-attributive, verb.] b4: and [hence, simply,] He, or it, became; syn. صَارَ. (S, K.) One says, اصبح عَالِمًا He became knowing, or learned. (S, TA.) Thus, فَأَصْبَحُوا ظَاهِرِينَ, in the Kur lxi. last verse, means And they became victorious. (Bd.) And فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ, in the Kur xviii. 40, [And he became in a state, or condition, in which he turned over his hands; i. e.] and he became repentant, or grieved for what he had done. (A in art. قلب, and Bd.) And فَأَصْبَحُوا لَا تَرَى إِلَّا مَسَاكِنَهُمْ, in the Kur xlvi. 24, i. e. [And they became] in a condition such that, if thou wert present in their country, thou wouldst not see aught save their dwellingplaces; or, as Hamzeh and Ks read, لَا يُرَى إِلَّا مَسَاكِنُهُمْ [there was not to be seen aught save their dwelling-places]. (Bd.) [أَصْبَحَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا is of frequent occurrence, meaning He became occupied, or engaged, in doing such a thing; he betook, set, or applied, himself to doing such a thing; set about, or commenced, doing such a thing; or began to do such a thing.] b5: [Also He performed the prayer of daybreak.] It is said in a trad., أَصْبِحُوا بِالصُّبْحِ, meaning Perform ye the prayer of daybreak in the time of daybreak. (L.) b6: See also 8. b7: Also He acted gently. (TA in art. ارش: see an ex. in a verse cited voce مَأْروُشٌ.) A2: إِصْبَاحٌ He trimmed a lamp, or wick; or prepared it properly for use. (TA.) b2: See, again, 8.

A3: as a subst., see صُبْحٌ, in two places.5 تصبّح He slept in the morning; or first part of day, before sunrise. (S, Msb, K.) b2: And He ate such food as is termed a صُبْحَة. (K, TA.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ تَصَبَّحَ بِسَبْعِ تَمَرَاتِ عَجْوَةٍ [He who eats as a صُبْحَة seven dates of the sort called عَجْوَة]. (TA.) A2: See also 8, in two places.6 فُلَانٌ يَتَصَابَحُ and يَتَحَاسَنُ [Such a one affects to be beautful, comely, pretty, or elegant: the latter verb is here added as an explicative of the former: see صَبُحَ]. (A, TA.) 8 اصطبح He drank a morning-draught, or what is termed a صَبُوح; (S, K, TA;) [and] so ↓ اصبح. (Msb. [Thus in my copy of the Msb, but probably a mistranscription, for the former is the verb well known in this sense, and is not in that copy.]) It is said in a trad., مَالَنَا صَبِىٌّ يَصْطَبِحُ [We have not a child that drinks a morningdraught]; meaning we have not as much milk as a child may drink in the early morning, in consequence of the drought. (TA.) A2: And i. q. أَسْرَجَ [as meaning He lighted a lamp or wick, or himself or another with a lamp &c.]; (K, TA;) and so ↓ اصبح (A, TA) [in the former sense], as in the phrase اصبح مِصْبَاحًا [he lighted a lamp or wick]; (A;) and اصبح alone has this meaning, i. e. أَسْرَجَ سِرَاجًا. (TA, from a trad.) [But it is used often in the latter sense:] one says, الشَّمْعُ مِمَّا يُصْطَبَحُ بِهِ Candles are of the things with which one lights [himself, or others]; syn. يُسْرَجُ: (S:) [and in like manner ↓ تصبّح; for] one says, هُوَ يَتَصَبَّحُ بِالشُّمُوعِ [He lights himself, or others, with candles]: (A:) [and in like manner also ↓ استصبح; for] one says, استصبح بِالمِصْبَاحِ (S, MA, Mgh, Msb, K *) He lighted [himself, or another,] with the lamp, or wick; (MA;) syn. أَسْرَجَ; (S;) or اِسْتَسْرَجَ: (K:) [hence it appears that اصطبح بِهِ and به ↓ استصبح and به ↓ تصبّح may be aptly rendered he employed it as a means of light; and thus the second of these three verbs, is expl. in treatises on practical law:] one says also, بِالدُّهْنِ ↓ استصبح [He employed oil as a means of light; or] he made the lamp, or wick, to give light by means of oil: (Mgh, Msb:) and it is said in a trad. respecting the several sorts of fat (شُحُوم) of carrion, بِهَا النَّاسُ ↓ يَسْتَصْبِحُ The people [employ them as means of light; or] make their lamps, or wicks, to give light by means of them. (TA.) 10 إِسْتَصْبَحَ see the next preceding paragraph, in four places.11 إِصْبَاْحَّ see 1, last sentence but one.

صُبْحٌ (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ صَبَاحٌ (Msb, K) and ↓ صَبِيحَةٌ (Msb, * K) and ↓ إِصْبَاحٌ and ↓ مُصْبَحٌ (K [or perhaps the last should be مَصْبَحٌ, q. v.]) Daybreak, or dawn; syn. فَجْرٌ; (S, A, Msb, K;) i. e. (so in the Msb, but in the K “ or ”) the beginning, or first part, of day: (Msb, K:) ↓ إِصْبَاحٌ is an inf. n. [inf. n. of أَصْبَحَ] used in the sense of صُبْح, in the Kur vi. 96, (Jel,) and is similar to إِبْكَارٌ; (TA;) [and ↓ مُصْبَحٌ is the n. of place and time from أَصْبَحَ:] the pl. of صُبْحٌ is أَصْبَاحٌ; (K;) and thus some read in the Kur vi. 96. (Bd.) See also أَصْبَحُ. One says, أَتَيْتُهُ لِصُبْحِ خَامِسَةٍ and خامسة ↓ لِصِبْحِ, (S, K,) meaning [I came to him] in the morning (صَبَاح) [of the last] of five days; (K;) i. e., of a fifth day; (TK;) [or rather, of a fifth night, as the last word is fem.;] like as one says, لِمُِسْىِ خامسة. (S.) b2: الصُّبْحُ is also used as meaning (assumed tropical:) The truth; and the clear, or plain, thing or case. (Ham p. 449.) b3: And أُمُّ صُبْحٍ is one of the names of Mekkeh. (K, * TA.) صِبْحٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

صَبَحٌ: see صُبْحَةٌ. b2: Also The glistening of iron (K, TA) and of other things. (TA.) صَبْحَةٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places. b2: Also A watering of camels in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise: which is not esteemed by the Arabs wholesome: the time approved by them for watering is when the sun is near the meridian. (TA.) صُبْحَةٌ The early part of the forenoon, after sunrise; syn. ضُحًى; as also ↓ صَبْحَةٌ: (Msb:) or the period of one's entering upon the صَبَاح [which means both dawn and forenoon]: so in the saying, لَقِيتُهُ ذَاتَ صُبْحَةٍ [I met him when he was entering upon the dawn or forenoon]. (TA.) b2: And A sleep in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise; as also ↓ صَبْحَةٌ; (S, * K;) or both signify a sleep in the ضُحَى [expl. above]; (A;) but the latter is by some disapproved: such sleep is forbidden in a trad., because it is in a time for the commemoration of the praises of God and then for seeking gain. (TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ يَنَامُ الصُّبْحَةَ and ↓ الصَّبْحَةَ [Such a one sleeps in the first part of day, before sunrise]. (S.) b3: and Food with which one contents, or diverts, himself [so as to allay the craving of his stomach], in the morning or first part of day, before sunrise. (K.) b4: See also صَبُوحٌ.

A2: Also (Suh, K, TA,) and ↓ صَبَحٌ, (Lth, S, TA,) [each said in one place in the K to be an inf. n. of which the verb is صَبِحَ,] Blackness inclining to redness: (K:) or intense redness in the hair: (Lth, TA:) or a colour inclining to that which is termed صُهْبَة: (K, TA:) or nearly the same as صُهْبَة: (Lth, * S, * TA:) or a colour inclining to that termed شُهْبَة: (K, TA:) or whiteness that is not clear, or pure; so the former is expl. by Suh. (TA. [See also أَصَبَحُ.]) صَبْحَانُ A man who has drunk a morningdraught, or what is termed a صَبُوح; (TA;) or who has done so, and satisfied his thirst thereby: (Aboo-'Adnán, TA:) [in the S and K it is implied that it is syn. with مُصْطَبِحٌ, q. v.:] fem.

صَبْحَى. (S, TA.) Hence the prov., أَكْذَبُ مِنَ الأَخِيذِ الصَّبْحَانِ (Aboo-'Adnán, S, TA) More lying than the captive who had satisfied his thirst with a morning-draught: (Aboo-'Adnán, TA:) the person thus alluded to was a man who was among a people that gave him a morning-draught, after which he arose and quitted them, and was taken by another people, who said to him, “ Guide us to the place where thou wast; ” to which he replied, “I have passed the night in the bare desert: ” but presently he sat down to make water, so they knew that he had passed the night with a people near by; and by his means they found their way to them, and exterminated them: (IAar, TA:) or the prov. is أَكْذَبُ مِنَ الأَخِدِ الصَّبْحَانِ More lying than the young unweaned camel that has satisfied its thirst with drinking [its mother's milk in the morning]; which [seems to be thirsty but] will not drink of its mother's milk when one desires it to do so: (IAar, Sh, TA:) or, accord. to Fr, than the young unweaned camel that is affected with indigestion, or heaviness of the stomach, from drinking much milk, and therefore craves for milk again. (Meyd. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov.: he seems to have followed a faulty text.]) b2: Also the fem., صَبْحَى, A she-camel that has been milked [app. in the morning]. (Meyd, in his Proverbs, under the letter ص; and TA.) A2: See also صَبِيحٌ.

صَبَحَانٌ A man who hastens to take the morning-draught, or what is termed the صَبُوح. (K.) صَبَاحٌ: see صُبْحٌ. b2: Also (Msb) Contr. of مَسَآءٌ, (S, A, Msb,) and so ↓ صَبِيحَةٌ, (S,) [and ↓ أُصْبُوحَةٌ (as in a phrase following in this paragraph), and ↓ مَصْبَحٌ, (see this last word,)] i. e. Morning, or forenoon, counted from sunrise to noon: (Msb and TA in art. مسو:) or, accord. to some, from midnight to noon: (TA in art. مسو:) or, accord. to the Arabs, from the beginning of the latter half of the night to the time when the sun declines from the meridian; then commences the مَسَآء, extending to the end of the former half of the night; thus expl. by Th; so says El-Jawá- leekee. (Msb.) The Arabs say, when they regard a man, &c., as ominous of evil, صَبَاحُ اللّٰهِ لَا صَبَاحُكَ [God's morning: not thy morning]: and if you will, you may say, صَبَاحَ اللّٰهِ لَا صَبَاحَكَ. (Lh, TA.) And عِمْ صَبَاحًا, (S,) or عِمُوا صَبَاحًا, (K,) lit. imperative, but meaning a prayer, i. e. May thy life, or your life, be pleasant during the morning, (Har p. 32, and TA * in arts. نعم and وعم,) is a salutation of the people of the Time of Ignorance. (TA.) One says also, لَقِيتُهُ صَبَاحًا, and ذَا صَبَاحٍ, (S,) or أَتَيْتُهُ ذَا صَبَاحٍ, (K,) which [i. e. ذا صباح] is only used adverbially, (Sb, S, K,) except in the dial. of Khath'am, (Sb, S,) meaning [I met him, or I came to him,] in a morning, [or] between daybreak and sunrise: (K:) the following verse (S, TA) by Anas Ibn-Nuheyk, of Khath'am, (TA,) or, as some say, by Iyás Ibn-Mudrikeh El-Hanafee, (so in a marg. note in a copy of the S,) presents an exception to the adverbial usage: عَزَمْتُ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ ذِى صَبَاحٍ

لِأَمْرٍ مَّا يُسَوَّدُ مَنْ يَسُودُ (S, TA:) the poet means, I determined to stay until the time of the صباح [i. e. either dawn or forenoon]: for it is on account of some particular thing, i. e. some good quality, or some praiseworthy thing, that he is made a chief who becomes a chief: thus Ibn-Es-Seeráfee explains this verse. (TA.) And one says, ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ ذَا صَبُوحٍ, not used otherwise than adverbially, meaning the same as ذَا صَبَاحٍ, expl. above; (K;) and ↓ ذَاتَ الصَّبُوحِ in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise: (IAar, TA:) or ↓ ذَا صَبُوحٍ [properly means] in a time of drinking the [morning-draught called]

صَبُوح. (TA.) And يَوْمِ كَذَا ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ صَبِيحَةَ [I came to him in the dawn, or in the morning, or forenoon, of such a day]: (A:) and ↓ أُصْبُوحَةَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ [in the morning of every day]; and in like manner, أُمْسِيَّةَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ. (S.) And أَتَيْتُهُ صَبَاحَ مَسَآءَ, (Sb, A, TA,) for صَبَاحًا وَمَسَآءً, [I came to him morning and evening,] meaning every morning and evening: (Sharh esh-Shudhoor, p.

31:) the two nouns are thus constructed by some of the Arabs, after the manner of خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ: but some prefix the former noun to the other, putting the latter in the gen. case, except when the expression is used as a denotative of state, or adverbially: (TA:) [or, accord. to IHsh,] صَبَاحَ مَسَآءٍ is allowable as [an adverbial expression] meaning صَبَاحَ ذَا مَسَآءٍ [lit. in a morning having an evening, or in a forenoon having an afternoon]; and a similar instance occurs in the Kur, ch. lxxix. last verse. (Sharh esh-Shudhoor, ubi suprà.) b3: يَوْمُ الصَّبَاحِ means (tropical:) The day of the hostile, or predatory, incursion. (S, A, K.) The Arabs, when suddenly attacked in the morning by a troop of horsemen, cry aloud, يَا صَبَاحَاهْ (assumed tropical:) [O! a hostile, or predatory, incursion!]; warning the whole tribe: (TA:) this is said by him who calls for aid: (JM:) for they generally made a hostile, or predatory, incursion in the morning: (TA, JM:) or, as some say, the two conflicting parties used, when night came, to abstain; and when day returned, they recommenced; so that the case is as though he who said thus meant, The time of the صَبَاح [or morning] has come, therefore prepare yourselves for fighting. (JM.) صُبَاحٌ The شُعلَة [or lighted wick] of a قِنْدِيل [or lamp]. (K.) [See also مِصْبَاحٌ.]

A2: And I. q.

صَبِيحٌ, q. v. (Ks, S, K.) صَبُوحٌ A morning draught; i. e. a draught, drink, or potation, that is drunk in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise, (S, A, Msb, TA,) and afterwards, before noon; (TA;) contr. of غَبُوقٌ: (S, A:) and whatever is eaten, or drunk, in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise; contr. of غَبُوقٌ: (TA:) [and particularly] milk that is drunk at that time: (AHeyth, L:) milk, or wine, that is drunk at that time: or what is drunk at that time hot: (L:) milk that is milked at that time: (K:) and شَرَاب [i. e. beverage, or wine,] that people have, (K, TA,) and drink, (TA,) in the morning: (K, TA:) pl. صَبَائِحُ. (TA.) أَعَنْ صَبُوحٍ تُرَقِّقُ [Dost thou make a delicate allusion to a morningdraught?] is a prov., [the origin of which is expl. in art. رق, q. v.,] applied to him who speaks obscurely, not plainly; and to him who alludes ambiguously to some great thing or affair; and to him who by blandishing expressions makes a thing incumbent on thee which is not really so. (TA.) b2: See also صَبَاحٌ, in three places. b3: Accord. to Lth, it signifies [absolutely] Wine. (T, TA.) b4: And The quantity of milk of a camel that is drawn at dawn, or in the first part of day; and so ↓ صُبْحَةٌ. (TA.) A2: Also A she-camel that is milked at dawn, or in the forenoon, (Lh, AHeyth, K,) or in the morning, or first part of day, before sunrise; and so with ة. (K.) صَبِيحٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ صُبَاحٌ (Ks, S, K) and ↓ صُبَّاحٌ and ↓ صَبْحَانُ (K) Beautiful, comely, (S, A, Mgh, K,) pretty, or elegant; (S, A, K;) as some say, peculiarly in the face; (TA;) or applied to the face: (A:) or bright (Msb, TA) in the face: (Msb:) the first is expl. by Lth as signifying fair of face: fem. صَبِيحَةٌ and صُبَاحَةٌ: and the pl. of صَبِيحٌ and صُبَاحٌ, and of their fems. here mentioned, is صِبَاحٌ. (L. TA.) صَبَاحَةٌ Beauty, comeliness, prettiness, or elegance; (S, A, K;) as some say, peculiarly in the face: (TA:) or brightness in the face: (Msb:) it is said that صَبَاحَة is in the face; وَضَآءَة, in the skin; جَمَال, in the nose; حَلَاوَة, in the eye; مَلَاحَة, in the mouth; ظَرْف, in the tongue; رَشَاقَة, in the stature; لَبَاقَة, in the qualities of the mind; and that the completion of beauty is in the hair. (L, TA.) [See 1, last sentence.]

صَبِيحَةٌ: see صُبْحٌ: and صَبَاحٌ, in two places.

صُبَاحِىٌّ Intensely red blood: (K, TA:) from

أَصْبَحُ signifying one “ whose hair is overspread with redness. ” (TA.) A2: أَسِنَّةٌ صُبَاحِيَّةٌ Wide spear-heads. (K, TA. [In the CK the latter word is without teshdeed.]) ISd says, I know not the person or thing in relation whereto they are thus called. (TA.) [See also مِصْبَاحٌ.]

صُبَّاحٌ: see صَبِيحٌ.

صَابِحٌ [Giving to drink a morning-draught, or what is termed a صَبُوح: act. part. n. of 1, q. v.: see also Ham p. 66. And] One who waters his camels in the morning, between day-break and sunrise. (TA. [See صَبْحَةٌ.]) b2: And (assumed tropical:) One who makes a hostile, or predatory, incursion upon a people in the morning; as though he made it to be to them a صَبُوح. (Ham p. 66.) b3: الحَقُّ الصَّابِحُ (tropical:) The plain, manifest, clear, truth. (K, * TA.) أَصْبَحُ Of a black colour inclining to redness: (K:) or having redness intermixed in his black hair: (Sh, TA:) or whose hair, or beard, has a red hue overspreading it: (Aboo-Nasr, Sh, TA:) or having hair intensely red: (TA:) it is nearly the same as أَصْهَبُ: (Lth, S:) and is an epithet applied to a man and to a lion: (S:) and to hair as meaning having whiteness naturally intermixed in it with redness; (K, TA;) of whatever kind it be: (TA:) fem. صَبْحَآءُ: (K:) and pl. صُبْحٌ: (TA:) and hence [accord. to some] ↓ الصُّبْحُ meaning “ the dawn; ” for, as Az says, the colour of the true dawn inclines a little to redness. (TA.) [Hence, because of his colour,] الأَصْبَحُ signifies The lion. (K.) In the phrase أُسُودٌ صُبْحٌ, the epithet is added as a corroborative. (Z, TA.) b2: And the fem., صَبْحَآءُ signifies A female conspicuous, or clear, or fair, in the جَبِين [or side of the forehead]. (TA.) أَصْبَحِىٌّ A whip: (S, K:) and سِيَاطٌ أَصْبَحِيَّةٌ certain whips: (AO, S, TA:) so called in relation to ذُو أَصْبَحَ, one of the Kings of El-Yemen, (AO, S, K, TA,) of Himyer. (TA.) إِصْبَاحٌ: see صُبْحٌ, in two places. b2: It is said to signify also Darkness; contr. of صُبْحٌ, which is its primary signification: and accord. to EshShereeshee, redness of the hair. (Har p. 284.) أُصْبُوحَةٌ: see صَبَاحٌ, in two places.

تَصْبِيحٌ The morning meal, that is eaten between daybreak and sunrise; syn. غَدَآءٌ: (A, K:) a subst. of the measure تَفْعِيلٌ, (K, TA,) similar to تَرْعِيبٌ &c.: pl. تَصَابِيحُ. (A, TA.) One says, قَرَّبَ إِلَى الضُّيُوفِ تَصَابِيحَهُمْ [He brought near to the guests, or put before them, their early morning-meals]. (A, TA.) مَصْبَحٌ, (S, Msb, and some copies of the K,) formed from the unaugmented verb, (S, Msb,) and ↓ مُصْبَحٌ, (S, Msb, K,) formed from the augmented verb أَصْبَحَ, (S, Msb,) The place of entering upon the time of morning called صَبَاح: and the time of entering upon the same: (S, Msb, K:) or the former signifies i. q. صَبَاحٌ, and the time thereof, and the place thereof. (Marg. note in a copy of the S.) See also صَبَاحٌ.

مُصْبَحٌ: see the next preceding paragraph: and see also صُبْحٌ, in two places.

مِصْبَحٌ: see the paragraph here following, in four places.

مِصْبَاحٌ A lamp: or its lighted wick: syn. سِرَاجٌ: (S, K:) the latter is the proper meaning (L) [though not the more usual], and is the meaning intended in the Kur xxiv. 35, (Bd, L, Jel,) or a large, bright, or brilliant, سِرَاج: (Bd:) and ↓ مِصْبَحٌ signifies a lamp: (L:) [the pl. of this is مَصَابِحُ: and] the pl. of مِصْبَاحٌ is مَصَابِيحُ. (Msb.) — مَصَابِيحُ النُّجُومِ means أَعْلَامُ الكَوَاكِبِ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) The stars, or asterisms, that are signs of the way to travellers]. (L, TA.) A2: Also A large [drinking-vessel of the kind called] قَدَح; (AHn, K;) and so ↓ مِصْبَحٌ: (K:) or مَصَابِيحُ [the pl. of the former] signifies the [vessels called] أَقْدَاح [pl. of قَدَح] with which one drinks the morning-draught called صَبُوح. (S.) b2: And A she-camel that remains in the morning in the place where she has lain down, (S, K, TA,) not going forth to pasture, (S, TA,) until the sun has risen high, (S, K, TA,) by reason of her strength (K, TA) and her fatness: (TA:) the quality thus described is approved: (As, S, TA:) and such a she-camel is also termed ↓ مِصْبَحٌ: pl. of the former as above. (TA.) b3: And A wide spear-head; (K, TA;) [app. of such as are termed أَسِنَّةٌ صُبَاحِيَّةٌ;] as also ↓ مِصْبَحٌ. (TA.) مُصْطَبِحٌ Drinking a morning-draught, or what is termed a صَبُوح. (S, K. [See also صَبْحَانُ, first sentence.])

الأخماس:
فمنها: خمس الغنيمة التي كان يأخذها النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ومنها أخماس المعدن واشتقاقه من عدن بالمكان، إذا أقام به وثبت، وكان ذلك لازما له كمعدن الذهب والفضّة والحديد والصفر وما يستخرج من تراب الأرض بالحيلة أبدا، ففيه الخمس، ومنها سيب البحر، وهو ما يلقيه، كالعنبر وما أشبهه، فكأنه عطاء البحر، فيه الخمس، ومنها: ما يأخذه العاشر من أموال المسلمين وأهل الذّمة والحرب، التي يتردّد بها في التجارات. ثم نقول الآن: قال أهل العلم: أيما أهل حصن أعطوا الفدية، من حصنهم، ليكفّ عنهم، ورأى الإمام ذلك حظّا للدين والإسلام، فتلك المدينة للمسلمين، فإذا ورد الجند على حصن، وهم في منعة لم يظهر عليهم بغلبة، لم تكن تلك الفدية غنيمة للذين حضروا دون جماعة المسلمين.
وكل ما أخذ من أهل الحرب من فدية، فهي عامّة وليست بخاصّة من حضر. وقال يحيى بن آدم: سمعت شريكا يقول: إنما أرض الخراج ما كان صلحا على الخراج يؤدّونه إلى المسلمين. قال يحيى: فقلت لشريك: فما حال السواد؟ قال: هذا أخذ عنوة فهو فيء، ولكنّهم تركوا فيه، فوضع عليهم شيء يؤدّونه. قال: وما دون ذلك من السواد فيء، وما وراءه صلح. وأبو حنيفة، رضي الله عنه، يقول: ما صولح عليه المسلمون، فسبيله سبيل الفيء. وروي عن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، أنه قال: لعلّكم تقاتلون قوما، فيدفعونكم بأموالهم دون أنفسهم وأبنائهم، ويصالحونكم على صلح، فلا تأخذوا فوق ذلك، فإنه لا يحلّ لكم. ورخّص بعض الفقهاء في الازدياد على ما يحتمل الزيادة، وفي يده الفضل من أهل الصلح، واتّبعوا في ذلك سننا وآثارا ممن سلف، إلا أن الفرق بين الصلح والعنوة، وإن كانا جميعا من العشر والخراج. إلا أنه وقع في ملك أهل العنوة خلاف، ولم يقع في ملك أهل الصلح. وكره بعض أهل النظر شراء أرض أهل العنوة، واجتمع الكل على جواز شراء أرض أهل الصلح، لأنهم، إذا صولحوا قبل القدرة عليهم والغلبة لهم، فأرضوهم، ملك في أيديهم. وقال الشافعي، رضي الله عنه: إن مكث أهل الصلح أعواما لا يؤدّون ما صولحوا عليه من فاقة أو جهد، كان ذلك عليهم إذا أيسروا. وقال أبو حنيفة، رضي الله عنه: يؤخذون بأداء ما وجب عليهم مستأنفا ولا شيء عليهم فيما مضى. وهو قول سفيان الثوري. وقال مالك وأهل الحجاز: إذا أسلم الرجل من أهل الصلح أخذ من أرضه العشر وسقطت حصّته من الصلح، فإن أهل قبرس لو أسلموا جميعا، كانت أرضهم عشريّة، لأنها لم تؤخذ منهم، وإنما أعطوا الفدية عن القتل. وأبو حنيفة وسفيان وأهل العراق يجرون الصلح مجرى الفيء، فإن أسلم أهله أجروا على أمرهم الأول في الصلح، إلا أنه لا يزداد عليهم في شيء، وإن نقضوا، إذا كان مال الصلح محتاجا لمعايشهم، فلا بأس به.
الباب الخامس في جمل من أخبار البلدان
قال الحجّاج لزادان فرّوخ: أخبرني عن العرب والأمصار. فقال: أصلح الله الأمير، أنا بالعجم أبصر منّي بالعرب. قال: لتخبرني. قال: سلني عمّا بدا لك. قال: أخبرني عن أهل الكوفة. قال:
نزلوا بحضرة أهل السواد، فأخذوا من مناقبهم ومن سماحتهم. قال: فأهل البصرة؟ قال: نزلوا بحضرة الخوز فأخذوا من مكرهم وبخلهم. قال: فأهل الحجاز؟ قال: نزلوا بحضرة السّودان فأخذوا من خفّة عقولهم وطربهم. فغضب الحجاج، فقال: أعزّك الله، لست منهم حجازيّا، أنت رجل من أهل الشام. قال: أخبرني عن أهل الشام. قال: نزلوا بحضرة أهل الروم فأخذوا من ترفّقــهم وصناعتهم وشجاعتهم. وسأل معاوية ابن الكوّاء عن أهل الكوفة، فقال: أبحث الناس عن صغيرة، وأضيعهم لكبيرة. قال: فأهل البصرة؟ قال: غنم وردن جميعا وصدرن شتّى. قال: فأهل الحجاز؟
قال: أسرع الناس إلى فتنة وأضعفهم فيها. قال: فأهل مصر؟ قال: أجدّاء أحدّاء أشدّاء أكلة من غلب. قال: فأهل الموصل؟ قال: قلادة أمّة فيها من كل خرزة. قال: فأهل الجزيرة؟
قال: كناسة بين المصرين. ثم سكت. قال ابن الكوّاء: سلني. فسكت. قال: لتسأل أو لأخبرك عمّا عنه تحيد. قال: أخبرني عن أهل الشام. قال: أطوع الناس لمخلوق، وأعصاهم لخالق.
وقد جعلت القدماء ملوك الأرض طبقات، فأقرّت، فيما زعموا، جميع الملوك لملك بابل بالتعظيم، وأنه أول ملوك العالم، ومنزلته فيها كمنزلة القمر في الكواكب، لأن إقليمه أشرف الأقاليم، ولأنه أكثر الملوك مالا، وأحسنهم طبعا، وأكثرهم سياسة وحزما، وكانت ملوكه يلقّبونه بشاهنشاه، ومعناه ملك الملوك، ومنزلته من العالم كمنزلة القلب من الجسد والواسطة من القلادة.
ثم يتلوه في العظمة، ملك الهند، وهو ملك الحكمة، وملك الغلبة، لأن عند الملوك الأكابر:
الحكمة من الهند. ثم يتلوا ملك الهند في الرتبة، ملك الصين، وهو ملك الرعاية والسياسة وإتقان الصنعة، وليس في ملوك العالم أكثر رعاية وتفقّدا من ملك الصين في رعيّته وجنده وأعوانه، وهو ذو بأس شديد، وقوّة ومنعة، له الجنود المستعدّة، والكراع والسلاح، وجنده ذو أرزاق مثل ملك بابل. ثم يتلوه ملك الترك، صاحب مدينة كوشان، وهو ملك التغزغز، ويدعى ملك السباع، وملك الخيل، إذ ليس في ملوك العالم أشدّ من رجاله، ولا أجرأ منه على سفك الدماء، ولا أكثر
خيلا منه، ومملكته ما بين بلاد الصين ومفاوز خراسان، ويدعى بالاسم الأعمّ، وهو إيرخان. وكان للترك ملوك كثيرة وأجناس مختلفة أولو بأس وشدّة، لا يدينون لأحد من الملوك، إلا أنه ليس فيهم من يداري ملكه. ثم ملك الروم، ويدعى ملك الرجال، وليس في ملوك العالم أصبح من رجاله.
ثم تتساوى الملوك بعد هؤلاء في الترتيب، وقال بعض الشعراء:
الدار داران: إيوان، وغمدان، ... والملك ملكان: ساسان وقحطان
والأرض فارس، والإقليم بابل، وال ... إسلام مكّة، والدنيا خراسان
والجانبان العلندان اللّذا حسنا ... منها: بخارا، وبلخ الشاه، توران
والبيلقان، وطبرستان، فأزرهما، ... واللّكز شروانها، والجيل جيلان
قد رتّب الناس جمّ في مراتبهم: ... فمرزبان، وبطريق، وطرخان
في الفرس كسرى، وفي الروم القياصر، وا ... حبش النّجاشيّ، والأَتراك خاقان
روي أن عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله عنه، سأل كعب الأحبار عن البلاد وأحوالها، فقال:
يا أمير المؤمنين، لما خلق الله، سبحانه وتعالى، الأشياء ألحق كلّ شيء بشيء، فقال العقل: أنا لاحق بالعراق، فقال العلم: أنا معك. فقال المال: أنا لاحق بالشام، فقالت الفتن: وأنا معك. فقال الفقر: أنا لاحق بالحجاز، فقال القنوع: وأنا معك. فقالت القساوة: أنا لاحقة بالمغرب، فقال سوء الخلق: وأنا معك. فقالت الصباحة: أنا لاحقه بالمشرق، فقال حسن الخلق: وأنا معك. فقال الشقاء: أنا لاحق بالبداوي، فقالت الصحّة: وأنا معك. انتهى كلام كعب الأحبار، والله الموفّق للصواب وإليه المرجع والمآب.