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Kaf-Ba-Ba
To invert, overthrow, throw one with the face to the ground, throw face downwards, prostrate anyone on (the face), he prostrated him, he bent his head towards the ground, to fall down, turn a thing upside down, cut or wound, set about doing a thing, to keep or adhere to a thing, to contract into a compact mass, to wrap up, press together, to turn over one part upon another.
Charge/onslaught/assault, in war.
kabba
(vb. I)
kubba
passive. perfect.
27:90
وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Wa Man Jā'a Bis-Sayyi'ati Fakubbat Wujūhuhum Fī An-Nāri Hal Tujzawna 'Illā Mā Kuntum Ta`malūna
And whoever comes with the bad deed, their faces will be cast in Hell. Are you not being rewarded for what you used to do?
akabba
(vb. IV)
mukibb
active. participle. singular. accusative case.
67:22
أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ~ِ أَهْدَى أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَاط ٍ مُسْتَقِيم ٍ
'Afaman Yamshī Mukibbāan `Alá Wajhihi 'Ahdá 'Amman Yamshī Sawīyāan `Alá Şirāţin Mustaqīmin
Is one who walks while his face is slumped better guided, or one who walks straight on the right path?
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