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Nun-Ba-Ayn
to spring, gush/issue forth, flow out, emerge.
yanbu
n.m. (pl. yanabi)
17:90
وَقَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الأَرْضِ يَنْبُوعا ً
Wa Qālū Lan Nu'umina Laka Ĥattá Tafjura Lanā Mina Al-'ArĐi Yanbū`āan
And they said: "We will not believe unto you until you cause a spring of water to burst out of the ground"
39:21
أَلَمْ تَرَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاء ً فَسَلَكَه ُُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِه ِِ زَرْعا ً مُخْتَلِفاً أَلْوَانُه ُُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاه ُُ مُصْفَرّا ً ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُه ُُ حُطَاما ً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَذِكْرَى لِأوْلِي الأَلْبَابِ
'Alam Tará 'Anna Allāha 'Anzala Mina As-Samā'i Mā'an Fasalakahu Yanābī`a Fī Al-'ArĐi Thumma Yukhriju Bihi Zar`āan Mukhtalifāan 'Alwānuhu Thumma Yahīju Fatarāhu Muşfarrāan Thumma Yaj`aluhu Ĥuţāmāan 'Inna Fī Dhālika Ladhikrá Li'wlī Al-'Albābi
Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, then lets it run as springs in the earth, then He produces with it plants of various colors, then they grow until they turn yellow, then He makes them dry and broken? In this is a reminder for those who possess intelligence.
Hans Wehr
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