maHab~apN mHb mHbh mHbp : see Hub~N . ― -b2- Also A cause of love or affection: (Jel in xx. 39:) [pl. maHaAb~u , like maHaA$~u pl. of maHa$~apN , &c.] You say, A^uwtiYa fulaAnN maHaAb~a Alquluwbi [ Such a one was gifted with qualities that are the causes of the love of hearts ]. (A, TA.)
The corpus record — Arabic
مَحَبَّة
mahabbah
maHab~apN mHb mHbh mHbp : see Hub~N . ― -b2- Also A cause of love or affection: (Jel in xx. 39:) [pl. maHaAb~u , like maHaA$~u pl. of maHa$~apN , &c.] You say, A^uwtiYa fulaAnN maHaAb~a Alquluwbi [ Such a one was gifted with qualities that are the causes of the love of hearts ]. (A, TA.)
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- The Quran 1 · 0.08/10k
What it meant — Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon
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- مَحَبَّةً Quran 20:39 (Taha 39)
Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.