مُنفَكِّين

munofak~iyna * in the Kur [xcviii. 1], (O, TA,) followed by the words Hat~aY taA^otiyahumu A@lobay~inapu , (O,) means, accord. to Mujáhid (O, TA) and Zj, (TA,) In the condition of desisting (O, TA) from their infidelity; (TA;) or, as Akh says, ceasing from their infidelity: (TA:) or, accord. to another, (O,) namely, Niftaweyh, (TA,) quitting the present state of existence, (O, TA,) i. e., sharing, one with another, in perdition, until the evidence came to them (O, TA) that had been affirmed to them in the Towráh, with respect to the description of Mohammad &c.; taA^otiyahum being lit. an aor., but in its meaning a pret.: (O:) Az says that it is not from maA A@nofak~a meaning maA zaAla , but from AinofikaAku Al$~aYo'i mina Al$~aYo'i meaning “ the thing's becoming separated from the thing: ” accord. to IAar, as mentioned by Th, fuk~a fulaAnN means “ Such a one was set free, and at rest, from a thing; ” and hence mnfk~yn in the Kur means experiencing rest: accord. to Er-Rághib, it means separated, or separated into several parties; for all [to whom the word, preceded by a negative, relates] were assenting to error. (TA.)