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Ra-Ha-Ba
to welcome, be ample, be spacious, be wide, be great.
marhaban
a form of salutation equivalent to welcome.
rahuba
vb. (1) perf. act.
9:25
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَة ٍ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْن ٍ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئا ً وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ
Laqad Naşarakumu Allāhu Fī Mawāţina Kathīratin Wa Yawma Ĥunaynin 'Idh 'A`jabatkum Kathratukum Falam Tughni `Ankum Shay'āan Wa Đāqat `Alaykumu Al-'ArĐu Bimā Raĥubat Thumma Wallaytum Mudbirīna
God has granted you victory in many battlefields. And on the day of Hunayn when you were pleased with your great numbers but it did not help you at all, and the land became tight around you for what it held, then you turned to flee.
9:118
وَعَلَى الثَّلاَثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا حَتَّى إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوا أَنْ لاَ مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Wa `Alá Ath-Thalāthati Al-Ladhīna Khullifū Ĥattá 'Idhā Đāqat `Alayhimu Al-'ArĐu Bimā Raĥubat Wa Đāqat `Alayhim 'Anfusuhum Wa žannū 'An Lā Malja'a Mina Allāhi 'Illā 'Ilayhi Thumma Tāba `Alayhim Liyatūbū 'Inna Allāha Huwa At-Tawwābu Ar-Raĥīmu
And also the three who were left behind, until the land, as vast as it is, became strained to them, and their very souls became strained, and they thought there was no shelter from God except to Him. Then He pardoned them that they may repent. God is the Redeemer, the Merciful.
marhaban
n.m.
38:59
هَذَا فَوْج ٌ مُقْتَحِم ٌ مَعَكُمْ لاَ مَرْحَبا ً بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ
Hādhā Fawjun Muqtaĥimun Ma`akum Lā Marĥabāan Bihim 'Innahum Şālū An-Nāri
Here is another group to be thrown into Hell with you. "We have no welcome for them, for they shall burn in the Fire."
38:60
قَالُوا بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لاَ مَرْحَبا ً بِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوه ُُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ
Qālū Bal 'Antum Lā Marĥabāan Bikum 'Antum Qaddamtumūhu Lanā Fabi'sa Al-Qarāru
They said: "No, you are the ones without welcome. It was you who presented this to us, what a miserable result!"
Hans Wehr
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