نور

مَنَارٌ ذ [originally مَنْوَرٌ] A place of light; as also ↓ مَنَارَةٌ. (M. K.) ― -b2- A sign, or mark, set up to show the way: (As, T, S, M, K:) and a thing that is put as a limit or boundary between two things; (M, K;) or between two lands, (As, T,) made of mud or clay or of earth: (As, TA:) pl. مَنَاثِرُ [respecting which see مَنَارَةٌ]. (A.) It is [also used as a coll. gen. n.; as, for instance, where it is] said, in a trad., لَعَنَ ا@للّٰهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ May God curse him who alters the marks of the limit between two lands: (T, TA:) or it may mean مَنَارَ الحَرَمِ the boundary-marks of the Haram [or sacred territory of Mekkeh], which [it is said] were set up by Abraham. (T, TA. *) And it is said in another trad, اـِنَّ لِلْاـِسْلَامِ صُوًى وَمَنَارًا (tropical:) Verily there are to El-Islám signs and ordinances whereby it is known. (TA.) ― -b3- See also صَوْمَعَةٌ. ― -b4- The middle, or main part and middle, or part along which one travels, (مَحَجَّة,) of a road. (M, K.)