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جبلص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to proper nouns, specifically the names of two distant cities, one in the East and one in the West, marking the ends of the known world.

Derived headwords

جَابْلَقname
  1. 1.
    City name (East)classical

    A city located in the East, considered to be at the edge of the world.

جَابَرْصname
  1. 1.
    City name (West)classical

    A city located in the West, considered to be at the edge of the world.

Parallel reading

جابلق وجابلص مدينتان إحداهما بالمشرق والأخرى بالمغرب ليس وراءهما شيء
Jabaluq and Jabars, two cities, one in the East and the other in the West, beyond which there is nothing.
روي عن الحسن بن علي، رضي الله عنهما، حديث ذكر فيه هاتين المدينتين
It is narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Ali, may God be pleased with them both, a hadith in which these two cities were mentioned.