ج ب ل ص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This entry discusses two legendary cities, Jabalis and Jabaluq, located at the extreme ends of the earth. It notes their names and geographical positions, suggesting they are not of Arabic origin due to unusual letter combinations.

Derived headwords

جَابِلِصname

1.
City in the far westclassical
A city located in the far west of the Maghreb, beyond which there are no human inhabitants.

جَابِلِقname

1.
City in the far eastclassical
A city located in the far east, beyond which there is nothing.

جَابِرِسname

1.
Alternative name for Jabalisclassical
An alternative name for the city of Jabalis.

Parallel reading

هو د، بالمغرب الأقصى، ليس وراءه إنسي

It is a city, in the far Maghreb, beyond which there are no human beings.

ليس وراءه شئ

There is nothing beyond it.

وكذا جابلق: بلد في أقصى المشرق، ليس وراءه شئ

And likewise Jabaluq: a country in the farthest east, beyond which there is nothing.

وقد جاء ذكر هاتين المدينتين في حديث روى عن الحسن بن علي، رضي الله تعالى عنهما

The mention of these two cities has come in a hadith narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Ali, may God be pleased with them both.

وقد تقدم أنه يقال لهذه المدينة أيضا: جابرس

And it has been previously mentioned that this city is also called: Jabaris.

والظاهر أن كلا منهما ليس بعربي لاجتماع الجيم والصاد، وهما لا يجتمعان في كلمة عربية

And it appears that neither of them is Arabic due to the combination of the letters Jim and Sad, and they do not combine in an Arabic word.

وجابلق فيه الجيم والقاف، وهما أيضا لا يجتمعان في كلمة عربية غير صوت

And Jabaluq contains the letters Jim and Qaf, and they also do not combine in an Arabic word except for onomatopoeia.