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 32 signifies an Eye, a Fountain, the Knee, or the Sun.

(4) Muawwal, Words which require to be explained: e.g. Sulát may mean either the Liturgical daily prayer (Namáz), or simple prayer (Duáʾ).

II. The Sentences (ʾIbárat) of the Qurán are either Záhir or Khafí, i. e. either Obvious or Hidden.

Obvious sentences are of four classes:—Záhir, Nass, Mufassar, Muhkam.

(1) Záhir.—Those sentences, the meaning of which is Obvious or clear, without any assistance from the context (karína).

(2) Nass.—Those sentences the meaning of which is Manifest from the text: e. g. "Take in marriage of such other women as please you, two, three, or four." Here it is manifest that the expression "such other women as please you" is restricted.

(3) Mufassar.—Sentences which are explained by some expression in the verse: e. g. "And the angels prostrated themselves all of them with one accord save Iblís." Here