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مُتَطَوِّعٌ ذ A supererogator in any good act. (O, K.) One says, فَعَلَهُ مُتَطَوِّعًا [He did it without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; supererogatorily: or gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: or disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation: syn. مُتَبَرِّعًا]. (S and K in art. برع.) And ↓ المُطَّوِّعَةُ means Those who exceed what is obligatory on them in fighting, or warring, against unbelievers or the like; (S, O, Msb;) originally المُتَطَوِّعَةُ: (Msb:) hence ↓ المُطَّوِّعِينَ in the Kur ix. 80; originally المُتَطَوِّعِينَ. (S, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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