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الكَرُوبِيُّونَ ذ (K) and الكَرُّوبِيُّونَ, or this latter is a mistake, and الكَرُوبِيَّةُ, (TA,) [Hebr. כְּרֻבִים Cherubim,] the chiefs, or princes, of the angels; the archangels; (K;) of whom are Jebraeel and Meekáeel and Isráfeel; who are also called المُقَرَّبُونَ, accord. to Abu-l-'Áliyeh: (TA:) the nearest of the angels to the bearers of the throne: so called from كرب as signifying “ nearness ” or the “ being near: ” (L:) or from their firmness, or compactness, of make; [see مُكْرَبٌ] because of their strength, and their patience in worship: or from كَرَبٌ, “ sorrow &c., ” because of their fear and awe of God. (MF.) Sh quotes the following of Umeiyeh: “ كَرُوبِيَّةٌ مِنْهُمْ رُكُوعٌ وَسُجَّدٌ
” [Archangels, among whom are (some) that bend down the body, and (some) that prostrate themselves]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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