Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 465
ص ص صباً The fourteenth letter of the alphabet, is one of the letters termed مَهْمُوسَةٌ or non-vocal i. e. pronounced with the breath only, without the voice. It has been used as an abbreviated letter in the beginning of three Chapters i. e. Chapter Al-A'raf (7) Chapter Maryam (19) and Chapter Sad (38). In the 7th Chapter, this letter stands for the expression أُفَصِّلُ . . e. I explain while in the other two Chapters it stands for the Divine attribute صَادِقُ الْقَوْلِ or صَادِقُ الْوَعْدِ or merely اَلصَّادِقُ . e. The Truthful. رنگ صَبَّ ]aor. يَصُبُّ inf. noun صَبَّ الْمَاءَ أَوْ صَبَبَ الْمَاءَ صَبُّ : He poured out or poured forth water. أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا : How We poured down water in abundance )0:26( صَبَّ الْحَبْلَ فِى الْبِشْرِ : He let down the rope in the well. صَبَّ دِرْعَهُ : He put on his coat of mail. فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ : Thy Lord poured down upon them the portion or share, or severity of punishment )أَوْ صَاعِقَةٍ or thunderbolt(; God severely punished them )89:14( صُبُّ : He or it was destroyed. صَبَّ بِهَا أَوْ إِلَيْهَا : He became affected with excessive love for her. صُبَّ عَلَيْهِ الْبَلاءُ مِنْ صَبٌ : Affection was poured down upon him from above. صَبَا صَبَاتِ النُّجُومُ صَبُوْءٌ and صَبْقٌ ]aor. يَصْبَاً and صَبُاً aor صْبُؤُ يَصْبُرُّ inf. noun The stars appeared. صَبَاً مِنْ دِيْنِهِ إِلَى دِيْنِ الْخَرَ : He departed from (or forsook) his religion to another religion. صَبَاً فِي دِيْنِهِ )or simply صَبَاً(: He was or became a صَابِيٌّ : Sabian. صَبَاً عَلَيْهِمْ : He came upon them unexpectedly. صَبَا الْعَدُوُّ عَلَيْهِمْ : He guided the enemy to them. صَابِئُونَ and صَابِي صَابِئِينَ )singular) : Certain religious sects that were formed in parts of Arabia and countries bordering upon it. The name was applied to the following faiths: (1) The star-worshipping people living in Iraq; (2) The faith which was a sort of patch-work of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism; (3) a people who lived near Mosel in Iraq and believed in one God but had no known Law or Book. They claimed to follow the religion of Noah (4) a people who lived round about Iraq and professed belief in all the Prophets of God and had a special system of prayer and fasting (See Gibbon's Roman Empire vol 5, p. 440, Muruj al-Dhahab by Masudy, 465 :