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Verse and interpretation (31)
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A verse and its Tafsir.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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"They have taken their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah."
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The term *habr* (rabbi/scholar) refers to the learned person.
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He is called a *habr*
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Because the trace of his knowledge remains.
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Thus, the root of the word *habr*
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Indicates the persistence of a trace or mark.
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And that is why it is said,
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"The skin of such-and-such person has a *habr*,"
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Meaning a mark from a wound or sore remains upon his skin.
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Among the narrations attributed to ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, is his saying:
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"The scholars remain as long as time remains.
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Their physical bodies are lost,
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But their traces are present among the people."