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previously lacking it, rising above cannot be interpreted as taking control.
He then said: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Niftawayh narrated to us, saying: Abū Sulaymān narrated to us, saying: We were with Ibn al-Aʿrābī when a man came to him and asked, “What is the meaning of
أن لم يكن متمكناً لم يصرف معنى الاستواء إلى الاستيلاء ثم قال حدثنا أبو عبد الله نفطويه ثنا أبوسليمان قال كنا عند ابن الأعرابي فأتاه رجل فقال ما معنى