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==Literal meaning of Makr==
==Literal meaning of Makr==
This section quotes numerous academic sources to study the meaning of ''Makr'':
This section quotes numerous academic sources to study the meaning of ''Makr''.


{{Quote|1=[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/14_MIIM.htm Lane's Lexicon: "Miim"]|2='''Miim-Kaf-Ra''' = To practice deceit or guile or circumvention, practice evasion or elusion, to plot, to excercise art or craft or cunning, act with policy, practice strategem.
From Lane's Lexicon (the full entry can be viewed [[:File:Makr Lane-Lexicon-page Vol 7-pg. 256.jpg|here]]):
 
{{Quote|1=[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.studyquran.co.uk/14_MIIM.htm|2=2013-07-21}} Lane's Lexicon: "Miim"]|2='''Miim-Kaf-Ra''' = To practice deceit or guile or circumvention, practice evasion or elusion, to plot, to excercise art or craft or cunning, act with policy, practice strategem.


''makara'' vb. (1){{br}}
''makara'' vb. (1){{br}}
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[[:File:Makr Lane-Lexicon-page Vol 7-pg. 256.jpg|LL, V7, p: 256]]}}
[[:File:Makr Lane-Lexicon-page Vol 7-pg. 256.jpg|LL, V7, p: 256]]}}
For more detail, see [[:File:Makr Lane-Lexicon-page Vol 7-pg. 256.jpg|Lane-Lexicon for ''Makr'']]


[[:File:Hans Wehr dictionary - page 917.jpg|Hans Wehr dictionary]] also confirms the meaning of the term:
Hans Wehr dictionary also confirms the meaning of the term:


{{Quote|Hans Wehr dictionary, page 917|[[File:Hans Wehr dictionary - page 917.jpg|300px]]}}
{{Quote|[[:File:Hans Wehr dictionary - page 917.jpg|Hans Wehr dictionary, page 917]]|[[File:Hans Wehr dictionary - page 917.jpg|300px]]}}
   
   
{{Quote|1=[http://lexicons.sakhr.com/openme.aspx?fileurl=/html/1088382.html Arabic Lexicon on ''Al-Makr'']|2=[[File:Arabic-lexicon for Al-Makr.gif]]}}
{{Quote|1=[{{Reference archive|1=http://lexicons.sakhr.com/openme.aspx?fileurl=/html/1088382.html|2=2013-07-21}} Arabic Lexicon on ''Al-Makr'']|2=[[File:Arabic-lexicon for Al-Makr.gif]]}}


{{Quote|1=[http://lexicons.sakhr.com/openme.aspx?fileurl=/html/3076064.html Arabic Lexicon on ''Makir'']|2=[[File:Arabic-lexicon for Makir.gif]]}}
{{Quote|1=[{{Reference archive|1=http://lexicons.sakhr.com/openme.aspx?fileurl=/html/3076064.html|2=2013-07-21}} Arabic Lexicon on ''Makir'']|2=[[File:Arabic-lexicon for Makir.gif]]}}


Meanings from other dictionaries and sources have been compiled below:
Meanings from other dictionaries and sources have been compiled below:
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