SARAH

Arabic Sārah ( سارة‎ ), Heb. ‏שָׂרָה‎ , Greek Σάῤῥα . Abraham’s wife. Not mentioned by name in the Qurʾān, but referred to in Sūrah xi. 74 : “And his wife was standing by laughing, and We gave her the glad tidings of Isaac, and of Jacob after Isaac.” SARAQAH ( سرقة‎ ). [ THEFT .] ṢARF ( صرف‎ ). (1) A term used for a special kind of sale or exchange. According to the Hidāyah , baiʿu ʾṣ-ṣarf , or ṣarf sale, means a pure sale, of which the articles opposed to each other in exchange are both representatives of price, as gold for gold or silver for silver. (See Hamilton’s Hidāyah , vol. ii. p. 551.) (2) That part of grammar which relates to the declining of nouns and the conjugating of verbs. ṢARĪḤ ( صريح‎ ). Explicit or clear. A term used in Muslim law for that which is expre in contradistinction to that which is kināyah , or implied. For example, the T̤alāqu ʾṣ-ṣarīḥ , is an explicit form of divorce, whilst T̤alāqu ʾl-kināyah is an implied form of divorce, as when a man says to his wife, “Thou art free.” ṢĀRIQ ( صارق‎ ). A thief. [ THEFT .]