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First, and former; preceding all others, and preceding another. See art. أول أَوَائِلُ السُّوَرِ The first parts, or beginnings, of the chapters of the Kur-án. جَآءَ فِى أَوَائِلِ القَوْمِ He came among the first comers of the people. (Msb.) And الأَوَائِلُ The people of former ages; as also الأَوَّلُونَ. لَقِيتُهُ عَامًا أَوَّلَ means I met him [in a former year.] before this year, though by several years. (Alee El-Kári, in his Expos. of the K, from Seer; cited in the margin of a copy of the K; art. اول.) See عَامٌ.