Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 83
بقى )بَاقِيَاتُ and بَوَاقِ are plural and بَاقِ is mas : Any righteous or good work of which the reward remains; act of obedience; lasting; continuance or permanence. وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً : And He made it a word enduring )43:29( فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُمْ مِّنْ بَاقِيَةٍ : Canst thou see any remnant of them or dost thou see them to have any continuance. وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ : And lasting good works )18:47(. 1) بَقِيَّةٌ( A remain (2) remainder; remnant (3) Legacy )وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوْسَى وَآلُ هَارُوْنَ : And a legacy of good left by the family of Moses and Aaron) (2:249); (4) relic; (5) residue; (6) Excellence; (7) judgement and intelligence; (8) understanding and discrimination; (9) obedience; (10) having the quality of watching and hence preserving themselves( )أُولُوا بَقِيَّةٍ : Persons possessing all these above mentioned qualities i. e. intelligence, discrimination, understanding, obedience etc); (11) Best part of a people. فُلَانٌ بَقِيَّةُ الْقَوْمِ : Such a one is the best of the people; )12( good state or condition remaining بَقِيَّةُ اللهِ : Obedience of God, fear of God. بَقِيَّةُ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ : That which is left with you by Allah is better for you, or the obedience or fear of Allah is better for you (11:87). و 28 بَكْرَ ]aor. يَبْكُرُ inf. noun بَكَرَ بُكُورٌ and بَكَّرَ and إِبْتَكَرَ and خَرَجَ فِي = بَاكَرَ الْبُكْرَةِ : He went forth early in the morning. اَبْكَارٌ) بكْرٌ plural): A virgin; a man who has not touched a woman, applied both to a man and a female; an unpierced pearl; a bow when one first shoots with it; a cloud abounding with )سَحَابٌ بِكُرٌ ; a cow that has not yet conceived; a heifer; a woman that has not yet given birth to a child; a she-camel that has given birth only once; fire not lighted from another fire )نَارٌ بِكْرٌ ; the first born child whether male or female; the first of anything. ضَرْبَةٌ بِكْرٌ : A blow or stroke that kills at once, not requiring to be struck a second : فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا (269) Neither old nor young : لَا فَارِضٌ وَّلَا بِكْرٌ . time We have made them virgins )56:37( إِبْكَارٌ )inf. noun from أَبْكَرَ and بُكْرَةً : The early morning or first part of the day; time between dawn and sunrise بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ : In the evening and in the early morning )3:42( أَتَيْتُهُ بُكْرَةً : I came to him early in the morning. وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌ and there came upon them 83