Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 153
conduct. q ø ã » Ø º in the sense of ignorance is of two kinds i. e. (1) the non-existence of knowledge of that which should be known; (2) a decisive belief not agreeable with the fact or reality. According to Imam Raghib it is of three kinds: (1) The mind's voidness of knowledge which is the primary meaning and (2) the believing of a thing to be different from what it is and (3) the doing of a thing in a manner different from that in which it ought to be done. Ò ø ËF o eô ^ Ö $ Ô ôù q ø ã » ¡ ÷ : Doubt is sufficient ignorance. æ ø ÖF Ó ô ßôù o » ]ø ø ] Ò ö Ü » Î ø ç » Ú ÷ ^ iø r » ã ø × ö ç » á ø : I see that you are a people who act ignorantly (11:30). q ø ^ â ô Ø º (plural q ø ^ â ô × ö ç » á ø and q ø ^ â ô × ô n» à ø and q ö ã $ ^ Ù º and q ö ã ø × ? ^ ð ö ) : Ignorant ; neglectful; foolish or silly and wrong in conduct. ]ø Ö» r ø ^ â ô Ø ö : The lion that is ignorant of the prey. â ö ç ø q ø ^ â ô Ø º Ú ôù ß» ä ö : He is ignorant of him (his condition) or it. mø v » ø fö ã ö Ü ö ] Ö» r ø ^ â ô Ø ö ]ø Æ » ßô nø « ð ø : The ignorant man thinks them to be free from want (2:274). ]ô » ]ø Þ» jö Ü » q ø ^ â ô × ö ç » á ø : When you were ignorant (12:90). ]ø á » ]ø Ò ö ç » á ø Ú ô à ø ] Ö» r ø ^ â ô × ô n» à ø : That I may be of the ignorant (2:68). q ø ã ö ç » Ù ºø means most q ø ^ â ô Ø º : ]ô Þ $ ä ü Ò ø ^ á ø ¾ ø × ö ç » Ú ÷ ^ q ø ã ö ç » : Indeed he is most unjust and most neglectful (33:73). q ø ã ø ^ Öø è º : Ignorance; foolishness or silliness. mø Ã » Û ø × ö ç » á ø ] Ö % ç » ð ø eô r ø ã ø ^ Öø è õ : Who do evil due to ignorance. q ø ^ â ô × ô n $ è º : Ignorance. ]ø Ö» r ø ^ â ô × ô n $ è ö : Days of Ignorance; time before the Holy Prophet. mø ¿ ö ß % ç » á ø eô ^ Ö × # ä ô Æ ø n» ø ] Ö» v ø Ð ôù ¾ ø à $ ] Ö» r ø ^ â ô × ô n $ è ô : Thinking wrongly of Allah like unto the thought of ignorance (3:155). ]ø Ê ø v ö Ó » Ü ø ] Ö» r ø ^ â ô × ô n $ è ô mø f» Ç ö ç » á ø : Do they then seek the judgement of the Days of Ignorance (5:51)? q ø ^ â ô × ô n $ è ö ] Ö» r ö ã ø × ? ^ ð ô : The time or state of ignorance or intense ignorance. q ø ^ â ô × ô o ' : A pagan; a pagan Arab; relating to ignorance. q ø ã ø ß $ Ü ö Hell or Hell-fire, a name of the fire with which God will punish the evil-doers in the life to come; a proper name of the abode of punishment. According to some it is an Arabic word applied to the fire of the world to come because of its depth ( q ô ã ô ß $ ^ Ý ö and q ø ã ø ß $ Ü ö applied to a well meaning deep, in which he who falls perishes) or originally syn. with ]ø Ö ß $ ^ ö. The word may have been derived from q ø ã ö Ü ø which means, he became frowning, contracted or ugly in face, á being something additional the sense being that q ø ã ø ß $ Ü ö is a place the very sight of which makes the face of the onlooker contracted on account of aversion. Or it may have 153 q ã Ø q ã ß Ü