Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 237
خطب و woman in marriage. خِطَابٌ خَاطَبَهُ and مُخَاطَبَةٌ( : He talked, spoke, conversed or discoursed with him; he spoke, etc. to him, face to face; he consulted with him. وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُوْنَ : When the foolish ones address them )25:64( خِطَابٌ )and( مُخَاطَبَةٌ( is inf noun from خَاطَب and means address; speech; entering into talk with a person. لا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا : They will not have the power to address Him )78:38( وَعَرَّزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ : And he has been overbearing to me in speech or his address )38:24( فَصْلُ الْخِطَابِ : The deciding of a case or passing sentence or judging with evident proof or demonstration; or by testimony confirmed by oath; or deciding between truth and falsehood and distinguishing between just and unjust judgment; or understanding, intelligence, sagacity or knowledge in judging or passing sentence. وَأَتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ : And We gave him wisdom and decisive judgment )38:21( خَطْبٌ : A thing; an affair of a business, small or great that one seeks or desires to do or may be a subject of discourse; a great thing or affair; or a thing or affair that is disliked; an event; an affliction; a calamity; a state or condition; the cause of a thing. خَطْبٌ يَسِيرٌ and خَطْبٌ جَلِيْلٌ : An unimportant or an important affair هُوَ يُقَاسِ خُطُوْبَ الدَّهْرِ : He struggles against the afflictions or calamities of time. مَا خَطْبُكَ : What is the thing or business that thou seek to do; what is the cause of thy coming. مَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ : What is the cause of your coming; what is your business, O ye Messengers )15: 58( مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَا وَدْتُّنَّ يُوْسُفَ : What happened when you sought to seduce Joseph; or what was the matter with you; or what was your object )12:52( خِطْبٌ : A man who asks in marriage; also a woman asked in marriage and so خِطْبَةٌ which also means, asking the hand of a woman in marriage; betrothal; a proposal of marriage. هِيَ خِطْبُهُ أَوْ خِطْبَتُهُ : She is the woman asked in marriage by him. هُوَ خِطْبُهَا : He is her asker in marriage. فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَاءِ : That you speak indirectly in the asking of such woman in marriage; or concerning your troth with such woman; or regarding a proposal of marriage )2:236( خَطِيبٌ : Public speaker. خُطْبَةٌ : Public speech or sermon خِطَابَةٌ : The وه 237 خطب