Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 247
خلف = و )10:93(. فَشَرِّدْبِهِمْ مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ : So strike fear in those that are behind them )8:58( خَلَفٌ is syn with خَلْفٌ meaning a son or generation. But according to some the former means a good son or generation. خَلْفٌ means a bad son or bad generation. خَلَفُ صدق means a good son or generation and خَلْفُ سَوْءٍ means a bad son or generation. بَقِيْنَا فِي خَلْفِ سَوْءٍ : We remained among an evil generation. فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ : There came after them an evil generation )1960( خلفٌ also means, a person or persons in whom there is no good; a thing in which there is no good; a bad saying; old and worn out; the head of a razor. 1) : خِلْفَةٌ( A mode or manner of coming after; (2). difference of any kind; )3(. coming and going of the night or the day. هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً : And He it is Who has made the night and the day each following the other )25:63( يَمْشِيْنَ خِلْفَةً : They go to and fro; (4). remains of water in a tank; (5) what remains of food between the teeth; (6) a time after a time; (7) differing one from another or others. خَلائِفُ ( خَلِيْفَةٌ and خُلَفَاءُ are plurals): A successor; a vicegerent; lieutenant; substitute; proxy; deputy; the supreme or greatest ruler; or sovereign who supplies the place of one who has been before him, particularly the successor of a Prophet; one who precedes someone and is followed by him. إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً : I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth )2:31( ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَكُمْ خَلْتِفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ : Then We made you their successors in the earth )10:15( إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَفَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمٍ نُوْحٍ : When He made you successors after the people of Noah )770( خَالِفٌ )plurals خَالِفُوْنَ and خَالِفِيْنَ ( : One who remains behind after another or others in case of a war; a corrupt or bad man; a slave who has withdrawn from the people of his house; foolish; stupid or having little or no intellect or understanding; a person in whom there is no good; one who often breaks his promise; a drawer of water; weak without appetite for food. فَاقْعُدُوْا مَعَ الْخَلِفِينَ : So now sit with those who remain behind )9:83( خَوَالِفُ is the plural both of خَالِفٌ and خَالِفَةٌ and means persons who remain behind in case of a war; women who remain behind or children remaining behind; bad or 247 خلف