Dictionary of The Holy Quran

by Malik Ghulam Farid

Page 307 of 880

Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 307

of the property or its owner or master. ]ö  » Ò ö  » Þô o » Â ô ß»  ø  ø eôù Ô ø : Remember me or mention me to thy lord (12:43). ]ø  » eø ^ h º plural. ð ø ]ø  » eø ^ h º Ú ö jø Ë ø  ôù Î ö ç » á ø : Are diverse lords better or Allah? (12:40). â ô o ø  ø e $ è ö ] Ö» fø n» k ô : She is the mistress of the house. ]ø Ö  $ h % : One of the epithets used for God.  ø h % ] Ö» Ã ø ^ Öø Û ô n» à ø : The Lord of all the worlds (1:2).  ø h % ] » ø  » eø ^ h ô : The Lord of Lords i. e. God.  ø eô n» g º : A boy reared, fostered, brought up and taken good care of until he reaches his puberty (step-son); a man's wife's son; a woman's husband's son; a confederate.  ø eô n» fø è º (feminine) and  ø eø ^ ñô g ö is plural. She is the daughter of a woman's husband by another wife or the daughter of a man's wife by another husband, because he or she rears her in spite of her being not a real daughter; (stepdaughter) or it means the wife of a man having child by another wife; also a woman who has the charge of a child who rears or fosters it.  ø eø þ ³ « ñô fö þ ³ Ó ö Ü ö ] Ö # jô o » Ê ô o » u ö r ö ç »  ô Ò ö Ü » : Your stepdaughters who are your wards (4:24).  ô eôù o ' (plural  ô eôù n % ç » á ø ) is related to  ô e $ è º which means, a large company of men.  ô eôù n % ç » á ø means, numerous companies. It also means, learned, pious, patient men. Î ø ^ iø Ø ø Ú ø Ã ø ä ü  ô eôù n % ç » á ø Ò ø %ô n»  º : Fought beside him numerous companies of their followers (3:147).  ø e $ ^ Þô n % ç » á ø or  ø e $ ^ Þô n ô ù n» à ø is the plural of  ø e $ ^ Þô o ' which is a relative noun from  ø h ' (Lord), just as Öô v » nø ^ Þô o ' (long-beard) and  ø Ã »  ø ] Þô o ' (having long hair) are derived from Öô v » nø è º and  ø Ã »  º respectively. Keeping in view the different meanings of  ø h ' the word  ø e $ ^ Þô o ' would mean: One who devotes himself to religious service, or applies himself to acts of devotion; one who possesses knowledge of God; one who is learned in religious matters; a good or righteous man; a worshipper of the Lord; a teacher of others who begins to nourish people with the small matters of knowledge or science before the great; a learned man who not only practices what he knows but also instructs others; one of a high rank in knowledge; a lord or master; a leader; a reformer. æ ø ÖF þ ³ Ó ô à » Ò ö ç » Þö ç » ]  ø e $ ^ Þô n ôô ù n» à ø : But be solely devoted to the Lord (3:80).  ö h $ (and  ö h ø ) is a word of which there are many dialectic variants, some that are formed with the affix l some with the affix Ú ø ^ and some with 307  h ù  h ù