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