Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 335
رفع رفد رَفَدَ ]aor. يَرْفِدُ inf. noun رَفَدَهُ [رَفْدٌ and اَرْفَدَهُ : He gave him a gift; he aided, helped or assisted him; he aided, helped or assisted him by a gift or by some other thing; he held it fast. رَفَدَ الْجِدَارَ : He propped up the wall. رفت : A gift a gratuity; aid, help or assistance, help or assist by a gift or by some other thing; a lot, share or portion; a large drinking cup هُوَ كَثِيرُ الْاَرْفَادِ : He is a person of many gifts مَرْفُوْدٌ : Passive participle from رَفَدَ meaning he who is given a gift. بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُوْدُ : Evil is the gift which shall be given them )11:00( رَافِدٌ : Agiver of gifts; one who is next in station to a king and who occupies his place in his absence. الرَّافِدَانِ : The Tigris and the Euphrates. رَفْرَفَ الطَّائِرُ رَفْرَفَ or رَقَ الطَّائِرُ : The bird expanded or flapped his wings without alighting. رَفْرَفَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ : He became affectionate to the people. رَفْرَفٌ : Coverlets for beds; beds; carpets; green pieces of cloth or pieces of a cloth of dark or an ashy dust colour that are spread; the redundant parts of beds; pillows or cushions, meadows or gardens; a window or an aperture for the admission of light. مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى رَقْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ : Reclining on green cushions (55:77). رَفَعَ ]aor. يَرْفَعُ inf. noun رَفَعَهُ [رَفْعُ : He raised it; he elevated it; 28 upraised it; uplifted it; he took it up; he raised him in rank or exalted him; he honoured him. رفع is sometimes applied to corporeal things, meaning the raising or elevating a thing from the resting place; sometimes to a building, meaning its rearing up or making it high or lofty. اللَّهُ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَوتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ : Allah is He Who raised the heavens without pillars )13:3(. إِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ : When Abraham and Ismail raised the foundations of the House )2:128( رُفِعَ لِيَ الشَّيْءُ : The thing rose into view to me. رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا : He (God) has raised the height thereof )79:29( وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ : And at the heaven, how it is raised high )88:19( رُفِعَ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ عَظِيْمَةٌ : A big stone was raised for us; i. e. rose into view or we stood near it or by it. وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطور : And We raised the mountain over you i. e. you stood near it, or the mountain rose into your view )264( رَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ : 335