Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 519
طرق طرف 6 act of looking. طَرَفْتُهُ : I saw or I looked at him or towards him or it. طَرَفَ فُلانٌ : Such a one saw. مَا بَقِيَتْ مِنْهُمْ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِقُ : All of them died or were killed. طَرَفْتُ عَيْنَهُ : I hit or struck his eye with a thing. الطَّرْقُ also signifies the slapping with the hand upon the extremity of the eye. طَرْفٌ : The eye also the eyes (originally inf. noun, it may denote a singular and a plural. It is also a collective noun meaning the sense of sight); gaze ليَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ : Their gaze not returning to them )14:44( قصرت الطَّرْفِ )used as a plural): Having restrained looks )37:49( نَظَرَ فُلانٌ بِطَرْفِ خَفِي : Such a one looked with a furtive glance. يَنْظُرُوْنَ مِنْ طَرْفِ خَفِيٌّ : Looking with a furtive or stealthy glance )42:46( طَرْفُ الْعَيْنِ : The eyelid. طَرْفٌ also means a generous and noble man. قَبْلَ أَنْ يَّرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ : Before thy gaze returneth unto thee; in the twinkling of an eye; before thy noble messengers return to thee )27:41( طَرَ : The extremity or end of anything; a side; an outward part or portion. لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفٌ مِّنَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا : That he may cut off a part of the disbelievers (3:128); a region, district, quarter or tract; a piece or part, portion or somewhat of any thing; a generous or noble man (plural( أَقِمِ الصَّلُوةَ طَرَفَي النَّهَارِ . (أَطْرَاتٌ : Observe Prayer at two ends of the day )11:15( فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ : And glorify (Him) at the sides of the day )20:13( نَنْقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا : Reducing it from its outlying borders; curtailing it of its sides, or its outlying parts, or of great and noble men )13:42( كَرِيمُ الطَّرَفَيْنِ : Noble and generous in respect of male and female ancestors. أَطْرَاقُ الْاَرْضِ : The noble, exalted and learned men of the earth. اَطْرَاقُ الناس also means, the lower orders of the men (and also generous and good men أَطْرَاقُ الْاَبْدَانِ : The extremities of the body i. e. the arms or hands, the legs or feet and the head. أَطْرَاقُ الْحَدِيثِ : Chosen subjects of discourse. 28 طَرَقَ aor. يَطْرُقُ inf. noun طَرَقَ الْبَابَ طَرْقُ : He knocked at the door. طَرْق signifies the beating or striking of a thing. طَرَق aor. يَطْرُقُ inf noun طُرُوقُ( : He came by night. طُرُرْقُ : Coming by night. طَرْقُ also signifies coming by night because one who comes by night knocks at the door. طَرَقَ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلا : He came to his family by night. طَرَقَهُ الزَّمَانُ بِنَوَائِبِهِ : Time visited him with its calamities, like one 519