Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 520
طعم طرق knocking at the door in the night. طَرَقْتُ الطَّرِيقَ : I travelled the road. طُرِقَ الرَّجُلُ : The intellect of the man became weak. طَرَق also means, he made marks with a finger. طَرِيقُ )masculine and feminine): A road, way or path (syn. سَيْلٌ ; a beaten track قَطَعَ الطَّرِيق : He robbed the people on the road إِبْنُ الطَّرِيقِ : The robber. أَهْلُ طَرِيقِ اللَّهِ : The devotees. وَ لا لِيَهْدِيْهِمْ طَرِيقًا : Nor will He show them any way )4:16( طريقة : Away, course, rule, mode or manner of acting or conduct or the like (syn. ذَهَبَ whether approved or disapproved, often relating to the doctrines and practices of religion هُوَ عَلَى طَرِيقَتِهِ : He is following his own course; a manner of being; a state or condition. مَا زَالَ فُلانٌ عَلَى طَرِيقَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ : Such a one remained in one state or condition. أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً : The one possessing the best way of life among them )20:105(; tradition; established usage or rule. طَرِيقَةُ الْقَوْمِ : Means the best, the most excellent, noble and eminent persons هؤلاء طَرِيقَةُ قَوْمِهِمْ أَوْ طَرَائِقُ قَوْمِهِمْ : They are the most noble or excellent of their people. يَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ الْمُثْلَى : Destroy your best traditions; your best people )2064( طَرِيقَة here also means طَرَائِقُ أَهْلُ طَرِيقَةٍ )plural( طَرَائِقُ also signifies أَهْلُ طَرَائِقَ : Sects or sections كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا : We are sects holding different views )72:12( طَرَائِقُ الدَّهْرِ : The vicissitudes of time or fortune. طَرَائِقُ also signifies the stages of heaven, one above another. فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَائِقَ : Seven stages of heaven one above another )23:18( طريقة also means line or streak in a thing. ثَوْبٌ طَرَائِقُ = طَرَائِقُand ذَاتُ ثَوْبٌ فِيْهَا طَرَائِقُ طَرَائِقَ : And old and worn-out garment. طارق : A comer by night because he has generally to knock; the star that appears in the night; the morning star وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ : By the heaven and the morning star (86:2). لک طس See under a separate heading dealing with abbreviated letters: طَعِمَ ]aor. يَطْعَمُ inf. noun طَعْمٌ and طَعِمَ الشَّيْءَ [طُعْمٌ : He tasted the thing. طَعِمَ عَلَيْهِ : He had power over him; he had the power or ability to do it. طَعِمَ الطَّعَامَ )aor - inf. noun طَعْمٌ and طَعَامٌ( : He ate the food. مَنْ لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي : He who does not taste it he is of me )2:250( فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوْا : And when you have eaten (i. e. 520