Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 544
ظهر ظهر لک outward, external, apparent, manifest plain, evident cont. of بَاطِنٌ . It also means the external, outward state of a man and the outward or apparent character of the mind. ظَاهِرًا : Outwardly overpowering فُلانٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَلَى فُلان : Such a one has ascendancy over such a one. إِلا مِرَاءً ظَاهِرًا : But outward contending or overpowering argument )18:23( ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا : The outer aspect of this life )30( الظَّاهِرُ : Is an attribute of God, meaning Manifest; the Ascendant over all things. الظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ : He is the Manifest and the Hidden )574( الظَّاهِرُ signifies also One Who لک is known by inference of the mind from what appears to mankind of the effects of His actions and His attributes. ظَاهِرِينَ is the plural of ظَاهِرٌ which also means, ascendant, predominant, victorious. فَأَصْبَحُوْا ظَاهِرِينَ : And they became victorious )62:15(. ظَاهِرَةٌ )feminine of نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَّ بَاطِئَةً ظَاهِرٌ : Both externally and internally )31:21( قُرَى ظَاهِرَةً : Towns prominently visible )3:19( ظهير : And aider or assistant; aiders and assistants. وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ ظَهِيْرِ : Nor has He any helper among them )34:23(. وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ظَهِيْرٌ : And the angels are (His) helpers in addition )665( ظَهِيْرَةٌ : Midday in summer, or when the heat is vehement, or the period from little before to a little after midday in summer, or midday when the sun declines from the meridian, or the vehement heat of the midday. تَضَعُوْنَ ثِيَابَكُمْ مِّنَ : When you take off your clothes at noon in summer or on account of the heat of the midday or noon of the summer. (24:59). الظَّهِيرَةِ 544