Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 564
عرض مَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ . : Who intended or desired but did not explain it or say it plainly or clearly; he said it indirectly; تَعْرِيضُ signifies the speaking of a thing obliquely, indirectly, obscurely, ambiguously or equivocally. According to the early authorities عَرَّضَ signifies he used a phrase susceptible of different meanings by which the hearer understood a meaning different from that which he (the speaker) intended. عَرَّضْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَاءِ : Respecting that which you speak indirectly about a proposal of marriage to these women )2:236( أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ )inf. noun اِعْرَاضٌ( : He turned away from it, avoided, shunned or left it. عَنْ ذِكْرِى avoids remembering Me )20:15( نُشُوْزًا أَوْ أَعْرَاضًا : Ill-treatment or turning away i. e. indifference )4:12( عَرَضَ الْمَسْتَلَةَ : He expressed the question broadly. عَرَضٌ )inf. noun of عَرَضْنَا . عَرَضَ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَرْضًا : We shall present face to face the Hell to the disbelievers )18:101( عَرْضٌ : Breadth, width; vastness. ذَهَبَ عَرْضًا وَ طُوْلًاً : He went breadthwise and lengthwise; latitude; a valley; a mountain; a collection of clouds that obstructs the horizon; a great army; worldly goods; price; gain; an accident; happening; a compensation; a substitute; any goods or commodities except gold or silver; madness; insanity; a portion of the night. تُرِيدُوْنَ عَرَضَ الدُّنْيَا : You seek the goods of this world )868( عَرْضَهَا السَّمَوتِ : Its vastness is like the vastness of the heavens )3:134( لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا : If it had been a near gain )9:42( عُرْضَةٌ : A thing that is set as an obstacle in the way of another thing; a thing that is set as a butt like the butt of : Such a one is butt to men i. e. a person فُلانٌ عُرْضَةٌ لِلنَّاسِ . archers whom men revile or cut jokes with لَا تَجْعَلُو اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِأَيْمَانِكُمْ : And 28 make not Allah a target or butt for your oaths or an obstacle in the fulfilment of your oaths )2:225( هَذَا عُرْضَةٌ لَّكَ : This is a thing prepared for thy common use. عُرْضَةٌ also means, a purpose, an object or desire. عَارِضٌ )act part from عَرَضَ( : Any thing showing its breadth or side hence appearing; collection of clouds extending sideways in the horizon or a collection of clouds that comes over against one in the sky unexpectedly or comes like as does a mountain; an occurrence; a gift appearing 564 عرض