Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 578
عطف عضل عَضَلَ الْمَرْأَةَ عَنِ الزِّوَاجِ : He prevented, withheld or debarred her from marrying wrongfully. The primary signification of الْعَضْلُ is the act of straitening or debarring, preventing, withholding. عَضَلَ عَلَيْهِ : He straitened him in his affair and intervened as an obstacle between him and that which he desired. فَلَا تَعْضُلُوْهُنَّ : And do not prevent them (2:233). عَضَهُ ]aor. يَعْضَهُ inf. noun عَضْةٌ etc. ) : He lied; he embellished speech with falsehood; he uttered falsehood and calumny as also عَضِهَ عَضِهَ فُلانًا : He calumniated such a one; he reviled or vilified him. عَضَهُ also means, he enchanted. عَضِةٌ : A lie or falsehood; a calumny; enchantment. عِضُوْنَ and عِضِيْنَ are plurals. الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِيْنَ : Those who pronounced or treated the Qur'an to be a bundle of lies or so many enchantments (15:92). عَضًا ]aor يَعْضُوْ inf. noun عَضَضًا الشَّاةَ عَضْوٌ : He cut the sheep or goat into parts or portions. عَضَى وَعَصَّى الْقَوْمَ : He divided the people into parts or sections. تَعْضِيَةٌ which is inf. noun from عضى which is equivalent to عَضِيٌّ signifies the act of dividing a thing into parts. عُضْوٌ : A limb of the body; one person of a party. عضة : A لک piece, part or portion of a thing; a part, sect or class of people. فِي الدَّارِ عِضُوْنَ مِنَ النَّاسِ : In the house are several parties, sects or classes of people, عِضُوْنَ being plural of عِضَةٌ : The word also means a lie or falsehood as given in V1017 الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِيْنَ : Those who have divided the Qur'an into parts )15:92(. عَطَفَ ]aor. يَعْطِفُ inf. noun عُطُوْفٌ or عَطْفٌ [ : He or it inclined or bent. عَطَفَ إِلَيْهِ : He inclined towards him or it. عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ : He returned against him with that which he disliked. عَطَفَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا )said of a she-camel): She became compassionate towards her young one and yielded her milk عِطْفٌ : The side of a thing; the side of a human being from the head to the lip or to the foot. جَاءَ ثَانِيَ عِطْفِهِ : He came in an easy or a pleasant state. ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِ : Twisting or bending his neck or turning his side disdainfully or magnifying himself or behaving proudly and turning away (22:10). عَطِلَ aor. يَعْطَلُ inf. noun عَطِلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمَالِ عَطَلٌ : The man became 578