Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 622
غلم غلظ in disposition; ill-natured. Said of an affair, the word means, it became hard or difficult and تغلظ said of a crime, meaning it was gross or great. وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ : Be hard on them )66:10( غَلِيْظٌ : Possessing all the meanings of the root: Thick, gross, coarse etc. , when applied to a colour dense or deep; applied to a man, it means, characterized by غِلْظَةٌ . . e thickness grossness, bigness and coarseness; rudeness, roughness, hardness; evilness in disposition, ill-nature. رَجُلٌ فِيْهِ غِلْظَةٌ : A man in whom is rudeness, hardness, coarseness or roughness. وَلْيَجِدُوْا فِيْكُمْ غِلْظَةً : They should find hardness in you )9:123( غَلِيْظَ الْقَلْبِ : Hard-hearted; ill-natured; evil in disposition (3:160); When used about an affair, غَلِيْظٌ means hard and difficult; when used 28 about punishment, it means vehement or severe or extremely painful. 11:59) عَذَابٍ غَلِيْظٍ( When used about compact or covenant, it means, strong, confirmed or ratified. مِيثَاقًا غَلِيْظًا )4:22(; when used about water, it means bitter. غلاظ is plural. مَلائِكَةُ غِلَاظٌ : Angels stern, sever )66:7(. غَلَفَ ]aor. يَغْلُفُ inf. noun غَلَفَ الشَّيْءَ غَلْفٌ : He covered the thing; he put it into a غلا i. e. a receptacle used as a repository; a covering. The of a sword is its scabbard or sheath; a case. غلاقُ الْقَلْبِ : The pericardium اَعْلَفُ : Enclosed in a غلاق : Applied to a man, it means, uncircumcised; one whose foreskin which is like a covering is not removed; applied to a heart, it means as though it were covered with a غلا i. e. covered from hearing and accepting the truth. قَلْبٌ اَغْلَفُ : Also means, a heart which is a store-house of knowledge. غُلْفٌ )plural of قُلُوْبُنَا . أَغْلَفُ غُلْفٌ : Our hearts are wrapped in covers; our hearts are store-houses of knowledge (2:89). غَلَقَ ]aor. يَعْلَقُ and يَغْلِقُ inf. noun غَلَقَ فِي الْأَرْضِ غَلْقٌ : He went far into the land. أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ أَوْ غَلَّقَ : He closed shut the door; he bolted or locked it. وَغَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ : And she bolted the doors )12:24(. غَلِمَ ]aor. يَعْلَمُ inf. noun غَلَمٌ and غَلِمَ غُلْمَةٌ and اِغْتَلَمَ : He was or became vehemently affected with lust or carnal desire or became overcome thereby. اغْتَلَمَ الشَّرَابُ : The wine was or 622