Dictionary of The Holy Quran

by Malik Ghulam Farid

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Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 139

جفا جَفَا جَلَّ جلب وَجِفَانِ down; i. e. he was slain. جفة is also a kind of wine. كَالْجَوَابِ : And bowls like watering - troughs )34:14(. ]aor. يَجْفُرْ inf. noun جَفَاءً and جَفَاءَةً [ and تجافى : It did not keep or cleave to its place. تَجَافَى عَنْهُ أَوْجَفَا جَنْبُهُ مِنَ الْفَرَاشِ : His side was restless on the bed; his side did not keep or cleave to its place upon the bed; it became withdrawn or removed from it. جَفَا الثَّوْبُ : The cloth became or was course, thick or rough جَفَا فُلانًا : He turned away from, shunned or avoided such a one; he removed or withdrew to a distance from such a one. جَفَاهُ : He treated him rudely or coarsely. جَفَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَلَدَهَا : The woman neglected her child. تَجَافَى عَنْهُ : He withdrew or separated himself from him or it; he shrank or flinched from him or it. تَتَجَافَى جُنُوْبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ : Their sides withdraw or remain separated from their beds (32:17). 28. ]aor. يَجِلُّ inf. noun جَلالَةٌ or جَلال[ : It was or became thick, gross, course, rough, rude, big or bulky; it (a thing) became great (in size); a man became great in estimation, rank or dignity. جَلالَةٌ : Greatness of estimation or rank or dignity and جَلالٌ : Supreme greatness thereof i. e. supreme greatness; majesty, might, independence. جَلِيلٌ in its primary acceptation signifies thick, course, gross, rough, rugged, rude, big or bulky, applied to a material substance, also great in majesty, estimation, rank or dignity; also old and advanced in age and firm or sound in judgement جلّة )plural( قَوْمٌ جَلَّةٌ : A great people, of eminence, nobility or dignity. وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ : And the person of Thy Lord, Lord of Majesty and honour will remain (55:28). جَلَبَ ]aor. يَجْلِبُ and يَجْلُبُ inf. noun جَلْبٌ and أَجْلَبَ[ : He drove or brought, conveyed or transported a thing from one place to another. جَلَبَ لِأَهْلِهِ : He gained or earned for his family. أَجْلَبَ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ : He urged on his horse to run by striking or crying out. وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ : And urge against them thy horse men or collect then against them thy forces and threaten them with evil )17:65( اَجْلَبَ عَلَيْهِ : He threatened him with evil. جَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ : He 139