Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 175
حرف signifies the altering of words from their proper meanings. يُحَرِّفُوْنَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَّوَاضِعِهِ : Pervert or alter the words from their proper places )4:47( تَحَرَّفَ عَنْهُ : He leaned or turned to one side. مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالِ : Turning away for the purpose of returning to fight (18:17): The extremity, verge, border, brink, side or edge of anything; pointed, sharp or edged summit of a mountain. فلان عَلَى حَرْفٍ مِّنْ أَمْرِهِ : Such a one is standing aloof with respect to his affair; )أَحْرَفٌ plural( وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَّعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ : And among men there is he who serves Allah standing as it were on the verge )22:12(; a letter of the alphabet ( حُرُوفٌplural); a particle; a word; a dialect, an idiom or a mode or manner of the expression, peculiar to certain tribes of the Arabs. The Holy Prophet said: نُزِّلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ اَحْرُفٍ : The Qur'an has been revealed according to seven dialects. فُلانٌ يَقْرَأُ بِحَرْفِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ : Such a one recites in the manner of Ibn Masud. حَرَقَ ]aor. يَحْرَقُ inf. noun حَرَقَهُ [حَرَقًا : He filed it he rubbed one part of it with another. حَرَّقَهُ أَوْ أَحْرَقَهُ : He burned him or it much or frequently or repeatedly. اَحْرَقَهُ : It pained him; or caused him burning pain said of beating or a blow أَحْرَقَنَا فُلانٌ : Such a one annoyed, hurt or afflicted us. اَحْرَقَهُ بِاللِّسَان : He blamed, upbraided or reproached him. اَخَرَقَهُ : He or it destroyed or caused him or it to perish اِحْتَرَقَ : It burned or became burned much or repeatedly; or it perished. فِيْهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ : In it is fire, so it became burned )2267( قَالُوْا حَرِّقُوْهُ وَانْصُرُوا الْهَتَكُمْ : They said burn him and help your gods )21:69( حَرِيْقٌ : Heat or cold or a wind or some other cause of harm that burns or nips, shrinks, shrivels or blasts; anything burnt; the flame. ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيْقِ : Taste ye the punishment of burning (3:182). حَرَكَ ]aor. يَحْرُكُ inf. noun حَرْكًا and حَرِکَ aor. يَحْرَكُ inf. noun حَرَكًا[ : He or it moved; was or became in a state of motion or commotion. حَرَّكَهُ : He moved it or him stirred, agitated, shook him or it. لاتُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ : Move not thy tongue therewith (75:17). حَرُمَ ]aor. يَحْرُمُ inf. noun حُرْمٌ and حُرُمٌ and حُرُمَةٌ and حَرَامٌ and حَرِمَةٌ 175