Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 193
حفظ حفد حَافِينَ) : الْعَرْشِ plural of حَافٌ( And thou see the angels going round about the Throne or surrounding the Throne (39:76). حَفَدَ ]aor. يَحْفِدُ inf. noun حَفْدٌ [ : He went quickly; he was continuous in his course; he was quick, active, prompt in service or in doing a thing; he served and worked. إِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ : We hasten to Thou and are quick in serving Thee حَفَدَ فِى الْعَمَلِ : He was quick in work. حَفَدَه : He served him. حَفَدَةً or اَحْفَادٌ )singular حَافِدٌ( : Assistants, helpers or auxiliaries; servants; a man's grand children or son's children or a son's children; a man's children or grand children or daughters who serve him; such relatives as are termed أَصْهَارٌ or اَخْتَانُ or one's wife's sons by her former husband. حَفَرَ ]aor. يَحْفِرُ inf. noun حَفَرَ الْأَرْضَ حَفْرًا : He dug or excavated the ground; مَنْ حَفَرَ بِتْرًا لَاَخِيْهِ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِيْهِ : He who digs a pit for his brother, he himself falls into it. حَفَرَ الشَّيْءَ : He knew the utmost extent of the thing. حَفَرَ الْعَنْزَ : He emaciated the she goat. حَفِرَ )aor. يَحْفَرُ( : It was or became in a bad or corrupt state. حُفْرَةٌ : A ditch, pit, hole, cave, grave. وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ : And you were on the brink of a pit of fire )3:10( حَافِرَةٌ : Dug ground; the original state of a thing; that wherein it was created returning in a thing so that its end is brought back to its beginning. رَجَعَ عَلَى حَافِرَتِهِ أَوْ فِي حَافِرَتِهِ : He returned by the way by which he had come رَجَعَ إِلَى حَافِرَتِهِ : He became old and decrepit )as though he returned to his first state(. يَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَ إِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِى الْحَافِرَةِ : Shall we indeed be restored to our first state i. e. to life, or to the present world as it were, or to our first creation after our death. حِفْظُ ]aor. يَحْفَظُ inf. noun حَفِظَ الشَّيْءَ حِفْظُ : He preserved, kept, guarded or took care of the thing; he prevented it from perishing or becoming lost حَفِظَ الْمَالَ : He kept tended or defended the camels and like. حَفِظَ حُرْمَةَ صَاحِبِهِ : He was regardful of the honour of his friend. حَفِظَ السِّرَّ : He kept the secret; حَفِظَ يَمِينَهُ : He kept his oath حَفِظَ الْقُرْآنَ : he learned the Qur'an by heart. فُلانٌ يَحْفَظُ لِسَانَهُ : Such a one guards his tongue against 193