Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 343
رمض رمد broke a spear between them i. e. mischief or enmity happened among them. هُمْ عَلَى بَنِي فُلانٍ رُمْحٌ وَاحِدٌ : They are in league against the sons of such a one as one man. scorpions. نَاقَةٌ ذَاتُ رُمْحٍ : A fat she-camel رِمَاحُ الْعَقْرَبِ : The stings of رَمَدَ ]aor. يَرْمِدُ inf. noun رَمَدُوْا رَمْدٌ : They perished or became like رَمَادٌ i. e. ashes. رَمَدَ عَيْشُهُمْ : Their life perished. رَمَدَتِ الْغَنَمُ : The sheep or goats perished by reason of cold. رَمَدَ الْقَوْمَ )aor. يَرْمُدُ and يَرْمِدُ( : He destroyed the people and rendered them like ashes. رَمَادٌ : Ashes. كَرَمَادِنِ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيْحُ : Like the ashes on which the wind blows violently( )14:19( هُوَ كَثِيرُ الرَّمَادِ : He has many ashes of the cooking-pot i. e. he is very hospitable. رَمَزَ ]aor. يَرْمُزُ and يَرْمِزُ inf. noun رَمْزٌ [ : He made a sign or indication, he made a sign by movement of the lips, brows, tongue, head, or hand; allude to رَمَزَ إِلَيْهِ : He made a sign to him with the lips or eyebrow etc. رَمَزَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ : The woman made a sign to him. كَلَّمَهُ رَمْرًا : He talked to him by making signs etc. ; he talked to him in whisper. رَمْرٌ : Making sign with the hand or head or by movement of the eyes or lips whisper. ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْرًا : For three days except by signs (3:42). رَمِضَ ]aor. يَرْمَضُ inf. noun رَمَضَتِ الْاَرْضُ رَمَضٌ : The earth became intensely hot. رَمِضَ يَوْمُنَا : Our day became very hot. رَمِضَ الصَّائِمُ : The inside of the fasting man became very hot with thirst owing to heat. شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ : The month of Ramadhan (month of fasting). It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Its ancient name was نَاتِقٌ : It is so called because perhaps when they changed the names of the months from their ancient names, they named them according to the seasons in which they fell and this month ) رَمَضَانَ or نَاتِقٌ agreed with the days of vehement heat. Or it is so named because fasting in this month causes heat and burning due to thirst or perhaps because worship and devotion in this month produce in the heart of the believer that warmth of love for his Creator which burns away all traces of sins and moral impurities. This meaning is corroborated by a saying of the Holy Prophet (Asakir and 343