Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 352
راع ران splendid vesture or dress (7:27). رَاعَ ]aor يَرِيعُ inf. noun رَيْعٌ and رَاعَ الشَّيْءُ رِيَاعٌ : The thing increased رَاعَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ : The tree became abundant in its fruit. رَاعَ : It became rent. ربع : High or elevated place, land or ground or simply elevation كُمْ رِیْعٍ اَرْضِكَ : What is the elevation of thy land; a road; or a road-opening so as to form a gap in a mountain; a small mountain; the channel of the torrent of a valley from any elevated place; a Christian's cloister or cell; a pigeon-turret أَتَبْنُوْنَ بِكُلِّ رِيْعٍ : Do you build monuments on every elevated place? (26:129) The thing : رَانَ الشَّيْءُ فُلانًا وَعَلَيْهِ وَبِهِ [رَيْنٌ inf. noun يَرِيْنُ aor رَانَ overcame him. رَانَ هَوَاهُ عَلَى قَلْبه : His evil desire covered or overcame his heart. رَانَتْ نَفْسُهُ : His stomach (soul) became heavy or became agitated by a tendency to vomit. رَانَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ أَوْ عَلَيْهِ : The death took him away. رَانَ also means, it (a garment( was or became rusty or covered with rust, dust or filth. بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوْبِهِمْ : Has rusted their hearts; covered their hearts or overcame their hearts, or has spread a blackness, dust, dirt upon their hearts (83:15). 352