Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 365
زهد زنی بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٌ : Ill-mannered and besides that, of doubtful birth (68:14). زَنَى ]aor. يَزْنِي inf. noun زِنّى and زَنَى بِهَا زِنَاءٌ : He committed fornication or adultery with her. زَنَاهُ : He said to him يَا زَانِي : fornicator or adulterer, or he imputed to him اَلرِّنَا . e. fornication or adultery. In the proper language of the Arab اَلرِّنَا signifies the mounting upon a thing; and according to Al-munawi, in the language of law it signifies the commission of fornication or adultery. الرِّنَا : Fornication or adultery. زَنَتْ : She committed fornication or adultery تُرَانِي : She commits adultery or fornication or prostitutes herself. وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى : And approach not fornication (or adultery( )17:33( وَلَا يَزْنُوْنَ : And they commit not adultery( )2569( اَلزَّانِي : Fornicator or adulterer as also الزَّانِيَةُ زَان : Fornicatoress or adulteress; applied to a man, it has an intensive meaning i. e. one much addicted to fornication الزَّانِي لَا يَنْكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً اَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانِ أَوْ . or adultery مُشْرِكِ : The adulterer (or fornicator) shall not marry but an adulteress or an idolatrous woman and an adulteress (or fornicatress) shall not marry but an adulterer or an idolatrous man )24:4( هُوَ ابْنُ زَانِيَةٍ أَوْ إِبْنُ زِنَى : He is a son of fornication or adultery. The plural of زَانٍ is زُنَاةٌ like قُضَاةٌ plural of قَاضِ and the plural of زَانِيَةٌ is زَوَانِ زَهِدَ زَهَادَةٌ and زُهْدٌ inf. noun يَزْهُدُ . aor زَهُدَ and يَزْهَدُ . aor زَهِدَ and زَهَدَ فِي الشَّيْءِ or زَهِدَ عَنْهُ : He abstained from it (meaning from something that would gratify the passion or senses); he relinquished it; forsook it; avoided it; shunned it; did not desire it; he abstained from so as to take the best that was sufficient thereof, leaving the rest to God. زَهَدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا : He gave up the world in order to devote himself to acts of devotion. زَاهِدُونَ or زَاهِدِينَ and زُمَّادٌ )singular is زَاهِدٌ i. e. abstemious; chaste; pious; religious; abstaining from, forsaking, shunning; not desirous of worldly pleasures; devoting himself to acts of devotion( وَكَانُوا فِيْهِ مِنَ الزَّاهِدِينَ : And they were not desirous of it (or they set small store by him( )12:21( زَهَدْتُ الْمَالَ : I computed by conjecture the 365