Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 560
عذب عذر who punishes )مُعَذِّبُونَ and مُعَذِّبِينَ plurals 17:59:17:16( مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ : God is not going to punish them )8:34( مُعَذِّبٌ : )pass. part. ): One who is punished. مُعَذَّبِينَ )plural( )26:139(. عَذَرَ ]aor. يَعْذِرُ inf. noun عُذْرٌ and عَذَرَهُ مَعْذِرَةٌ : He excused or cleared him from blame; he exculpated him; he accepted his excuse. عَذَرَ also means, he was guilty of many crimes so as to render him excusable who punishes him. اِعْتَذَرَ )inf. noun اِعْتِذَارٌ( : He excused himself; he adduced or urged an excuse or a plea for himself. اِعْتَذَرَ إِلَيَّ : He excused himself to me; he begged me to accept his excuse. اِعْتَذَرَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ )and )تَعَذَّرَ( : He asserted himself to be clear of his crime, sin or misdeed. يَعْتَذِرُوْنَ إِلَيْكُمْ : They will make excuses to you (9:94). It is said that the primary meaning of الْإِعْتِذَارُ is the cutting of a man off from the object of his want and from that to which he clings in his heart. اِعْتَذَرَ may also mean, he excused himself for not complying with a claim or request. It also means, he did not adduce an excuse (cont. signification(; اِعْتَذَرَ مِنْهُ also means he complained of him or it. إِعْتَذَرَتِ الْمِيَاهُ : The waters stopped. عَذَّرَ )inf. noun تَعْذِيْرٌ( : He affected to excuse himself but had no excuse or did not adduce an excuse that was valid; he did less than what was incumbent upon him or was remiss and deficient in an affair, causing it to be imagined that he had an excuse when he had none. مُعَذِّرٌ is act. part. (plural( )جَاءَ الْمُعَذِّرُوْنَ مُعَذِّرُوْنَ : The defaulters or the makers of false excuses came )9:90( عُذْرٌ and مَعْذِرَةٌ )inf. noun from عَذَرَ( : An excuse; an apology; a plea whereby one excuses oneself. قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَّدُنِّي عُذْرًا : Then thou shalt have got sufficient excuse from me )1877( عُذْرٌ also means success or victory. لِمَنِ الْعُذْرُ : Whose is the success or victory ? مَعْذِرَةٌ : Excuse. قَالُوْا مَعْذِرَةً : They said as an excuse (7:165). The plural of مَعْذِرَةٌ is مَعَاذِرُ and مَعَاذِيْرُ and the latter is also plural of مِعْذَرٌ . Some say that مَعَاذِيْرُ is the irregular plural of مَعْذِرَةٌ and means excuses, apologies, pleas, allegations and arguments. لَوْ اَلْقَى مَعَاذِيْرَهُ : Though he puts forward (his) excuses )75:16( اَلْمَعَاذِيْرُ also means veils, curtains or coverings. 560