Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 723
كفل كلب كَفَّ : The hand the palm with the fingers. يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ : Wring his two hands )18:43( كَافَّةً : Wholly. ادْخُلُوْا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً : Come into submission wholly (2:209); for all (34:29); all together (9:36). كَفَلَ aor. يَكْفُلُ inf. noun كَفَلَ فُلانًا كَفْلاً : He fed and supported; took charge of; be responsible for such a one. أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ : Which of them should take charge of Mary )3:45( كَفَّلَهُ : He placed him in his charge; made him his guardian )3:38( كِفْلٌ : Anything double; equal, corresponding; part or portion (4:86). كِفْلَيْنِ : Double share. يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ : He (God) will give you again and again of the share )57:29( كَفِيْلٌ : Surety one who is responsible or answerable. عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيْلاً : Your surety )16:92(. كَفَى ]aor. يَكْفِي inf. noun كِفَايَةً[ : It sufficed or satisfied. كَفَانِي فُلانٌ الْاَمْرَ : Such a one sufficed me in respect of the affair i. e. by taking upon himself to perform it or accomplish it if good or to prevent it if evil. كَفَى also signifies he defended. كَفَاهُ الشّر : He defended him against the evil. إِنَّا كَفَيْنَكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِهِيْنَ : Surely We are sufficient for thee against the scoffers )15:96( كَفَانِیْ شَهِيدًا : He is sufficient for me as a witness. Sometimes it is prefixed to its agent and sometimes to its objective complement. وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًاً : And sufficient is thy Lord as guardian )17:66( كافٍ : (act. part. noun, 39:37). كلا aor. يَكْكُلًّا inf. noun كَلَاهُ كِلَاءَةً : He guarded him or kept him safely. اِذْهَبُوا فِي كِلَاءَةِ اللَّهِ : Goye in the safe-keeping of God. مَنْ يَكْلَؤُكُمْ بِالَّيْلِ : Who guards or protects you by night )21:43(. كَلَبَ aor. يَكْلِبُ inf. noun كَلَبَ الرَّجُلُ كَلْبًا : The man barked so that dogs might hear him and bark كَلِبَ aor. يَكْلَبُ inf. noun كَلَبًا( : He was seized with madness like that of dogs, in consequence of his having been bitten by a mad dog; he was light-witted, deficient in intellect he thirsted كَلِبَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ : He designed a thing with avidity; the word also means, he ate voraciously without being satiated كَلْبٌ ::Dog; a fierce or furious dog; a lion. إِمْرَأَةٌ كَلْبَةٌ : A woman like a bitch كَلَّبَ : He trained a dog to hunt. مُكَلِّبٌ : One who trains a dog to hunt. مُكَلِّبِينَ - plural )5:5(. 723