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PT. 1 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ recite to them Thy Signs and الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ teach them the Book and Wisdom and may purify them; surely, Thou art the Mighty, the Wise. '136 136. Important Words: which آية Signs) is the plural of) آیات means, a sign, token, or mark by which a person or thing is known or recognized; it properly signifies any apparent thing inseparable from a thing not equally apparent, so that when one perceives the former, one knows that one also perceives the latter which one cannot perceive by itself; it also means a miracle, a wonder. The word is also used in the sense of a sentence; a part of speech; a verse (Lane & Aqrab). (Book) کتاب means, anything written; a book; a prescribed law (Aqrab). See also 2:54. increased and developed; he or it be- came purified. 5; means, he purified; he caused to grow and increase. ass means, the act of purifying and increasing (Aqrab). عز the Mighty) is derived from) العزيز i. e. he was or became mighty, potent or powerful; or high, elevated or illustrious; or hard and resisting. means, mighty and powerful or high and elevated; or hard and resisting. It also sometimes means, distressing or grievous. used as the attributive name of God means, the Mighty Who the everything; overcomes Incomparable or Unparalleled (Lane). See also 2:207 and 5:55. حكم Wisdom) is derived from) حكمة matter. (hakama). They say, a i. e. he prevented or restrained him (from acting in an evil manner). means, he judged and decreed in the (hakuma) means, he became wise (Aqrab). a means, what prevents or restrains one from ignorant behaviour; knowledge or science; knowledge of the true nature of things; wisdom or wisdom under- lying a commandment; an action according to the requirements thereof (Mufradāt & Lane). (the Wise) is derived from the same root from which a (for which see above) is derived. means, possessing knowledge or science or wisdom; wise; a sage; a philosopher; a physician; one who performs or executes affairs firmly, soundly, thoroughly, skilfully and well. is one of the names of God meaning the All-Wise (Lane). Applied to the Quran the word would signify the book that is full of wisdom and is free from all defect and imperfection, having no incongruity or unsoundness; or the book which judiciously decides religious (purify them) is derived from (zakkā) which again is derived from 6; meaning, he or it grew and differences. 225