part) the same laws apply as to other things in the universe: but on the human
level the laws that he needs, are given through the wahi (i.e. through Divine
Revelation): these laws too are not changeable but man, contrary to other things in
the universe, has been given the right (power) either to follow them or go against
them; but the results of his deeds, whatever they may be, will definitely be
according to his deeds i.e. good results for good deeds and bad results for bad
deeds (as per God’s Will) : this is what is known as the turn of events, law of
nature, or makafati Amal: which too is not changeable.
This is what is meant by God’s Mashiyat (or will) : do note that the space in
which man has been given freedom to choose, is never interfered in by God:
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And he has been told: imalu ma shey’tum 41:40 in this phase (part) do as you wish (do as
you will): We will not interfere: although the results of whatever you do will be
according to the laws of nature: innahu bima ta’miloona baseer: 41:40
There is one ayat which causes confusion because of its right meaning not being
explained: surah Dahar says: inna haazehi tazkiratun faman sha-at ta-khaza ila rabbehi
sabeela: 76:29 this noble Qur’an is a reminder, and anyone who wants may obey God:
upto this point the meaning is very clear: i.e. the wahi has been given by God, now
whosoever wants can adopt the way suggested by the wahi and whoever wants can adopt
some other way: ahead it is said: wama tashaoona illa un yasahallah: 76:30 this is usually
translated to mean “and you cannot want that which God does not want i.e. which he
wants: this meaning is not only contradictory to what has been said before but it also
demolishes the entire structure of human freedom: this would mean that whatever you
wish is not your own decision but God makes you do what he wants: and that Man is
helpless in this regard.
Aside from surah Dahar , more or less the same ayat has also appeared in surah Mudassar
74:54-56 and surah Takweer too :81:28:29.”Ma tashaoon” means ‘you do not want’: but
according to the Arabic grammar, it also means no, do not do it: i.e. do not ant:
Mukhtasiral Maani says: summal khabaru qad yaqa-u mau’qe-al insha ima lit tawafili
awa-il izhaaril hirsi fi waque-hi kama marra au lil ehtiraazi un suratil amri au lahmilil
makhatibi ala matloobi bi-an yakoonal makhatabu mimman la yuhibbu un yukazzibaatit
taalib: (page 232): the speaker wants that it may so happen: or the speaker wants to avoid
a direct order (and wants the other to do what he wishes): or says this in order to instigate
the other (to do it): because the one spoken to does not want to belie the speaker.
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Zamkhishri has explained this point in his book Kishaaf: surah Baqar says: wa iz akhazna
misaaqa bani Israeela la ta’badoona illal laaha wa bil waledeeni ehsaanaw wa zil qurba
wal yatama wal masakini wa qulu lin naasi husna….2:83 here la ta’badoon does not
mean a negative: the translation of the ayat is: when we made the Bani Israeel agree that
they will not worship anyone except God, and be in good behavior with parents, and
orphans and needy: after that it is said “be nice (kind) to people: the news here in mits
meaning is in the negative: like: tazhabu ila fulanan: taqulu lahu kaza: here ‘tazhab’ and
‘tazaru’ are pronouns but they mean ‘do it’: it is further written that wahuwa mun ablagh
min sareehil amri wan nahi: then he writes that this style is more effective than giving a
direct order to do or not to do.
There are other examples too of this style in the Qur’an, for instance, in the same surah
Baqarah it says: wama tunfiqoona illab tigha-a wajhillaah: 2:227 this too means ‘do not
spend, excepting in the way of God’:
In the light of these explanations, the meaning of wama tashaaoona illa un yasha Allah
becomes clear i.e you should homogenize your intent with Ours i.e. you should live
according to Our principles: and we want you to live according to our principles:
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Surah Zumr says: inn takfaru wa innal laaha ghaniyyun unkum: if you go against His
laws (what harm can you bring to Him i.e, nothing) He is not dependant on you at all:
wala yarza li-ibaadehil kufr wa inn tashkaru yarzahu lakum: 39:7 but he does not like
kufr (denial) from his bandas (slaves or followers): He wants you to be thankful.
As such a man must willingly accept and homogenise with God’s Will or mashiyat.
Shiin, yeh, beh
Ash sheeb: old age: white hair or the whiteness of the hair*: surah Maryam says:
washta’alur raasu shaiba: 19:4 the head due to whiteness of the hair (seems aflame): or
white hair has appeared in abundance in the head: surah Room uses shaibah for old age:
surah Muzammil says: yaj’alul wildaana sheeba: 73:17 the day whose difficulty will turn
the young ones old: Ibn Faaris says it means basically for one thing to be mixed with
another: shaib is so called because in it the whiteness of the hair mixes with the blackness
of the hair:
Shiin, yeh, khah
Ash sheikh: old man: also an old camel: teacher: scholar: leader: head of a tribe: expert:
ash shaikha: old woman: shaiku khah: old age.*
The Qur’an has used the word sheikh : 1172 to mean old man: also in 12:78 the Qur’an
has not used ash shaikha anywhere: and ash shaikha to married man or married woman is
nowhere in the Arabic dictionary.
Shiin, yeh, daal
Shaadal bana-a: yasheeduhu: wash shaiyaduhu: to plaster a building and raise it higher:
ash sheed: the material (limestone etc) with is used to plaster the building: almasheed: the
building which is made of limestone etc and raised high:solid : strong:*
*Taj and Muheet
page 996
the Qur’an says: qasrin masheed: 22:25 al-I’hadah: to raise the voice*: broojin
mushaiyyadah: 4:78 high and mighty forts: Ibn Faaris says the root means to raise
something higher:
Shiin, yeh, ain
Sha-al khabaru fin naas: the news spread among the people:* the Qur’an says: innal
lazeena yuhibboona un tash-ial faahishah: 24:19 the people who want dirty things to
spread.
Haaza shaiyu haza: it is like: similar to:* surah Saba says: kama fu-ela bi-ashya-e-him
min qabl: 34:54 like it was done with people like them: surah Qamar says: walaqad
ahlalkna ashya-akum: 54:51 We have annihilated people like you:
Ash shiya-u: the flute or voice of the shepherd: (with which he calls together the spread
out animals of the flock): those who give the call: inviters*: it also means to follow
behind the caller: shayyi-ahu ala raabihi: he followed his opinion: supported him: haaza
shiyu haaza: this is the child which was born after that child: this is said for two children
who were born one after the other and no child was born in between them: almushaa-iyu:
one who is always found with someone or attached to someone: shaiyun nisaa-un means
one who is always found among the women: ash sha-atuh means wife because she is
always with him: *Ibn Faaris says it basically also means to help one another.
These meanings explain what shiyah means: that is, the people who become one party by
following the same person: and thus be one another’s strength and support: if it is
obedience of God’s law (which they all are following) in which there is co-operation in
good deeds, then it is a party of the momineen; to be with whom is a matter of pride and
honour: as such after talking about the momineen of Qaum-e-Nooh, it is said: inna min
shi-a-tehi la-ibrahim: 37:83 verly, Ibrahim was one of them (their breed) :
*Taj and Muheet
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but if such grouping is made in obedience of some human idol, then the Qur’an calls it
‘shirk’: therefore, it has told the ummat-e-muslima very clearly : wa ta’simu behablil lahi
jamiah wala tafarraqu 3:103 : all of you attach yourself to this Book and do not be
divided into sects: wala takunu minal mushrikeena minal lazeena farraqu deenahum wa
kaanu shiya-a kullu hizbin bima ladaihim fari-hoon: 30:32 (do not turn into a mushrik
once you have accepted Islam- i.e. Beware of this): i.e. do not be like those people who
have divided themselves into sects and formed groups: the result is that every sect claims
and believes to be on the right path while all other sects(in its opinion) are not: since the
Qur’an prohibits sectarianism itself, there is no question as to which sect is right and
which wrong: sectarianism, according to the Qur’an is ‘shirk’: that is why the Prophet
SAW has been told: innal lazeena farraqu deenahum wa kaanu shiya-un lasta minhum fi
shaiyi: 6:160 those who forms groups in Deen , you have no connection with them: since
there are so many groups today among the muslims , how can they all be united? The
same way which has been highlighted bht the Qur’an itself: I’ti-saama behablil laah: to
consider the Book of God as the Centre and to establish a system according to it: this way
the sects will dissipate by themselves: if personalities are removed from within, and only
one system (according to the Qur’an is followed) then the sects will be forced to exit: to
follow the Qur’an is very important: to follow God according to what one individually
believes creates sectarianism: if only God’s system is followed then it maintains unity:
this may be kept in mind that sectarianism is not only division in religion but also in
politics: not only among the momineen, but in every qaum and nation, sectarianism and
grouping in politics too has been prohibited by God: and termed azaab (punishment) by
God: 6:65 the Qur’an has said that the Firouni authority (the Pharaonic authorities or the
oppressive forces ) always divides and rules 28:4 (for more details see feh, rah, qaf).
The Qur’an has termed shiya-un to mean nations or tribes.15:10.
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Surah Zumr says: inn takfaru wa innal laaha ghaniyyun unkum: if you go against His
laws (what harm can you bring to Him i.e, nothing) He is not dependant on you at all:
wala yarza li-ibaadehil kufr wa inn tashkaru yarzahu lakum: 39:7 but he does not like
kufr (denial) from his bandas (slaves or followers): He wants you to be thankful.
As such a man must willingly accept and homogenise with God’s Will or mashiyat.
Shiin, yeh, beh
Ash sheeb: old age: white hair or the whiteness of the hair*: surah Maryam says:
washta’alur raasu shaiba: 19:4 the head due to whiteness of the hair (seems aflame): or
white hair has appeared in abundance in the head: surah Room uses shaibah for old age:
surah Muzammil says: yaj’alul wildaana sheeba: 73:17 the day whose difficulty will turn
the young ones old: Ibn Faaris says it means basically for one thing to be mixed with
another: shaib is so called because in it the whiteness of the hair mixes with the blackness
of the hair:
Shiin, yeh, khah
Ash sheikh: old man: also an old camel: teacher: scholar: leader: head of a tribe: expert:
ash shaikha: old woman: shaiku khah: old age.*
The Qur’an has used the word sheikh : 1172 to mean old man: also in 12:78 the Qur’an
has not used ash shaikha anywhere: and ash shaikha to married man or married woman is
nowhere in the Arabic dictionary.
Shiin, yeh, daal
Shaadal bana-a: yasheeduhu: wash shaiyaduhu: to plaster a building and raise it higher:
ash sheed: the material (limestone etc) with is used to plaster the building: almasheed: the
building which is made of limestone etc and raised high:solid : strong:*
*Taj and Muheet
page 996
the Qur’an says: qasrin masheed: 22:25 al-I’hadah: to raise the voice*: broojin
mushaiyyadah: 4:78 high and mighty forts: Ibn Faaris says the root means to raise
something higher:
Shiin, yeh, ain
Sha-al khabaru fin naas: the news spread among the people:* the Qur’an says: innal
lazeena yuhibboona un tash-ial faahishah: 24:19 the people who want dirty things to
spread.
Haaza shaiyu haza: it is like: similar to:* surah Saba says: kama fu-ela bi-ashya-e-him
min qabl: 34:54 like it was done with people like them: surah Qamar says: walaqad
ahlalkna ashya-akum: 54:51 We have annihilated people like you:
Ash shiya-u: the flute or voice of the shepherd: (with which he calls together the spread
out animals of the flock): those who give the call: inviters*: it also means to follow
behind the caller: shayyi-ahu ala raabihi: he followed his opinion: supported him: haaza
shiyu haaza: this is the child which was born after that child: this is said for two children
who were born one after the other and no child was born in between them: almushaa-iyu:
one who is always found with someone or attached to someone: shaiyun nisaa-un means
one who is always found among the women: ash sha-atuh means wife because she is
always with him: *Ibn Faaris says it basically also means to help one another.
These meanings explain what shiyah means: that is, the people who become one party by
following the same person: and thus be one another’s strength and support: if it is
obedience of God’s law (which they all are following) in which there is co-operation in
good deeds, then it is a party of the momineen; to be with whom is a matter of pride and
honour: as such after talking about the momineen of Qaum-e-Nooh, it is said: inna min
shi-a-tehi la-ibrahim: 37:83 verly, Ibrahim was one of them (their breed) :
*Taj and Muheet
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but if such grouping is made in obedience of some human idol, then the Qur’an calls it
‘shirk’: therefore, it has told the ummat-e-muslima very clearly : wa ta’simu behablil lahi
jamiah wala tafarraqu 3:103 : all of you attach yourself to this Book and do not be
divided into sects: wala takunu minal mushrikeena minal lazeena farraqu deenahum wa
kaanu shiya-a kullu hizbin bima ladaihim fari-hoon: 30:32 (do not turn into a mushrik
once you have accepted Islam- i.e. Beware of this): i.e. do not be like those people who
have divided themselves into sects and formed groups: the result is that every sect claims
and believes to be on the right path while all other sects(in its opinion) are not: since the
Qur’an prohibits sectarianism itself, there is no question as to which sect is right and
which wrong: sectarianism, according to the Qur’an is ‘shirk’: that is why the Prophet
SAW has been told: innal lazeena farraqu deenahum wa kaanu shiya-un lasta minhum fi
shaiyi: 6:160 those who forms groups in Deen , you have no connection with them: since
there are so many groups today among the muslims , how can they all be united? The
same way which has been highlighted bht the Qur’an itself: I’ti-saama behablil laah: to
consider the Book of God as the Centre and to establish a system according to it: this way
the sects will dissipate by themselves: if personalities are removed from within, and only
one system (according to the Qur’an is followed) then the sects will be forced to exit: to
follow the Qur’an is very important: to follow God according to what one individually
believes creates sectarianism: if only God’s system is followed then it maintains unity:
this may be kept in mind that sectarianism is not only division in religion but also in
politics: not only among the momineen, but in every qaum and nation, sectarianism and
grouping in politics too has been prohibited by God: and termed azaab (punishment) by
God: 6:65 the Qur’an has said that the Firouni authority (the Pharaonic authorities or the
oppressive forces ) always divides and rules 28:4 (for more details see feh, rah, qaf).
The Qur’an has termed shiya-un to mean nations or tribes.15:10.
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S a a d
Saahibal Huut
It is the title of Hazrat Yunus (Jonah) 68:48 For details see heading “Yunus”.
Swaleh A.S.
Among the tribes of Saamia that had established governments in interior of Arabia,
the most famous was the tribe of Samood: the time of its peak is that of Aad the First:
(see heading Huud): this nation or qaum ruled the north eastern part of Arabia which was
called the Valley of Qara: Hijr was their capital which was situated on the highway from
Hijaaz to Syria: their area was very fertile: 26:146-147 they used to build palatial house
in the valleys and strong forts at the edge of the mountains which were masterpieces of
sculpture: 7:74
Hazrat Swaleh, who was from among them, was sent to this nation as a prophet: 7:73 he
brought to them the same message that Hazrat Nooh and Hazrat Hoodh before him had
brought to their qaums respectively: (see headings Nooh and Hoodh): i.e. ya qaumi budul
laaha ma lakum min ilahin7:73 O’ my nation, obey God; no one except Him is your God:
also: la ta-sau fil ardi mufsideen: 7:74 do not rebel and spread chaos in the country: as
usual, the leaders of the nations opposed this invitation: 7:75
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in those days, grazing lands and sheep and cattle and springs were considered big wealth:
the rich and powerful were wont to reserve the grazing lands and springs for their own
animals and the poor section’s animals died of hunger and for want of drinking water:
Hazrat Swaleh told the qaum that the springs and grazing fields should be available (open)
to all: it was such a reasonable request that they( the powerful people) had no answer for
it: thus they had to agree that it would be so: Hazrat Swaleh told them that the practical
way to do it would be to fix turns so that everyone had his turn and nobody was wrongly
treated: they had to agreed to this too: then he said that this is a she-camel which
belonged to no one or belonged to God; and to fix a turn for it too: if it was allowed to
drink on its turn then it would be proved that the powerful people were sincere in their
agreement: if they maltreated it, then it would prove that they were still following their
old ways:7:73 they killed the she-camel: 7:77 and God’s azaab or wrath (in the form of
lightning and earthquake) destroyed them 7:78.
How physical catastrophes like storms, flood, hurricanes, earthquakes etc) turn into
“God’s azaab’, can be seen in the heading Hazrat Nooh in my book Jooyi Noor.
Saad, beh, alif
Saba: yasba: to exit out of one Deen and enter another: basically it means to appear and
be evident: saba naabul ba-ir: the camel sprouted budding teeth (Ibn Faaris): saba alaih
means to mutiny against someone and to be one’s enemy: saba un najam: the star rose:
can be seen*.
As sa-iboon: those who enter another Deen by exiting one Deen: * according to the
Muheet, this was a sect of the Christians which respected the stars as the muslims respect
the Kaaba:
*Taj
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some think that it was a star worshipping qaum or nation or a nation which was mushrik
that is, it worshipped other gods than God: the Munaar also thinks so although it also
thinks that is a nation which believed in the famous prophets: but their beliefs were very
vague**: the Qur’an has mentioned the saa-ibeen in 2:62 Raghib says they used to follow
Hazrat Nooh:
Hastings’ Encyclopedia of Religions and Ethics says it was a second name for the
Elkesaites: this was a Jewish sect which developed around the First Century B.C. : to
absolve of sins they used to take Baptism: therefore the Arabs called them “mughtasla”
i.e. those who bathe: the Eseni sect of the Jews adopted this modern trend: some
researchers think that during the Fourth Century B.C. the nation around the dead sea was
Elkesati: or the Sampsenses or Sampsites: these people believed in one God and used to
wash their hands and faces and bathe before worshipping: the word means “like the sun”:
it is said that the Elkesaites were astrologers and had therefore special interest in the stars:
at the time of the revelation of the Qur’an the Arabs knew this qaum well and used to call
them ‘Saaibeen’: perhaps because it was believed that the Elkesaites had entrusted their
Holy book to one who was called Sobiai: that is why perhaps they were called Sabians or
for their practice of Baptism with water because in the Arami language this is what it
ment:
Saad, beh, beh
Sabbal ma’: he spilled the water from above: fasabb: as such the wate was spilled: a little
liquid that remains in the jug: as sabaab: the slope of the spring or of the road or its
lower part: asabbu: the people traversed the slope: subbar rajul: the man was
obliterated***.
*Muheet **Tafseerul Manar ***Taj and Raghib.
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Surah Abas says: anna sababnal ma’a sabba: 80:25 We made it rain from above: surah
Fajar says: fasabba alihim rabbuka sautra azaab: 89:13 your Lord (Rab) lashed them with
the whip of His azaab (punishment): surah Hajj says: yusabbu min fauqi ruoosihimul
hameem: 22:16 boiling hot water will be drooped from over their heads: their stiff heads
(due to pride) will be made to bow and their pride will be destroyed.
Saad, beh,hah
As subh: Ibn Faaris says it means a basic color: some say it means red color and subh
i.e.morning is so called because it is also reddish (at dawn): and the lamp is called misbah
because it too is red (because of the flame): as subh: dawn or the initial part of the day*:
Raghib says it means the part of the day when the horizon is reddish because of the rising
sun: sabah: isbah also mean the same thing: Ibn Faaris says that sabah means the light of
day: the Qur’an has used all three words: 6:97, 37:177, 81:18 musbeeh: that which enters
in the morning*: fa alkhazat humus saihatu mus-behiin: 15:83 as soon as it was dawn, a
harsh sound enveloped them: al misbaah: lamp : also the flame: *24:35 plural is
masabeeh: stars: sabbah: to reach somebody in the morning:54:38 asbah: it happened: i.e.
(as kaana and saar): asbaha fulanun aalima: that man became a scholar: *fa asbaha minal
khasireen: 5:30 he became one of the losers: fa asbahtum bi-ne’matihi ikhwaana: 3:102
you became brothers (due to the unity of the Qur’an):
As said above, asbah means “it happened” but it seems that it means that he became so
from the beginning:
Saad, beh, rah
Sabr: means for somebody to keep striving for the attainment of something: * as such its
basic meaning holds the connotations of stability, firmness, and continuous struggle.
*Taj
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that is why the cloud which is stagnant and does not move is called as sabar: a mountain
is also called as sabar: * al asbeerah means the flock which return to their owners (after
grazing the whole day) and do not stay way from them: ***as sibaarah, as subaarah, as
saboorah means a piece of wood or metal which is static in one place: as saaboorah is that
piece of earth etc which is kept in the boat to maintain the balance: **this makes the
meaning of sabr clear since this exercise produces very good results so it is called as
subrah (heap of grains) :* which is not measured:* consider as to how much forbearance
and stability and struggle are needed to produce it.
It also means to prevent someone (from doing something): as such sabr also means to
imrison someone: (Ibn Faaris): or to make someone the target for arrows afte tieing him
up: yamiyanis sabr: is the promise which somebody is forced to make *.
Surah Baqarah says: asbarahum alun naar: 2:175 one meaning could be as to how much
strength (resistance) do they possess against fire: what is that thing which has forced
them to withstand the azaab of jahannam (the fires of hell): obviously these meanings
have the connotation of courage.
The Qur’an says the Bani Israeel said to Hazrat Moosa, lun nasbirah ala twamin waaheed:
2:61 we cannot bear one sort of meal all the time: the same surah says: rabbana afrigh
alaina sabran sabbit aqdaamina: 2:250 here sabbit aqdaaamina clearly explains the
meaning of sabr: that is to be steadfast: surah Aali Imraan explains as to what saabireen
means: fama wahanu lima asabahum fi sabeelil laahi wama za-ufu wamas takaanu: 3:145
*Taj **Muheet ***Lane and Taj
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in thr ay of God, whatever difficulties they ha to face neither slowed hem down nor
weakened thm nor overpowered them:in the next ayat it is again likened to sabbit
aqdaamina: 3:146 surah Alfurqaan says that the kuffar (the Deniers) used to say that this
prophet would have led us astray from our idols: laula un sabarna alaiha: 25:42 if we had
not resolutely kept worshipping them (the idols): the same meaning is that of the surah
Saad’s ayat: wasbiru ala aalihatikum: 38:6 in 14:21 sabarna has been used against jazi’na:
jazaa means to cut the rope from the centre: therefore sabr would mean to do something
continuously: surah Kahaf also uses the word ‘sabr’ in the meaning that we generally
attribute to the word, like we say: why are you being so impatient: or don’t be impatient:
wait, don’t be restless : 49:5, 18:68 surah Anfaal says: inn yakun minkum ishroona
saabiroona yaghlibu me’a-tain: 8:65 even if 20 of you resolutely face them then they will
overpower 200 of them: they have been called : as sabireena fil baa’sa’-e waz zarra-i :
2:177 surah Maryam says: wastabir li-ibaadatihi: 19:65 worship God with steadfastness
and stability.
This is the Sabr which has been described as: ista-inu bis sabri wus salaat: 2:153 for the
full development of your capabilities utilize sabr and salaat: after that it is said: innal
laaha ma’us saabireen: God grants victory to those who struggle with steadfastness and
resolution for their ends: and face all struggles resolutely and continuously: these are the
saabir people who oolaika alaihim salawatun mir rabbihim wa rahmah: 2:157
This is the Qur’anic meaning of Sabr: the meanings that are usually taken by us (in the
Urdu language) are the opposite: we take sabr to mean that a man becomes helpless and
forbears the oppression of the oppressors quietly and shed tears at it: as such in complete
helpnessness we are wont to say: O.K. Go ahead, do what you please, what can I do
except be patient (forbear it): and this is the patience we are told to exercise as according
to them there is no other way than to be patient.
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i.e. sabr means abject helplessness : note how the meaning of a word changes with a
change in perspective: the Qur’anic meaning of sabr is to face resolutely: and our
meaning of sabr is helplessness.
In short sabr means to remain engaged resolutely and to face the difficulties in the way
with courage and steadfastness so that one’s feet do not waver: the Qur’an has told the
momineen: isberu wa saabiru: 3:199 isbiru means to be steadfast and courageous in
one’s work and saabiru means to compete in resoluteness and surpass each other in it: or
to excel others in resoluteness or to help each other’s resoluteness.
No nation in the world can progress if it does not become saabir according to the
Qur’anic meaning: and whoever is content and saabir in our meanings can not really exist
in a good way.
Saad, beh, ain
Isbaa means finger: the upper part of the finger is also called isba: plural is asabi’a: 2:19
saba’a fulanin ala fulaan: he pointed with his finger toward another man*.
Saad, beh, ghain
As sabgh: means basically to produce change : and change: as sabgh and as sibaagh mean
anything with which a cloth or something else is colored: sabaghas saub means to color
cloth: as sabbaagh: means a man who colors cloth: kazzaab: one who colors his talk: as
sibghah: the method of coloring: also means Deen or nation.**
Sabagha yadahu bil maa’i: he dipped his hand into the water (for coloring the cloth):
sabagha fulanun fin naeem: so and so man was flooded with benefits:
*Taj and Muheet **Taj
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curry is also called sibgh because bread (roti) is dipped into it for eating: *23:20 for
Baptism the Christians dip their children into water: or spread color on them: this is
called sibgha or istibaagh: *
The Qur’an says: sibghatil laahi aman ahsanu minal laahi sibghah: 2:138 Allah’s color:
what other color can be so purifying and beautifying: but what is sibghatullah? The rest
of the ayat seems to answer the question: nahnu lahu aabedoon: 2:138 i.e. to adopt fully
the laws of God; the way color permeates the warp and weft of the cloth and completely
changes it (its color): therefore by homogenizing with God’s laws there is a basic change
in human life and the change permeates his blood and he becomes a completely
‘different’ man: that is, his latent capabilities start becoming developed and Godly traits
begin to be reflected in him: and just like God’s opposing traits never clash with each
other but are quite balanced, so those opposing traits also begin to be found in man with
complete balance: but this thing is possible only within a society(not in isolation):
therefore sibghatuullah(the color of God) is not something which can be attained in
isolation or through spiritual meditation in some hideout: it is the name of living a life in
Qur’anic society,that is, in a society based on Qur’anic laws : nahnu lahu musalimoona
nahnu lahu aabidoon: 2:138 and their result is ‘sibghatullaah’: Ibn Qateebah says it
means the Deen of Allah**.
Saad, beh, waw
As sabwah: the foolishness of teen age: love: sabatin nakhlah: the female date palm
leaned towards the distant male date palm: asbathal mar’ah: the woman enticed the man
and made him like her:
*Taj **Alqartain vol.1 page 63.
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As sabiyyi: the child which has not stopped suckling or the kid who is not yet and adult:
saba fulanin yasbu: that man was attracted to that thing and started acting like a child:
*surah Yusuf says asbu ilayhin: 12:33 (so that) I become attracted to them and start
acting like boys: Ibn Faaris says its basic meanings are 1) to attract: to make one bow: to
bow 2) youthful age : i.e. not to be attracted or pulled towards a thing not after due
deliberation but like children on the basis of some emotion.
Saad, hah, beh
Sa-hib means for a thing to be attached to another: as habtuhul shaiyi: I attached to that
thing: sa-hibah: he stayed with him: when a man of lower rank stays with a man of higher
rank, it is said: innahu sahibal aala: as against this, a man of higher rank staying with
someone of lower rank will not be called ‘masahib’: as sohbatu wal musahibatu: means to
stay with someone: the difference here is that the stay should be for a long period: if the
stay is not for a long duration, it will be called ijtima’: * Ibn Faaris says its basic
meanings are to stay with someone or to stay near someone.
As habar rajula walahu: means he became obedient to that man: al musaahib: one who
stays with always: and obedient and faithful companion:* as haba fulaana: means
protected him: the Qur’an says: wala hum minna yus haboon :21:43 nobody can protect
(save) them from Our azaab (punishment): as sahib: plural is as haab: one who stays with
someone continuously: the owner of a thing: the person who has the right to spend or use
the thing**: the wife has been called saahibah (because she stays with her husband):
4:102.
The Qur’an has said as haabun naar and as habul jannah: the word as haab points to the
reality that jannat and douzakh i.e. heaven and hell are not physical places but conditions
which are attached to man and will stay with him always: this is what sahiba means.
*Taj and Raghib **Taj, Muheet, Raghib.
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they are the ones who have been also called as haabul maimanah (56:8) and as haabul
mash’amah (56:9): i.e. those who are at peace and those who are in trouble: surah
Zaariyat says : as haabihim: 51:59 people like them: Raghib says ‘sahib’ is said for
anyone who stays with a person or animal or house or time: whether this togetherness is
physically or conceptually: saahibul huut: 68:48 “fish man” i.e. with whom the fish
incident happened: i.e. zannoon: 21:87.
The Qur’an says: as haabul fiil: as haabul ukhdood: as haabul aikah: as haabul hijr: these
have been used for different parties and groups: the details of which will be found in the
relevant spots of the Qur’an: as haabul kahf and ar raqeem have been mentioned in surah
Kahaf: (for the detailed meanings of each see relevant heading).
Surah Taubah mentions the incident when the Prophet SAW (at the time of migration)
was in a cave and there was a companion with him: about this companion it is said: iz
yaqulu lisaahibihi la tahzan innal laahu ma’ana: 9:2 when the Prophet SAW told his
companion, “do not fret, God is with us”: history tells us that this companion was Hazrat
Abu Bakar Siddiq : this is why the other companions too of the Prophet SAW are called
Sahaabah.
Saad,. hah, feh
As saheef: the earth: Ibn Faaris says the root basically means width and expanse: as
sihaaf: small pools which are made to collect water: as sohfah: big goblet: a very broad
cup from which five men can easily drink milk or water: * as saheefah: the plurals are
saha-aif and suhuf: written paper: commonly it means the face or the page (of a book):**
it is used for every spread out thing: ***al mus-haaf: al mushif: almus huf: ** a
collection of different sahifahs (written pages): ***At tasheef: to recite the Qur’an, and
because of doubtful words or letters, as they are not in the Qur’an
i.e. due to dubious
words to recite the Qur’an wrongly).
*Taj **Muheet ***Raghib
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the Qur’an has used sihaaf (singular is sahfah) to mean big trays or cups: 43:71 about the
Prophet Muhammed SAW, it is said: yatlu suhufan mutah harah: 98:2 who recites (reads)
puritan pages: i.e. recites the Qur’anic ayats which are faultless and unadulterated by
human intellect: by calling the Qur’anic ayats as suhuf, it has been pointed out that these
have been coming from the very beginning: it has been further explained in 80:13-15 i.e.
fi suhufin mukarramatin and which is explained by saying: bi-aidi safartatin kiramin
bararazah: it is written by Holy hands: by respectable hands: the truth is that the Prophet
had left behind the total Qur’an for his ummat (or followers) in written form: it is not
right to think it was collected later by the Prophet’s companions: aside from the Qur’an,
the books of Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Isa have also been called suhuf: suhufi Ibrahima
wa Moosa: 87:19 and for commonly written things this word has been used in 81:10 and
74:52.
Saad, khah, khah
As sakh: to hit iron on iron or some other hard thing on some hard thing very hard*: (like
it is done in factories or workshops): the sound that is produced by hitting one hard thing
with another: as sakh kha means a very harsh sound which deafens: deep plight is also
meant by it: sakh khani fulanun bi-azeemah: he leveled a very big allegation against me*:
For a great revolution the Qur’an has said: fa iza ja’atis sakh kha: 80:33 the plight which
renders one helpless: and if it has a connotation of battle then it could also mean the
sound of the weapons of battle: and our machine age is totally as sakhkha:
Saad, khah, rah
As sakhrah: plural is sakhr: very hard rock or a piece of a rock: as saakhir: the sound
which is produced by striking iron against iron: **it means the same as sakh kha: (see
heading saad, khah, khah).
*Taj and Ibn Faaris **Taj, Muheet and Raghib.
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Surah Kahaf says: iz aw yana ilas sakhrah: 18:63 when we took refuge behind the big
stone or rock.
Surah Fajr says about the qaum of Samood : zaabus sakhra bil waad: 89:10 they carved
big rocks to make their houses in the valley: Kitaabul Ashqaaq says sakharah does not
mean every big stone but only the big rock : Ibn Faaris has said the same thing too.
Saad, daal, daal
Sadda unhu: yasuddu: sudooda: to ignore someone: to avoid*: ra-aital munafeqina yasud
doona unka sudooda: 4:61 you will see that (or you will find the munafeqin or the
hypocrites) fully ignore you: turn away their faces: saf dahu unhu: yusudduhu sadda:
prevented him from something: removed him: turned him away: stopped him*: wasadda
un sabeelil laah: 2:217 to prevent from (following) the way of God.
Sadda: yasiddu sadeeda: he raised a hue and cry: raised a din*: iza qaumuka minhu
yasiddoon: 43:77 your Qaum cries out at it.
Sadeed: boiling, hot water: the bloody water that seeps out of a wound: the water that will
drip from the skins of the jahannamees or the hell dwellers: it also means pus: * the water
in hell has been called ma-inn sadeed: 14:16 fields are always nurtured with cold or cool
water: hot, boiling water withers the plants and stops their growth: as such in hell all the
hell dwellers get does maintain their lives but the will to live withers away: at another
place it has been called ma-un hammeem: 47:15 the stoppage or stultification of human
personality’s developpment is what hell (jahjannam) is: (see heading jiim, hah, miim).
Saad, daal, rah
As sadoor: means chest: plural is sudoor: then it started to mean the front or best or
essential part of a thing: sadarul qaum: the leader or head of the qaum**.
*Taj and Muheet **Taj
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Sadar: yasduru: to go back: return: actually it means for cattle etc to come back after
watering: wurood: to go to the drinking spot for drinking: sudur: to come back: as saadir:
one who returns*.
The word means to go beyond, to go forth and to return: to mean come out it has
appeared in 99:6 : assdar: to take back: to return something: it has meant to make the
animals drink and then to take them back in 28:23.
Sadar:the plural is sudoor: has meant the heart in the Qur’an: like inn tukhfu ma fi
sudurikum: 3:28 Raghib says where it has appeard it means knowledge and intellect: and
wherever the word sadr has been used then it includes emotions as well as knowledge and
intellect**: but it is not a rule.
The Qur’an has called itself shifaa-ul lima fis sudoor: 10:57 that is, a cure for all
psychological and mental problems: the Muheet has said that banaatus sudoor means
worries ***: for the explanation of ‘sadr’ see heading shiin, rah, hah.
Saad, daal, ain
As sad-u : means to drill a hole into a hard thing: ****Ibn Faaris says it means for
something to open up or to become slightly faulty: as sid-u: a group or party of people:
the piece of a thing: the half of the torn thing: sad-ahu sad-a: he tore it: turned it into two
halves: almasadi-u soft paths on hard ground: the sharp point of the arrows: as sooda’a:
headache: the pain which is splitting the head: tasadda ul qaumu was saddda-u: the qaum
started differing: suddi-ar rujul: he had a head ache: *
Surah Hijr tells the Prophet SAW : fasda bima tu’maru wa’riz unil mushrikeen: 15:94 the
first part of the ayat is explaining the second: that is, ignore or avoid these hypocrites:
and build up your own party:
*Taj **Raghib ***Muheet ****Taj and Raghib
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some say it means “whatever is told to you, relate it clearly:” but the former meaning is
more appropriate it seems: surah Room says: yau maizin yasadda-oon : 30:43 the day
they will separate: surah Waaqi-ah says: la yusadda-oona unha: 56:19 it will not cause a
headache: there will be no mental problem: surah Hashar says: khaashian mutasaddian:
59:21 that which will turn to pieces: torn: surah Tariq says: wal ardi zaatis sad’a: 86:13 at
the time when the plants grow, the ground splits: the Qur’an says that everything in the
universe has been created to produce constructive results: (bil haqq): but we find that
some things are also destructive: this destruction, the Qur’an says, is actually the basis of
re-construction: for example we seed the earth; then the seed splits and along with it the
earth splits too; apparently this is a destructive act; but this way the crop begins
(growing); which is totally productive of positive results: this way every constructive act
may first be destructive: la ilaha is necessary before illal laah: but if there is only ‘la’ in
some program then it produces only destructive results: therefore for the earth to be the
embodiment of sad’a is necessary for human development.
Saad, daal, feh
As sadaf: sea shell: every tall building or wall or mountain: * Ibn Faaris says as sadaf
means the side or corner of mountain because it seems to lean to one side: the Qur’an
says: saawa bainas sadafain: 18:96 here sadafain means two big mountains: as sadaf: the
slackness in the legs of a camel or horse: * or bend: sadafa unhu means to ignore
somebody: avoid him*: * (Ibn Faaris says it basically means leaning and predilection:
when un is used with it then it will mean to turn the face away): 6:158 sometimes even
without ‘un’ it has this meaning: sadafa fulanun: means he leaned, also turned his face
away: the Qur’an says: summa hoom yasdifoon: 6:46 these people turn their faces away
and ignore even at this: as sadoof: means a woman who first shows her face and then
turns her face away*.
*Taj **Raghib
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Saad, daal, qaf
Sidq: it is the opposite of kizb which as the heading kuzb explains the heart and tongue
not being one even if whatever one is relating is true in itself: so sidq would mean the
heart and tongue being homogenous: this is the truth: but it has another aspect: say a
person knows about something which is wrong but he relates it truthfully and faithfully:
in this case his heart and tongue are homogenous but what he is relating is not true: we
will not call such a person a liar but what he is saying would be wrong: sidq also means
intensity and force*.
Ibn Faaris says it basically means strength because truth in itself is strong and a lie is
weak : shai-un sidqun: means solid and hard thing: rumhun sidq: means strong spear: as
such whatever words are related to this root would have the connotation of strength , it
should be kept in mind.
As sadeeq: a friend: as siddiq: a very truthful person: a person who has never told lies: so
truthful that a lie is not even expected of him: siddiq means one who is true in his
sayings and belief and verifies it by his deeds: because saddaq means to prove true by
deeds: (details are ahead): as sadaqah means anything which is given in the way of
Allah:* some think that sadaqah is not binding but is given as philanthrophy and that
zakat s binding as has been detailed under the heading zah, kaf, waw: when a Qur’anic
system is complete, then whatever is above the needs of people, all of it goes towards the
welfare of the society or humankind: but in the period before that, an Islamic society
fixes a sum on every individual which is generally collected from the people:
*Taj and Raghib
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(for this the word ‘zakaat’ has been used): but in emergency situations individuals are
appealed to give and whatever they can and it is called sadaqah: but this too is collected
collectively and spent collectively too 9:103, 9:60.
Sadaqa means he proved whatever he said by his deeds: surah Ahzaab says: minal
momineena rijaalun sadaqu ma ahadul laahi alaih: 33:23 momin are those who prove
what they promise God by their deeds: surah Aali Imran says: walaqad sadaqumullahu
a’dahu: 3:15 verily the promise that God made to you, He proved true by deeds: surah
Zumr says: alhamdolil laahil lazi sadaqana wa’duhu: praise be to the Lord, who has
proven true the promise He made to us: surah Baqarah says the virtuous way is not that
you face East or West (in worship) but that to have the right concept about life and to
prove it to be true with your deeds: such people, it is said: oola-ikal lazi sadaqu:2:177
these are the people who have proven their faith (eeman) by their acts or deeds: aside
from proving by deeds as to the right concept of life, saadiq is one who presents
reasoning in support of his claims (religion or deen): 2:111.
Whatever is given to atone for not doing what is binding is also called sadaqah: 2:196
surah Baqarah has used the word sadaqaat against riba (usury): 2:276 riba means take
more than what is due to you and sadaqah is to give more than what is binding on you
(for the welfare of others or mankind): that is why it is said: yamhaqul laahur riba wa
yurbis sadaqaat: 2:276 riba (which you proudly collect) leads to destruction: and sadaqaat
increase greatly: tasaddaqa was saddaq means whatever is due to you and binding, to let
it go also: to willingly part with, to give sadaqah:
*Muheet and Raghib
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For example if the borrower has become poor or unable to return the loan then to forego
the loan: 2:280 and 5:54, 4:92 the mehr of the women is also sadaqah: 4:4 but the Qur’an
has used this word with a ‘pesh’ on ‘daal’ i.e. saduqa: mehr is not a price against which a
woman is bought, it is simply a gift which is willingly given: but it must be given: (the
Qur’an has not used the word ‘mehr’ in the Book itself): saduqa has the connotation of
sincerity and friendship: sadeeq means friend: 24:61 it is both singular and plural: surah
Yunus says that we granted the Bani Israeel with ‘mabuwwa sidq’ 10: 93 it means a land
which is full of strengths, potentialities and delights: Tajul Uroos says it means ‘manzilan
swalehan’.
The Qur’an has used both saddaq and sadaq to mean to prove true by deed: surah Fatah
says: laqad sadaqal laahu rasuluhur bil haqq…48:27 Verily God will make His Prophet’s
dream come true: and surah Saffat says in regard to Hazrat Ibrahim’s tale : qad
saddaqatur ruya: you made the dream come true: sadddaq leads to musaddaq which
means one who makes the dream come true: 3:38 God has repeatedly said that this
Qur’an is: musaddaqil lima ma-a-kum: 2:41 this does not mean that the books with
people (supposed to be celestial books) are true, because the Qur’an itself has said that
these books have been amended ; as such, how can it say then that these books are truths
if they have been amended and changed? Musaddeqal lima ma’a’kum states a very big
truth: every nation of the world has a set of ordinary principles of moral conduct: for
instance,every nation has the moral of not lying and speaking the truth:
*sadaq i.e. saddaq is also stated as tasdeeq: 48:27 would mean, therefore, that God
verified the dream of the Prophet and told him that it would be proven true.
(Raghib and Kishaaf).
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do not commit theft: do not bother anybody: etc : but these teachings are mere concepts:
there is no practical system in which these are to be done: the Qur’an however, not only
teaches such good principles but also gives a system in which these traits are actually
practiced: the whole world says that oppressors do not flourish long but we still find
oppressors flourishing: the Qur’an also says so: innahu la yuflihuz zwalimoon: 6:136 but
along with this teaching it also gives a system in which this principle or precept comes
out as the truth: this is what mussaddiqul lima ma’a’kum means: i.e. the principles which
are merely concepts in other teachings take practical shape in the Qur’an and are thus
proven true : thus the Qur’an turns these principles into truth: and other principles too
which the Qur’an only contains: and which have completed celestial guidance: also the
pointers in previous books (Torah and the Bible) about the advent of Prophet Muhammed
SAW were proven true by his actual advent: Allama Hamieeduddin Farahmi has written
in his book “Mufardaatul Qur’an’ as below: He says:
“Musaddi fallima baina yadaih”: these are two sentences whose true meanings have
escaped most: they thought that the Qur’an has verified the previous books (which have
been changed): saddaah has two meanings: one is to verify what a man says or to verify
something; the other is to make it true in his expectations: consider the verse which says:
may my life and everything be sacrificed on those brave men on whom all my
expectations proved right:
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In the same connotation has been said in the Qur’an: walaqad saddaqa alaihim ibleesa
zannahu fattaba-uhu: 34:20 and Iblees proved true his thoughts about them: and they
followed him.
If deliberated upon,then one can find out that here the second meaning is right: because
the Qur’an and the Prophet SAW made their appearance exactly as predicted in the Torah:
as such their advent proved the predictions true: so if they deny the Prophet SAW and the
Qur’an then it would be a denial of prediction of their own Holy Book: we will leave this
debate here and those who are interested in this debate can refer to pages 64-67 of the
above mentioned book:
Aside from the above, the following forms of sadaq have come to mean: to tell the truth;
verify; sadaqal mursaloono make come true: oolaikal lazeena sadaqu: 2:177 also sadaqal
laahu rasulahur ruya: 48:27 qadama sidq: 10:2 superiority which is for honor and respect:
mudkhala sidqin and mukhraja sidq: 17:80 to proceed with honor and to recede with
honor at the right moment: or to enter some affair with veracity and exit it with veracity
or be absolved of the responsibility with veracity: lisaana sidq: 26:84 true fame because
of respect and honor: maq-adis-sidq: 54:55 a point of stay where all of life’s pleasantries
are present: saadiq: truthful: sincere: asdaq: more truthful: tasdeeq: to prove to be true by
deeds: 12:11 one who gives something as a gift or ‘bakhshish’ , or to forego that which is
due to him: 12:88 surah Hadeed has called those who give sadaqah as musaddiq: 57:18
i.e. whatever is due over and above that: all this so that they prove their claim that the
purpose of their lives is to develop others :saddaqa has been used as against kazzab : 75:
31:32.
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The above show that in any form sidq has the connotation of willingness and
homogeneity : i.e. whatever is given is with a good heart and whatever is accepted that
too is willingly and happily done: it should have no element of coercion and forcibleness:
it is the basic point that Qur’an makes and that is, whatever a man does must be done
willingly and with a good heart: this element can be a source of strength not only for the
doer but also for entire mankind: as such ‘sidq’ holds a lot of importance.
Saad, daal, yeh
As sada has a lot of meanings one of which is an echo: asdal jabal: the mountain replied
to the echo: as sadaa: complete or final voice: at tasdiah: to clap:* Raghib says tasdiah
means any sound which is not tuneful or modulated: ** the Qur’an says that with the
Arabs of the early period salaat was nothing but mukaun wa tasdiah: 8:35 i.e.
meaningless sounds and movement:** (for details see heading miim, kaf, waw): saadah:
to come in front: to appear before: tasadda lahu: to appear before someone with head
raised high: to come before somebody repeatedly: to return to someone repeatedly like an
echo: to pay attention:***fa-anat lahu tasadda: 80:6 you attend to it very eagerly.
Saad, rah, hah
As sarah: the purity in anything: some say it means something which is pure and white:
kaasun surah: the cup (goblet) which has no adulteration and is pure:
*Taj **Raghib***Muheet
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at tasreeh: to make the matter clear: the matter to be opened: for it to be clean and
pure:*Ibn Faaris says it means for something to become open or become evident: labanun
sareeh: pure milk the foam in which has settled down: as suraahiyah: pure wine: as
surahiyah: goblet for wine: as sarha: the top soil or the upper part of the earth: smooth
land: as sarh: high, engraved, and decorated house which stands out from the others: high
building: then it began to be used for palace*.
Surah Namal says: innahu sarhun mumarradun min qawareer: 27:44 here it means palace:
surah Momin has sarhan: 40:36 meaning tall building.
Saad, rah, khah
As suraakh: harsh sound or pleading: as sarkhah: to cry out loud at the time of plight or
pleading: as saarikh: one who pleads: also one who reaches to help the pleader: as
sareekh also has the same meaning: **the Qur’an says fala sareekha lahum: 36:43 they
will have no one to listen to their pleadings (no savior): sareekh also is a noun and also
means pleading and cries : al musrikh: one who reaches to help on the pleadings(savior):
one who reaches for help: wama ana bimusru khikum: 14:22.
Istarakh: to cry out, shout (in anguish): wahum yasrikhoona feeha: 35:37 they will call
out for help in it: plead: implore: beg for help.
Istasrakh: to ask someone for help: to cry out for help: 28:18.
Saad, rah, rah
As sirrah: as sirru: cold or the intensity of cold: **** the cold(frost)which destroys crops:
*** Zajaaj says that as sirrah means fervent cries for help: reeun sirruw wa sar sar:
*Taj and Raghib **Taj and Muheet and Ibn Faaris ***Lane ****Taj
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fast wind with a harsh sound: Ibn Abbas says it also means very hot wind*: but sarrun
basically means to bind: Raghib says the word sar has also come from sar sar: because
cold too also freezes things ad binds them closely: israar means to be resolute on
something: as surrah: means money bag: *and the money so bound in the bag is called as
sareerah: *Ibn Faaris says the word also means to be high and lofty: as siraar are the high
houses which are out of reach of flood waters.
To mean intense cold this word has been used by the Qur’an in ayat 3:116 and 54:19 uses
reehun sar sar: surah Zaariyaat says: fi sarrah: it also means to make faces: * and also
means the intensity of crying out and pain: *also the intensity of anything i.e. of
wonderment or surprise.
Surah Aali Imran says: walam yusirru: 3:135 they do not insist: are not dogmatic: on
realizing their mistake,(they) leave that doing it at once.
Saad, rah, tha
Siraat means to swallow something without chewing : Siraat means a long sword which
cuts much: anything it falls on it , it sort of swallows : open and clear path is also called
siraat: either the traveler keeps swallowing it (traversing it) or it swallows thousands of
travellers: ***(who use it):
The Qur’an says : as sirratim mustaqeem: 1:5 at another place it is called tareequm
mustaqeem: 46:30 siraat therefore means tareeq or path, way: (for the meaning of
mustaqeem see heading qaf, waw, miim);
There is no mention of pul-e-siraat(bridge of siraat) in the Qur’an.
*Taj **Raghib ***Taj. See heading sart.
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saad, rah, ain
As sar-u: as sir-u: to dash on the ground: to spred eagle: as sura –ah: the man who spread
eagles a lot of people: as saree-u: one who is spread eagled (defeated): the plural is sar ah:
*
The Qur’an says: fataral qauma fiha sar-a: 69:7 you will find them spread eagled in it: as
sar-u means epilepsy: as sar-u: as sir-u: like: similar: huma siraa-aan: they are equal and
similar to one another: al misraani minal baab: both parts of the door: almisra-aani
minash sher: both verses of the couplet.*
Saad, rah, feh
As sarf means to turn the state of a thing from one to another: or to change it with
something else: i.e. either to effect a change in the state or condition of a thing or to
change it with some other thing: **to return: to change the direction: to remove:***
sarafas sibyaana minal maktab: returned the children from school: sarafar rasul: returned
the messenger from whence he came: *** tasareeful umoor: the juxtaposition of affairs
and to put them in place of another: al masrif: the place to return: the place to move away:
tasreefur riyah: to turn the winds from one direction to another: inn sarafa: stopped:
returned: saraful khamr and tasreefal khamr: to drink alchohol without mixing anything
(neat): as sareef: pure silver: as sarraf, as sairaafi: one who judges coins: or the exchanger
of coins: the Qur’an says: tasreefir riyah: 2:164 i.e. to make the winds blow in various
directions: or to change their state: surah Bani Israeel says: sarrafna fi haazal Qur’an:
18:54, 17:89, 17:41 The Qur’an relates the laws and the truths in many different ways: li-
yazzakaru: 17:41 so that people can understand them well:
*Taj, Muheet, Raghib **Raghib ***Taj ****Muheet.
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so that all angles are understood by the people: this method has been adopted by the
noble Qur’an to make its meanings clear: i.e. to bring or telate a thing repeatedly but in
different ways so that all angles are well comprehended: this is what appears as repetition
to some.
Surah Airaaf says that those who you worship will deny that they asked you to worship
them:: fama tasti-oona sarfa: 25: 19 fama tasti oona sarfa: 25:19 you will not have the
power to refute them: or to turn away our azaab (punishment); or remove yourselves from
this position: surah Kahaf says: walam yajidu unha masrefa: 18:53 there will be no place
where they can take refuge from the azaab:
Surah Yusuf says: wasarafa unhu kaidahun: 12:34 so God turned or removed the
women’s conspiracy from him: i.e. protected him from their conspiracies: surah Ahqaaf
says: iz sarafna ilaik…: 46:29 we turned their direction towards you….: these two ayats
explain the meaning of sarafa ‘un’ and sarafa ‘ila’: surah Hoodh says about azaab: laisa
musrufa unhum: 11:8 he will not turn it away from them: it will not turn away: surah
Taubah says: insiraaf: 9:127 i.e. to turn away: sarafa: to turn away from somebody.
Saad, rah, miim
Saram: yasrim: he cut the rope or the bunch of fruits and removed it: sarafal nakhl: he cut
the date fruits: saramal habl: the rope broke: asramal nakhl: the time for cutting the date
fruits has arrived: as sareemah: the field whose crop has been cut away: as sareem: cut:
detached: barren land in which nothing grows: the day and the night are also called
sareem because one cuts (off) another: as saarim: the one which cuts: it also means lion:
insiraam: to be cut off: * Ibn Faaris says the basic meaning of this root is to cut or detach:
The Qur’an says they swore to la yasri munnaha musbeheen: 68:17 they will cut the crop
as soon as it was morning:
*Taj
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A little ahead, it is said: inn kuntum saarifeen: 68:22 those who cut the crop: get what
they deserve: a couple of ayats back it is said: fasbahat kas sareem: 68:20 the garden
became (empty) as if its fruits had been picked: this in surah Ambia has been likened to
haseeda: 21:15 (usually crop is said to be hisaad and garden is sareem: as sareem also
means night:* as it is dark, therefore it is the symbol of bad luck: if in the above ayat i.e.
ayat 68:20 this meaning is taken then it would mean that the garden burnt black as the
night.
Saad, tha, rah
See heading siin, tha, rah.
Saad, ain, daal
Saa-ida(( fis sullami awil jabal): wa sa’ada alaihi wafih: he climbed the (ladder or a
mountain etc): but it is also used for going away : as’ada fil ard: he roamed till afar: **the
Qur’an says: iz tus-idoon: 3:152 when you were going afar: as saeed means land or earth:
18:40, 4:43 and also dust (storm): also the upper part of the earth: since going up or
climbing makes one breathless therefore sa-ood means a difficult task (because it too
makes one breathless): tas adda fi zaalikash shaiyi: this thing has become very difficult
for me: **sa-adun : intense: hard**Ibn Faaris says it basically means height and hard
work.
Surah Djinn says: yasluk-hu azaaban sa-ada: 72:17 gives him severe azaab (punishment):
sa-uda means the same thing: 74:17 surah Anaas says: Islam is begotten by the
broadening of the chest( heart) i.e. broad mindedness: when narrow minded people
conceive of Islam, they feel : ka-annama yas-sa-adu fis sama’a: 6:126 as if they are
climbing with great difficulty: or they are climbing a height which does not know where
it will end: .Surah Faatir says: ilaihi yas-adul kalimut tayyab: a pleasant concept of life ,
according to God’s law, gradually attains a great height: but this speed of rising or
climbing is very slow according to human standards:
*Raghib, Ibn Faaris too says this is the meaning. *Taj and Muheet.
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Wal amalus swalehu yarfa-oo: 356:10 good deed raises it: i.e. the concept of life as
ordained by God has the capacity to rise high: and in normal circumstances they keep
rising according to the universal laws made by God: but if man’s good deeds accompany
them , then through them they can rise very fast indeed: regarding the strategy of deed it
is said: summa ya’ruju ilaih: 32:5.
Saad, ain, rah
As sa-ar is a sort of sickness among camels in which the neck turns to one side and the
face becomes distorted: it also means pride and adamance: sa-era (wajhu): yas ar: sa’ara:
the face to be distorted: or turn to one side: as sa aar: means pride and vanity because a
proud man sort of turns his neck and lowers his cheek and turns away his face from
peoplk (as if in loathing): *Ibn Faaris says basically it means to bend and become
crooked:
The Qur’an says: la tusa ir khaddaka lin naas: 31:18 do not avoid people due to pride : do
not be averse to people.
Saad, ain, qaf
Sa-iqah: the sound of thunder: **the plural is swa-iq: also means a harsh sound: Ibn
Faaris says these are its basic meanings: himarun sa-iq: means a donkey which brays
very harshly: to fall unconscious is also sa-iq: ** and to lose sense and intellect too:
where it is said in surah Baqarah about the Bani Israeel: fa akhazat -kumus saa-iaqah:
2:55 there it means to fall unconscious: (also see heading beh, ain, teh and miim, waw,
teh): sa-iqatir rakiy yah: it is said when the well collapses and mud begins to fall inside
from all sides**.
*Taj, also Raghib and Muheet.**Taj and Muheet.
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every deadly azaab or punishment is also called saa-iqah: and death too*:to mean thunder
this word has been used in 2:19 and to mean annihilation in surah Toor where it is said:
fazarhum hatta yulaqu yauma humul laazi fihi yus aqoon: 52:44 there is the connotation
of their national destruction : in surah Zumr where nufikha soor is mentioned, it is said
that: fasa-iqah mun fis samawaati wamun fil ard: 39:68 Tajul Uroos says it means to lose
sense and intellect: **(for the meaning of nufikha fis soor see heading nuun, feh, khah
and saad, waw, rah): surah Airaaf says: wa kharra moosa sa-iqa: 7:143 and Moosa fell
unconscious:.
Saad, ghain, rah
As sighar: as sagharah: it is the opposite of kibr and izam (big or great): to be small ***:
(in age or stature or physique): as sagharu: ignominy and infamy: subjugation: ***surah
Airaaf says: fa akhruj innaka minas saaghireen: 7:13 get out, you will never have
greatness : greatness is begotten by God’s benevolence: to rebel against God means
ignominy and infamy: surah Anaam says about the criminals: sagharun indallah: 6:145
they will have to bow before God’s laws (eventually): have to be belittled: be subjugated:
(this subjugation will be unwillingly because criminals always have to be forcxed to bow
before he law): also 7:119 and 27:37.
It is will be coercible because criminals always bow forcibly before the law:therefore
obvious from the above explanations is that saaghiroon means to stop being rebellious
and to live as peaceful citizens and subjects of a state: this meaning is also gleaned from
surah Taubah where it is said: those who have been granted the (holy) Book and are
rebellious and are ready to do battle*****
*Taj and Muheet **Lane with reference to Taj ***Taj*****it is evident from various
spots in the Qur’an that it allows you to go to war against those who rebel against God’s
laws and wage war against you: the Qur’an’s purpose for war is to subjugate the
rebellious and the oppressors and that is that.
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hatta yutul jizyah un yaddiw wahum saaghiroon: 9:29 till they agree to live like peaceful
subjects of an Islamic state after paying taxes: to live like subjects would mean to be
smaller (as second class citizens in an Islamic state): but this will be only politically
otherwise they will enjoy all human rights which are granted to every human individual:
but they can not interfere in (running of) an Islamic state.
Surah Baqarah says: sagheeran aw kabeera: 2:282 little or much : asghar: to be smaller
10:61.
Saad, ghain, waw (yeh)
Sagha yasfu wasagha yasgha : to be attracted: to lean: safatis shams: the sun leaned
towards setting or sunset: saaghiyatur rajul: the man’s supporters : sighwu ma’aka: his
leaning is towards you: asgha haqqah: he reduced his right*.
The Qur’an says: wali tasgha ilaihi af-edah…6:114 so that their hearts keep leaning
towards it. Also 66:4.
Saad, feh, hah
As safh: the wider part of anything: side or direction: as safhu minas saif: the width of the
sword: not the sharpness but the wide part: al musaffah: wide or broad thing: as safhah:
the surface of paper because of its breadth: al musaafaha: to shake hands: ** Ibn Faaris
says the root means width.
Safah: to present one’s profile (by turning away the face): that is, to avoid something or
ignore it: safdaha unhu: let him go; pardoned him: this is more broader in meaning than
‘afu’ because afu means to pardon after declaring aperson a criminal: and in safh, he is
not declared criminal at all: ** surah Baqarah uses both these words together in 20:109.
*Taj **Taj, Muheet, Raghib.
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surah Zakhraf says: afanazribu unkumuz zikra safha: 43:5 Do you think that we will
ignore you and turn these historic truths away from you : surah Hijr says: fa asfahis safhal
jameel: 15:85 part with them very nicely (and form your own group or organization):
15:94 i.e. wah jurhum hajran jameela: 73:10 the Qur’an says to be nice even if you have
to part with someone: very nicely : in a good manner: consider the heights , which the
code of life can take friendships to if such a code even preaches being nice to those you
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