ازف

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Form 1أَزِفَ2 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarأَزَفٌ

Core sense — it drew near; he hastened, or was quickgenerated

1.1the resurrection draws near—أَزِفَتِ الآزِفَةُ

maṣdar أَزَفٌ and أُزُوفٌ.

In the Qur'ān 53:58.

It (departure) drew near; and in the same way, a time.

1.1.1

He (a man) hastened, or was quick; or he drew near and hastened.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

53:57

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. اَزَفَ , inf. n. أَزَفٌ (S, Msb, K) and أُزُوفٌ , (Msb, K,) It (departure) was, or became, or drew, near: (S, Msb, K:) and in like manner, a time. (TA.) Hence, in the Kur [liii. 58], أَزِفَتِ الآزِفَةُ The resurrection draweth near. (S, (Msb.) He (a man) hastened, or was quick: (S, K:) or he drew near, and hastened, or was quick. (A, TA.)

Form 4آزَفَنى1 sense

Core sense — he urged me to hasten, or be quickgenerated

4.1

He (a man) incited me, or urged me, to hasten, or be quick.

It is of the measure أَفْعَلَنِى.

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He (a man, TA) incited me, or urged me, to hasten, or be quick: (K, TA:) it is of the measure أَفْعَلَنِى . (TA.)

Form 5تَأَزُّفٌ1 sense

Core sense — stepping with contracted stepsgenerated

5.1

The stepping with contracted steps.

But see خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ below.

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The stepping with contracted steps. (K.) But see خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ , below. (TA.)

Form 6تآزفوا1 sense

Core sense — they drew near to one anothergenerated

6.1

They drew near together, one to another.

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They drew near together, one to another. (IF, K.)

Derived nouns 3

Nounآزِفٌ1 sense

Core sense — hastening, or quickgenerated

Applied to a man: hastening, or quick; and trying to hasten, or be quick.

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, applied to a man, Hastening, or quick: (S, TA:) and endeavouring to hasten, or be quick. (TA.)

Nounالآزِفَةُ1 sense

Core sense — the resurrection; the near event of being on the brink of Hellgenerated

The resurrection: so in the Qur'ān 53:58 and 40:18.

Or in 40:18 it means the near event, or case, of being on the brink of the fire [of Hell]; or, as some say, death.

Qur’ān 53:58 approximate — somewhere between 53:14 and 53:62 Lane cites “Kur liii. 58”

Qur’ān 53:57 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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The resurrection: so in the Kur liii. 58, (S, Msb,) and xl. 18: (Bd:) or in the latter place it means the near event, or case, of being on the brink of the fire [of Hell]: or, as some say, death. (Bd.)

Nounمُتَآزِفٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — short, contracted in make; a narrow place; narrow-minded, cowardlygenerated

Of the measure مُتَفَاعِلٌ. Applied to a man: short, as being contracted in make, with his several parts near together.

[In the CK it is written مُتَأزِّف in this sense and in those that follow.]

1.1

A narrow place.

1.2

A contracted stepping.

One says خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ; so in the O and L.

1.3figurative · مجاز

A man evil in disposition; narrow-minded; weak; cowardly.

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, of the measure مُتَفَاعِلٌ , applied to a man, (TA,) Short; (S, A, K;) as being contracted in make; (A, TA;) having his several parts near together. (S, K.) [In the CK it is written مُتَأزِّف , in this sense and others, following.] A strait, or narrow, place. (O, L, K.) A contracted stepping: you say, خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ : so in the O and L. (TA.) A man (Sgh, TA) evil in disposition; narrow-minded: (Sgh, K, TA:) weak; cowardly. (TA.)