Core sense — herbs, or tender leguminous plants; annuals that are neither shrubs nor treesgenerated
1nothing produces the tender plant, or herb, but the clear and open piece of good land—لَا تُنْبِتُ البَقْلَةَ إِلَّا الحَقْلَةُ
A word whose meaning is well known: [leguminous, or tender, plants; what we call herbs; that is, plants, or vegetables, that can be gathered with the hand, or grazed down to the ground, and that are only annuals;] plants which are neither shrubs nor trees, and which, when grazed down, leave no stem, unlike trees and shrubs.
Or the herbs, or herbage, produced by [the rain, or season, called] the رَبِيع; or whatever herbs, or plants, grow from seed and not on a permanent أَرُومَة [that is, root-stock, or root].
Er-Rāghib: by this last definition one can explain the saying that the cucumber is of the things termed بُقُولٌ [plural of بَقْلٌ, meaning sorts, or species, of بَقْل], and not of those termed فَوَاكِهُ, that is, the kind whose root and branch do not last through the winter.
Or, it is said, any plants, or herbs, that make the earth green.
[Plural of paucity أَبْقَالٌ; the plural of multitude has been mentioned above.] The ism waḥda is formed with ة: بَقْلَةٌ.
Hence the proverb. [That is, only a good parent produces good offspring; see Freytag's Arab. Prov. 2. 516.] It is said to be applied to a vile saying coming from a vile man, in art. حقل.
he sold the seed-produce when it was green, not yet ripe—بَاعَ الزَّرْعَ وَ هُوَ بَقْلٌ
1.1purslane—البَقْلَةُ
Also البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَآءُ, or بَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَآءِ, or all of these: the same as الرِّجْلَةُ [purslane, as it is called today].
purslane—البَقْلَةُ اللَّيِّنةُ
And البَقْلَةُ المُبَارَكَةُ; or this last is the same as الهِنْدَبَآءُ [wild and garden succory, or endive].
1.2the same as الكُرْنُبُ—بَقْلَةُ الأَنْصَارِ
[Or الكُرْنَبُ, the name now given to cabbage; in the CK الكُرْنَبُ.]
1.3[Chelidonium, or celandine, as it is called today]; the same as العُرُوقُ الصُّفْرُ—بَقْلَةُ الخَطَاطِيفِ
1.4the same as الشَّاهْتَرَجُ [Fumaria officinalis, or common fumitory]—بَقْلَةُ المَلِكِ
1.5the same as اللَّبْلَابُ—البَقْلَةُ البَارِدَةُ
[Now commonly applied to the Dolichos lablab of Linnaeus; but Golius explains the first name by hedera, that is, ivy, though only on the authority of the K.]
1.6the same as القِطْفُ—البَقْلَةُ الذَّهَبِيَّةُ
[Or القَطَفُ, a name now given to Atriplex, or orache; Golius explains the first name by spinachium seu atriplex, and the second, in its own article, by atriplex herba and androsaemum.]
1.7[Sonchus, or sow-thistle, as it is called today]—البَقْلَةُ اليَهُودِيَّةُ
Mentioned under خُبَّازٌ.
1.8a certain herb [Blitum, or blite, and particularly the species called strawberry blite]—البَقْلَةُ اليَمَانِيَّةُ
1.9a certain herb [Citrago, or balm-gentle]—البَقْلَةٌ الأُتْرُجِيَّةُ
1.10
بَقْلَةُ الضَّبِّ, بَقْلَةُ الرُّمَاةِ, بَقْلَةُ الرَّمْلِ, and [in the CK “or”] بَقْلَةُ البَرَارِى, and البَقْلَةُ الحَمْضَآءُ, or بَقْلَةُ الحَامِضَةُ, are also certain herbs.
1.11a certain plant found by experience to remove pains from the belly—بُقُولُ الأَرْجَاعِ
Qur’ānic occurrences بَقْل
2:61
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَAnd remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye down to any town, and ye shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and slaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they rebelled and went on transgressing.
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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a word of which the meaning is well known; (S;) [Leguminous, or tender, plants; such as we term herbs; i. e. plants, or vegetables, that may be gathered, with the hand, or depastured down to the ground, and that are only annuals;] plants which are neither shrubs nor trees; (Lth, JK, * Mgh;) such as, when depastured, have no stem remaining; thus differing from trees and shrubs, which have stems remaining [when they have been depastured]: (Lth, Mgh:) or the herbs, or herbage, produced by [the rain, or the season, called] the رَبِيع : (Mgh:) or whatever herbs, or plants, grow from seed, (AHn, Mgh, K,*) not upon a permanent أَرُومَة [i. e. root-stock, or root]: (AHn, K:) and accord. to this definition may be explained the saying that the cucumber is of the things termed بُقُولٌ [pl. of بَقْلٌ , meaning sorts, or species, of بَقْل ], not of those termed فَوَاكِهُ : (Mgh:) or the kind of which the root and branch do not last in the winter: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or, it is said, (S, Mgh,) any plants, or herbs, whereby the earth becomes green: (S, IF, Mgh, Msb:) [pl. of pauc. أَبْقَالٌ : the pl. of mult. has been mentioned above:] the n. un. is with ة , i. e. بَقْلَةٌ . (S, K.) Hence the prov., لَا تُنْبِتُ البَقْلَةَ إِلَّا الحَقْلَةُ [Nothing produces the leguminous, or tender, plant, or herb, but the clear and open piece of good land]: (TA:) [i. e., only a good parent produces good offspring: (see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 516:)] it is said to be applied to the case of a vile saying proceeding from a vile man. (TA in art. حقل .) The saying بَاعَ الزَّرْعَ وَ هُوَ بَقْلٌ means [He sold the seedproduce] when it was green, not yet ripe. (Mgh.) البَقْلَةُ , also, and البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَآءُ , (S,) or بَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَآءِ , (K,) or all these, (TA,) signify the same as الرِّجْلَةُ [i. e. Purslane; called by these names in the present day]; (S, K;) and so البَقْلَةُ اللَّيِّنةُ and البَقْلَةُ المُبَارَكَةُ : or this last, i. q. الهِنْدَبَآءُ [i. e. wild and garden succory, or endive]. (K.) بَقْلَةُ الأَنْصَارِ i. q. الكُرْنُبُ [or الكُرْنَبُ , q. v., the name now given to Cabbage: in the CK الكُرْنَبُ ]. (K.) بَقْلَةُ الخَطَاطِيفِ [Chelidonium, or celandine; thus called in the present day;] i. q. العُرُوقُ الصُّفْرُ . (K.) بَقْلَةُ المَلِكِ i. q. الشَّاهْتَرَجُ [Fumaria officinalis, or common fumitory]. (K.) البَقْلَةُ البَارِدَةُ i. q. اللَّبْلَابُ [now commonly applied to the Dolichos lablab of of Linnæus; but Golius explains the former appellation by hedera, i. e. ivy, though only as on the authority of the K]. (K.) البَقْلَةُ الذَّهَبِيَّةُ i. q. القِطْفُ [or القَطَفُ , a name now given to Atriplex, or orache: Golius explains the former appellation by spinachium seu atriplex; and the latter, in its proper art., by atriplex herba, and androsœnum]. (K.) البَقْلَةُ اليَهُودِيَّةُ [Sonchus, or sow-thistle; thus called in the present day]. (TA voce خُبَّازٌ , q. v.) البَقْلَةُ اليَمَانِيَّةُ [Blitum, or blite; and particularly the species called strawberry blite;] a certain herb. (K.) البَقْلَةٌ الأُتْرُجِيَّةُ [Citrago, or balmgentle;] a certain herb. (K.) بَقْلَةُ الضَّبِّ and بَقْلَةُ الرُّمَاةِ and بَقْلَةُ الرَّمْلِ and [in the CK “ or ”] بَقْلَةُ البَرَارِى and البَقْلَةُ الحَمْضَآءُ , (K, TA,) or بَقْلَةُ الحَامِضَةُ , (CK,) are also Certain herbs. (K.) بُقُولُ الأَرْجَاعِ A certain plant proved by experience to remove pains from the belly. (K, TA.)