بلغ

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Form 1 · maṣdarبُلُوغٌ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarبُلُوغٌ بَلَاغَةٌ

Core sense — he reached, or attained, a place or aim; he attained puberty; he was eloquentgenerated

1.1the reaching, attaining, or arriving at the utmost point of what one aims at, seeks, or intends—إِبْلَاغٌ

Maṣdar of بَلَغَ. And this word is the maṣdar of ابلغ; but ابلاغ seems here to be miswritten for بَلَاغٌ, which, like بُلُوغٌ, is a maṣdar of بَلَغَ, as a statement just below confirms.

the reaching, attaining, or arriving at a thing—بَلَاغٌ

he reached, or arrived at, the place—بَلَغَ المَكَانَ

maṣdar بُلُوغٌ and بَلَاغٌ.

he reached, or arrived at, the place of abode—المَنْزِلَ

This holds whether the goal is a place, a time, or any affair, state, or event that is intended, determined, or appointed; and sometimes it means being at the point of reaching it. So says Abu-l-Qāsim in the Mufradāt.

and they have fully attained, or ended, their term—فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَ

and when they are near to attaining, or ending, their term—فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ

he attained his manly vigour, or full maturity—بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ

he attained the age of forty years—بَلَغَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً

he attained to working with him—بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْىَ

when old age has come to me, or overtaken me—وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ الكِبَرُ

and I have reached the extreme degree of old age—وَ قَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الكِبَرِ عُتِيًّا

Also: he was, or became, at the point of reaching it, or attaining it.

Qur'ān 2:232.

Qur'ān 65:2; or the meaning is: they are at the point of accomplishing their term.

Qur'ān 12:22 and elsewhere.

Qur'ān 47:14.

Qur'ān 37:100.

Qur'ān 3:35.

Qur'ān 19:9; so explained in the Jeláleyn.

Er-Rāghib: these are phrases like أَدْرَكَنِىَ الجَهْدُ and أَدْرَكْتُهُ.

that clung to him, or adhered to him, rising to its highest degree—لَزِمَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ

The following noun is in the accusative as a denotative of state; from بَلَغَ المَنْزِلَ, explained above.

But بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ more often means: whatever point, degree, amount, quantity, or number it may reach, or amount to.

such a one reached his utmost point, scope, or degree—بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَهُ

such a one reached his utmost point, scope, or degree—مَبْلَغَتُهُ

he attained the utmost degrees of proficiency in knowledge, or science—بَلَغَ فِى العِلْمِ المَبَالِغَ

it reached a complete degree in goodness—الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا بَلَغَ فِى

he attained a complete degree of goodliness—مَبْلَغًا بَلَغَ مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ

he did his utmost, or used his utmost power, in seeking to attain an object—بَلَغَ غَايَتَهُ فِى الطَّلَبِ

Said of a boy who has attained puberty.

See the article جهد.

he exerted the utmost strength of his camel in journeying—بَلَغَ أَقْصَى مَجْهُودِ بَعِيرِهِ فِى السَّيْرِ

See the article نكث.

he jaded, harassed, distressed, or wearied, his beast—بَلَغَ جَهْدَ دَابَّتِهِ

The same as جَهَدَهَا; see the article جهد.

he, or it, jaded him, harassed him, distressed him, or overpowered him—بَلَغَ مَشَقَّتَهُ

The same as جَهَدَهُ and شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ. Here, as in many similar cases, the verb together with the maṣdar that follows it is equivalent to the verb of that maṣdar. See the article جهد.

he, or it, jaded him, harassed him, distressed him, or overpowered him—بَلَغَ مِنْهُ المَشَقَّةَ

it took, or had, an effect upon him; it affected him—بَلَغَ مِنْهُ

Used with a word left out, for بَلَغَ مِنْهُ المشَقَّةَ, explained above. Frequently said of wine and the like, and of a saying: in the Kashshāf and Beydáwee on 4:66, يَبْلُغُ مِنْهُمْ is followed by وَيُؤَثِرُ فِيهِ as an explanation. See also بَلِيغٌ.

For بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا البُلَغِينَ, البِلَغِينَ and كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ, see البُلَغِينَ below.

I experienced distress from the affair, or event—بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ المَشَقَّةَ

See the article مض.

See also an example under إِبِدٌ.

it has come to my knowledge; it was related to me, or told me—بَلَغَنِى

It is generally followed by أَنَّ, or by أَنْ as a contraction of أَنَّ; for examples, see those two particles.

information came to me from him, or about him, that such a thing had happened—بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ

it reached, arrived, or came—بَلَغَ

Said of a letter or writing; maṣdar بَلَاغٌ and بُلُوغٌ.

Said of a plant or of herbage: it attained its full growth; of a tree such as a palm-tree: its fruit became ripe; of fruit: it became ripe.

Said of a boy: or, as IKoot says, بَلَاغٌ: he attained to puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; the same as أَدْرَكَ and اِحْتَلَمَ, and he attained a complete degree of goodliness, as though he had reached the time of the writing of his marriage-contract and of having duties imposed on him. Of a girl one says بَلَغَ or بَلَغَتْ.

Qur’ān 12:22 approximate — somewhere between 12:19 and 12:30 Lane cites “Kur xii. 22”

Qur’ān 47:14 approximate — somewhere between 47:4 and 47:38 Lane cites “Kur xlvii. 14”

Qur’ān 37:100 approximate — somewhere between 37:12 and 37:107 Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 100”

Lane cites “Bd in iv. 66” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 12:22 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge: thus do We reward those who do right.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.1God caused him to reach his appointed end, or term of life—بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ

أَجَلَهُ, or the like, is understood.

may God cause you to reach the furthest period of life—بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ أَكْلَأَ العُمُرِ

See the article كلأ.

I did with him that which brought him to what was annoying, hurtful, and evil—فَعَلْتُ بِهِ مَا بَلَغَ بِهِ الأَذَى وَ المَكْرُوهْ

For بَلَغَ بِهِ البِلَغِينَ, see the last word of this phrase below.

1.1.2he (a man) was, or became, jaded, harassed, distressed, fatigued, or wearied—بُلِغَ

Like عُنِىَ.

1.2he was, or became, eloquent, and sharp or effective in tongue—بَلُغَ

He became بَلِيغ, that is, فَصِيح — properly meaning chaste, or clear, in speech, but here eloquent — reaching, by his speech, the utmost scope of his mind and desire.

The difference between بَلَاغَةٌ and فَصَاحَةٌ is that the latter is a quality of a single word, of speech, and of the speaker, while the former is a quality only of speech and of the speaker.

بلاغة in a speaker is a faculty by which one can compose language suited to the occasion of speaking or writing, with chasteness, clarity, or eloquence; in language, it is suitability to the occasion of speaking or writing, with chasteness, clarity, or eloquence.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 4 shown of 38

12:22

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge: thus do We reward those who do right.

40:36

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ

Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-

56:83

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

75:26

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),

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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[inf. n. of بَلَغَ ] and إِبْلَاغٌ [inf. n. of ابلغ , but it seems that ابلاغ is here a mistranscription for بَلَاغٌ , which is, like بُلُوغٌ , an inf. n. of بَلَغَ , and this observation will be found to be confirmed by a statement immediately following this sentence,] signify The reaching, attaining, arriving at, or coming to, the utmost point of that to which, or towards which, one tends or repairs or betakes himself, to which one directs his course, or which one seeks, pursues, endeavours to reach, desires, intends, or purposes; whether it be a place, or a time, or any affair or state or event that is meditated or intended or determined or appointed: and sometimes, the being at the point thereof: so says Abu-1-Kásim in the Mufradát. (TA: [in which it is said, in the supplement to the present art., that بَلَاغٌ signifies The reaching, attaining, arriving at, or coming to, a thing.]) You say, بَلَغَ المَكَانَ , (S, K,) and المَنْزِلَ , (Msb,) [aor. بَلُغَ ,] inf. n. بُلُوغٌ (S, K) [and بَلَاغٌ , as shown above], He reached, attained, arrived at, or came to, (S, Msb, K,) the place, (S, K,) and the place of abode: (Msb:) and (so in the S, but in the K “ or, ”) he was, or became, at the point of reaching it, attaining it, &c. (S, K.) فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَ , in the Kur [ii. 232], means And they have fully attained, or ended, their term. (Msb.) But فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ , in the same [lxv. 2], means And when they are near to attaining, or ending, their term: (S, TA:) or are at the point of accomplishing their term. (Msb, TA.) It has the first of the meanings explained above in the phrase, بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ [Kur xii. 22 &c., He attained his manly vigour, or full maturity, &c.]. (TA.) And in بَلَغَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً [Kur xlvii. 14, He attained the age of forty years]. (TA.) And in بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْىَ [Kur xxxvii. 100, He attained to working with him]. (TA.) In the Kur [iii. 35], occurs the phrase, وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ الكِبَرُ [When old age hath come to me, or overtaken me]: and in another place [xix. 9], وَ قَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الكِبَرِ عُتِيًّا [And I have reached the extreme degree of old age: so explained in the Expos. of the Jel]: phrases like أَدْرَكَنِىَ الجَهْدُ and أَدْرَكْتُهُ . (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say also, لَزِمَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ with the accus. case as a denotative of state; meaning [That clave to him, or adhered to him, &c.,] rising to its highest degree or point; from بَلَغَ المَنْزِلَ , explained above. (Msb.) [But بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ more frequently means Whatever point, degree, amount, sum, quantity, number, or the like, it may reach, attain, arrive at, come to, or amount to.] And بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَهُ and مَبْلَغَتُهُ [Such a one reached, or attained, his utmost point or scope or degree]. (TA.) And بَلَغَ فِى العِلْمِ المَبَالِغَ [He attained, in knowledge, or science, the utmost degrees of proficiency]. (TA.) And الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا بَلَغَ فِى [It reached a consummate degree in goodness]. (S, K, * TA.) And مَبْلَغًا بَلَغَ مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ [He attained a consummate degree of goodliness]: said of a boy that has attained to puberty. (O, TA.) And بَلَغَ غَايَتَهُ فِى الطَّلَبِ [He did his utmost, or used his utmost power or ability, in seeking to attain an object]. (Msb in art. جهد .) And بَلَغَ أَقْصَى مَجْهُودِ بَعِيرِهِ فِى السَّيْرِ [He exerted the utmost endeavour, or effort, or power, or strength, of his camel, in journeying]. (S in art. نكث .) And بَلَغَ جَهْدَ دَابَّتِهِ i. q. جَهَدَهَا [He jaded, harassed, distressed, fatigued, or wearied, his beast]: (K in art. جهد :) and in like manner, بَلَغَ مَشَقَّتَهُ and بَلَغَ مِنْهُ المَشَقَّةَ i. q. جَهَدَهُ [and شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ , i. e. He, or it, jaded him, harassed him, &c.; ditressed him, afflicted him, oppressed him, overpowered him: thus in each of these instances, as in many similar cases, the verb with the inf. n. that follows is equivalent to the verb of that inf. n.]. (Msb in art. جهد .) [And, elliptically, بَلَغَ مِنْهُ i. q. بَلَغَ مِنْهُ المشَقَّةَ , explained above: and often meaning It took, or had, an effect upon him; it affected him: frequently said of wine and the like: and of a saying; as in the Ksh and Bd in iv. 66, where يَبْلُغُ مِنْهُمْ is followed by وَيُؤَثِرُ فِيهِ as an explicative: see also بَلِيغٌ .] And بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا البُلَغِينَ , (S, K,) and البِلَغِينَ , and كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ : (K:) see البُلَغِينَ below. And بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ المَشَقَّةَ [I experienced distress from the affair, or event]. (TA in art. مض .) [See also an ex. voce إِبِدٌ . بَلَغَنِى also signifies It has come to my knowledge, or been related to me, or been told me; or it came to my knowledge, &c.: and in this case it is generally followed by أَنَّ , or by أَنْ as a contraction of أَنَّ : for exs., see these two particles. And in like manner, بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ Information has come to me, or information came to me, from him, or concerning him, that such a thing has happened, or had happened.] And بَلَغَ said of a letter or writing, inf. n. بَلَاغٌ and بُلُوغٌ , It reached, arrived, or came. (Msb.) And said of a plant, or of herbage, It attained its full growth: (TA:) and of a tree, such as a palm-tree &c., its fruit became ripe: (AHn, TA:) and of fruit, it became ripe. (Msb.) Also, said of a boy, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. بَلُغَ , inf. n. بُلُوغٌ , or, as IKoot says, بَلَاغٌ , (Msb,) He attained to puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; syn. أَدْرَكَ , (T, S, Msb, K,) and اِحْتَلَمَ ; (M, Msb;) and attained a consummate degree of goodliness ( بَلَغَ مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا ): (O, TA:) as though he attained the time of the writing of his marriage-contract, and of his having duties or obligations imposed upon him: (TA:) and in like manner one says of a girl, بَلَغَ , (T, TA,) or بَلَغَتْ . (TA.) بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ [God caused him to reach, attain, arrive at, or come to, his appointed end, or term of life; أَجَلَهُ , or the like, being understood]. (TA.) You say, بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ أَكْلَأَ العُمُرِ , i. e. [May God cause thee to reach, or attain,] the extreme, or most distant, period of life! (S and TA in art. كلأ .) And فَعَلْتُ بِهِ مَا بَلَغَ بِهِ الأَذَى وَ المَكْرُوهْ [I did with him that which caused him to come to what was annoying, or hurtful, and evil]. (TA.) And بَلَغَ بِهِ البِلَغِينَ : see the last word of this phrase below. بُلِغَ , like عُنِىَ , He (a man) was, or became, jaded, harasssed, distressed, fatigued, or wearied. (K.) بَلُغَ , [aor. بَلُغَ ,] (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. بَلَاغَةٌ , (S, Msb,) He was, or became بَلِيغ , i. e. فَصِيح [more properly signifying chaste, or perspicuous, in speech, but here meaning eloquent]; (S, * Msb, K;) and sharp, or penetrating, or effective, in tongue; (Msb;) attaining, by his speech, or diction, the utmost scope of his mind and desire. (K, * TA.) The difference between بَلَاغَةٌ and فَصَاحَةٌ is this: that the latter is an attribute of a single word and of speech and of the speaker; but the former is an attribute only of speech and the speaker: (Kull:) بلاغة in the speaker is A faculty whereby one is enabled to compose language suitable to the exigency of the case, i. e., to the occasion of speaking [or writing], with chasteness, or perspicuity, or eloquence, thereof: in language, it is suitableness to the exigency of the case, i. e., to the occasion of speaking [or writing], with chasteness or perspicuity, or eloquence, thereof. (KT.)

Form 2تَبْلِيغٌ3 senses

maṣdarتَبْلِيغٌ

Core sense — the causing to reach; the bringing, conveying, or delivering of a messagegenerated

2.1the causing to reach, or arrive; bringing, conveying, or delivering—إِبْلَاغٌ

Er-Rāghib: this and the headword are the maṣdars of بلّغ and ابلغ, and the headword is the more common.

he caused him, or it, to reach, or come to, the place—بلّغهُ المَكَانَ

he caused him to attain his object of aim or endeavour—بلّغهُ مَقْصُودَهُ

I brought, conveyed, or delivered, the message—بَلَّغْتُ الرِّسَالَةَ

he brought, or delivered, to him the salutation—بلّغهُ السَّلَامَ

he brought, delivered, or told, to him the news, or information—الخَبَرَ

Also ابلغهُ.

he told me, from such a one, some piece of information, or that some event had happened—بَلَّغَنِى عَنْ فُلَانٍ

2.2the horseman gave the rein to his horse, stretching out his hand with it—بلّغ الفَارِسُ

. He did so in order that the horse might increase in its running.

2.3hoariness began to appear on his head—بلّغ الشَّيْبُ فِى رَأْسِهِ

According to IAar; also بلّع, with the ع unpointed. The Basrees hold that the first is a miswriting, but it is reported as heard from Th, by Aboo-Bekr Es-Soolee.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 3 shown of 5

7:62

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.

7:68

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ

"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.

46:23

قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah: I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that ye are a people in ignorance!"..

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and إِبْلَاغٌ [inf. ns. of بلّغ and ابلغ ] signify The causing to reach, attain, arrive, or come; bringing, conveying, or delivering: (S, K, TA:) the former is the more common. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [You say, بلّغهُ المَكَانَ He caused him, or it, to reach, attain, arrive at, or come to, the place. And بلّغهُ مَقْصُودَهُ He caused him to attain his object of aim or endeavour &c.] And بَلَّغْتُ الرِّسَالَةَ [I brought, conveyed, or delivered, the message]. (S.) And بلّغهُ السَّلَامَ , (Msb,) and الخَبَرَ , (TA,) as also ابلغهُ , (Msb, TA,) He brought, conveyed, delivered, or communicated, to him the salutation, (Msb,) and he brought, &c., or told, to him the news, or information. (TA.) [And بَلَّغَنِى عَنْ فُلَانٍ He told me from such a one, or on the part of such a one, some piece of information, or that some event had happened, &c.] بلّغ الفَارِسُ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. تَبْلِيغٌ , (K,) The horseman stretched forth, or extended, his hand, or arm, with the rein of his horse, [or gave the rein to his horse,] in order that he might increase in his running. (S, A, K.) بلّغ الشَّيْبُ فِى رَأْسِهِ Hoariness began to appear on his head; accord. to IAar; as also بلّع , with the unpointed ع : the Basrees assert that the former is a mistranscription; but it is related as heard from Th, by Aboo-Bekr Es-Soolee. (TA.)

Form 3بالغ1 sense

maṣdarمُبَالَغَةٌ

Core sense — he went beyond the usual bounds in a thing; he did his utmostgenerated

3.1he did his utmost in an affair—فِى أَمْرٍ

Maṣdar مُبَالَغَةٌ and بِلَاغٌ.

he did his utmost in the pursuit of such a thing—فِى كَذَا

He exceeded the usual, or the proper, bounds in a thing; he acted immoderately or extravagantly in it. He strove, or laboured; he exerted himself, his power, or his ability; he worked at it vigorously, earnestly, and with energy; he took great pains. He did not fall short of what was required of him, and did not flag or grow remiss; he spent his power or ability unsparingly, and did his utmost.

بالغ فِى كَذَا may be rendered as above, or: he did such a thing much, exceedingly, immoderately, excessively, energetically, or thoroughly.

Hence مُبَالَغَةٌ in explanations of words, meaning intensiveness, muchness, excessiveness, energy, emphasis, hyperbole, and sometimes frequentative meaning.

Thus إِسْمُ مُبَالَغَةٍ means a noun of intensiveness, or an intensive adjective: as شَكُورٌ, "very thankful" or "very grateful", and حَمَّادٌ, "a great praiser" or "a frequent praiser".

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, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. مُبَالَغَةٌ (JK, K, &c.) and بِلَاغٌ , (K.) He exceeded the usual, or ordinary, or the just, or proper, bounds, or degree, in a thing; acted egregiously, or immoderately, or extravagantly, therein: (KL:) he strove, or laboured; exerted himself, or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability; employed himself vigorously, strenuously, laboriously, sedulously, earnestly, with energy or effectiveness; took pains, or extraordinary pains: (K, TA:) he did not fall short of doing what was requisite, or what he ought; did not flag, or was not remiss: (S, K, TA:) he exerted unsparingly his power or ability, or effort or endeavour, or the utmost thereof: (Msb:) he accomplished, or did, or attained, the utmost of his power or ability, or effort or endeavour; he did his utmost: (JK:) فِى أَمْرٍ [in an affair]: (S, K, TA:) or فِى كَذَا , meaning in the pursuit of such a thing. (Msb.) [ بالغ فِى كَذَا may be rendered as above, or He did such a thing much, exceedingly, egregiously, extraordinarily, immoderately, extravagantly, excessively, vehemently, energetically, superlatively, excellently, consummately, thoroughly. Hence مُبَالَغَةٌ in explanations of words; meaning Intensiveness; muchness; extraordinariness; excessiveness; vehemence; energy; emphasis; hyperbole; &c.; and sometimes, frequentative signification. Thus, إِسْمُ مُبَالَغَةٍ means A noun of intensiveness; or an intensive epithet: as شَكُورٌ “ very thankful, ” or “ very grateful; ” and حَمَّادٌ “ a great praiser, ” or “ a frequent praiser. ”]

Form 4ابلغ3 senses

maṣdarإِبْلَاغٌ

Core sense — he caused it to reach, or conveyed it; he brought his utmost effort to a thinggenerated

4.1he brought his utmost power, or effort, to the accomplishing of the affair—ابلغ الأَمْرَ جَهْدَهُ

see Form 2, in two places.

I did with him that which brought him to what was annoying, hurtful, and evil—أَبْلَغْتُ إِلَيْهِ

The same as فَعَلْتُ بِهِ مَا بَلَغَ بِهِ الأَذَى وَ المَكْرُوهَ.

4.2

See Form 1, first sentence, where إِبْلَاغٌ is said to mean the same as بُلُوغٌ; but this is apparently a mistake.

4.3how eloquent he is!—مَا أَبْلَغَهُ

how eloquent he is!—أَبْلِغْ بِهِ

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 3 shown of 5

7:79

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ

So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"

7:93

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!"

72:28

لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا

"That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing."

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, inf. n. إِبْلَاغٌ : see 2, in two places. [Hence,] ابلغ الأَمْرَ جَهْدَهُ [He brought his utmost power or ability, or effort or endeavour, to the performance, or accomplishment, of the affair]. (TA.) And أَبْلَغْتُ إِلَيْهِ i. e. فَعَلْتُ بِهِ مَا بَلَغَ بِهِ الأَذَى وَ المَكْرُوهَ [I did with him that which caused him to come to what was annoying, or hurtful, and evil]. (TA.) See also 1, first sentence; where it is said that إِبْلَاغٌ is syn. with بُلُوغٌ ; but this is app. a mistake. [ مَا أَبْلَغَهُ , and أَبْلِغْ بِهِ , How eloquent is he !].

Form 5تبلّغ المَنْزِلَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he constrained himself to reach a place; he was content with it; it distressed himgenerated

5.1

He constrained himself to reach the place of abode, until, or so that, he did reach it.

5.1.1he was satisfied, or content, with it, and attained his desire by it—تبلّغ بِهِ

5.1.2the disease, or malady, distressed him, or became severe in him—تَبَلَّغَتْ بِهِ العِلَّةُ

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He constrained himself to reach, or attain, the place of abode, until, or so that, he did reach [it], or attain [it]. (K.) تبلّغ بِهِ He was satisfied, or content, with it, (S, Msb, K,) and attained his desire [thereby]. (TA.) تَبَلَّغَتْ بِهِ العِلَّةُ The disease, or malady, distressed him; afflicted him; became vehement, or severe, in him. (S, Z, Sgh, K.)

Form 6تبالغ الدِّبَاغُ فِى الجِلْدِ2 senses

Core sense — it reached its utmost degree in something; he affected eloquencegenerated

6.1anxiety, disquietude of mind, or grief, reached its utmost degree in him—تبالغ فِيهِ الهَّمُ

the disease reached its utmost degree in him—المَرَضَ

on this sense The tan attained its utmost effect in the skin.

on this sense This verb seems properly to mean: it reached, or attained, by degrees.

6.2he affected eloquence in his speech, not being one of those known for it—تبالغ فِى كَلَامِهِ

The quality laid claim to is بَلَاغَة.

he is not eloquent, but he affects eloquence—مَا هُوَ بِبَلِيغٍ وَلٰكِنْ يَتَبَالِغُ

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The tan attained its utmost effect in the skin. (AHn.) And تبالغ فِيهِ الهَّمُ , and المَرَضَ , Anxiety, or disquietude of mind, or grief, attained its utmost degree in him, and so disease, or the disease. (TA.) [This verb seems properly to signify It reached, or attained, by degrees.] تبالغ فِى كَلَامِهِ He affected eloquence ( بَلَاغَة ) in his speech, not being of those characterized thereby: [whence] one says, مَا هُوَ بِبَلِيغٍ وَلٰكِنْ يَتَبَالِغُ [He is not eloquent, but he affects eloquence]. (TA.)

Derived nouns 22

Nounبَلْغٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — stupid, or foolish, yet attaining his desiregenerated

See the entry that follows, in three places.

And see بَالِغٌ, in two places.

2.1

And see بَلِيغٌ, in two places.

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: see what next follows, in three places: and see بَالِغٌ , in two places: and بَلِيغٌ , in two places.

Nounاللّٰهُمَ سِمْعٌ لَا بِلْغٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — may we hear of it but not see it fulfilled; foolish yet attaining his desiregenerated

1O God, may we hear of it, but may it not be fulfilled, or reach us—سَمْعٌ لَا بَلْغٌ

Also said as سَمْعًا لَا بَلْغًا and سِمْعًا لَا بِلْغًا.

Said on hearing of a displeasing, hateful, or evil event; or on hearing tidings that do not please one; or on the coming of tidings not held to be true. See also the article سمع.

2stupid, or foolish, yet in spite of that attaining his desire—أَحْمَقُ بِلْغٌ

Also بَلْغٌ and بَلْغَةٌ. Or: stupid, or foolish, in the utmost degree. Feminine حَمْقَآءُ بِلْغَةٌ.

2.1a man who is bad, evil, or wicked, in the utmost degree—رَجُلٌ بِلْغٌ مِلْغٌ

2.2

See also بَلِيغٌ.

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, and سَمْعٌ لَا بَلْغٌ , (Ks, Fr, S, K,) and سَمْعًا لَا بَلْغًا , (Ks, S, K,) and سِمْعًا لَا بِلْغًا , (K,) O God, may we hear of it (or may it be heard of, IB) but may it not be fulfilled; (Fr, S, K;) or, may it not reach us, or come to us: said on hearing of a displeasing, or hateful, or an evil, event: (L:) or on hearing tidings not pleasing to one: (Ks, S, K:) or on the coming of tidings not held to be true. (TA.) [See also art. سمع .] أَحْمَقُ بِلْغٌ , (S, K,) and بَلْغٌ , and بَلْغَةٌ , (K,) Stupid, or foolish, but, notwithstanding his stupidity, or foolishness, attaining his desire: (S, K:) or stupid, or foolish, in the utmost degree: (K, TA:) fem. حَمْقَآءُ بِلْغَةٌ . (TA.) رَجُلٌ بِلْغٌ مِلْغٌ (S, * K) A man who is bad, evil, or wicked, (Fr, K,) in the utmost degree. (Fr, TA.) See also بَلِيغٌ .

Nounبِلَغٌ1 sense

Core sense — eloquent, effective in speechgenerated

See بَلِيغٌ.

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: see بَلِيغٌ .

Nounبَلْغَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sufficiency of the means of subsistencegenerated

See بِلْغٌ.

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: see بِلْغٌ .

Nounبُلْغَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sufficiency of the means of subsistence, with nothing left overgenerated

1in this is a sufficiency, or enough—فِى هٰذَا بُلْغَةٌ

A sufficiency of the means of subsistence, such that nothing remains over and above it; and simply a sufficiency, or enough. Also بَلَاغٌ, meaning a thing that suffices, or contents, and enables one to attain what he seeks; and تَبَلُّغٌ.

Also said as بَلَاغٌ and تَبَلُّغٌ.

in this is truly a sufficiency for a people serving God—إِنَّ فِى هٰذَا لَبَلَاغًا لِقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ

Qur'ān 21:106; or the meaning is: a means of attaining the object sought after, or desired.

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A sufficiency of the means of subsistence, (T, S, Msb, K,) such that nothing remains over and above it: (T, Msb:) and simply a sufficiency; enough; (JK, Msb, TA;) as also بَلَاغٌ , (JK, S, Msb, K,) meaning a thing that suffices, or contents, and enables one to attain what he seeks; (TA;) and تَبَلُّغٌ . (JK, Msb, TA.) You say, فِى هٰذَا بُلْغَةٌ , and بَلَاغٌ , and تَبَلُّغٌ , In this is a sufficiency, or enough. (Msb, TA.) And it is said in the Kur [xxi. 106], إِنَّ فِى هٰذَا لَبَلَاغًا لِقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ Verily in this is a sufficiency [for a people serving God]: (Bd, TA:) or a means of attaining the object sought after, or desired. (Bd.)

Nounبِلَغْنٌ2 senses

Core sense — a slanderer, one who carries people's talk to othersgenerated

See بَلَاغَةٌ.

Also a calumniator, or slanderer; or one who conveys people's talk to others.

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: see بَلَاغَةٌ . Also A calumniator, or slanderer: (Kr, TA:) or one who conveys people's discourse to others. (TA.)

Nounالبُلَغِينَ1 sense

Core sense — calamity, misfortune, or disaster; distress, or afflictiongenerated

1you have distressed us, or afflicted us, in the utmost degree—بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا البُلَغِينَ

Calamity, misfortune, or disaster; or distress, or affliction. Also البِلَغِينَ, or both forms.

Said by ʿĀʾisheh to ʿAlee when she was taken prisoner by him; also related as البِلَغِينَ, that is, الدَّاهِيَةَ, meaning مِنَّا كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ بَلَغْتَ. It is said to mean that the war harassed her and distressed her in the utmost degree.

It is like البُرَحِينَ, البِرَحِينَ, and الأَطْوَرِينَ, all meaning calamities, misfortunes, or disasters; as though they said خَطْبٌ بِلَغٌ and بُلَغٌ, meaning بَلِيغٌ, and then formed the plural in this way because they treated calamities as rational beings having purpose or design.

It always ends in ى and ن; or one may say البُلَغُونَ in the nominative and البُلَغِينَ in the accusative and genitive.

he brought him to calamity, or to distress and affliction—بَلَغَ بِهِ البِلَغِينَ

Meaning: he went to the utmost point in reviling him, and in annoying or molesting him.

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, (S,) or البِلَغِينَ , (JK,) or both, (K,) Calamity, misfortune, or disaster: (S, K:) or distress, or affliction. (JK.) Hence the saying of 'Áïsheh to 'Alee, (S, K,) when she was taken prisoner [by him], (S,) بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا البُلَغِينَ , (S, K,) and البِلَغِينَ , (K,) i. e., الدَّاهِيَةَ ; meaning مِنَّا كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ بَلَغْتَ [Thou hast distressed us, or afflicted us, in the utmost degree]: (K:) it is said to mean that the war harassed her, and distressed her in the utmost degree. (TA.) It is like البُرَحِينَ [and البِرَحِينَ ] and الأَطْوَرِينَ ; all meaning calamities, misfortunes, or disasters: (A'Obeyd, TA:) and is as though they said خَطْبٌ بِلَغٌ [and بُلَغٌ ], meaning بَلِيغٌ , and then formed the pl. thus because they considered calamities [as personified, i. e.,] as rational beings having purpose, or design. (IAth, TA.) It is invariably thus, terminating with ى and ن : or one may say in the nom. case البُلَغُونَ , and in the accus. and gen. البُلَغِينَ . (O, K. *) You say also, بَلَغَ بِهِ البِلَغِينَ [lit. He caused him to come, i. e. he brought him, to calamity, misfortune, or disaster, or to distress, or affliction]; meaning he went to the utmost point in reviling him, and annoying him, or molesting him. (IAar, TA.)

Nounبَلَاغٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the conveying, or communicating, of a message; a sufficient expositiongenerated

A noun from تَبْلِيغٌ and إِبْلَاغٌ, meaning the bringing, conveying, delivering, or communicating of a message.

It often occurs in the Qur'ān meaning the communicating, or announcing, of what is revealed.

Lane cites “Jel in iii. 19” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.1what is communicated, or announced, of the Qur'ān and of the ordinances—كُلُّ رَافِعَةٍ رَفَعَتْ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ البَلَاغِ

In a tradition; the CK has رُفِعَتْ علينا. The word means مَا بَلَغَ, what is communicated, of the Qur'ān and of the statutes or ordinances termed سُنَن.

Or the meaning is مِنْ ذَوِى البَلَاغِ, that is, التَّبْلِيغِ, of those whose office it is to communicate or announce, the simple noun standing in place of the maṣdar.

Some relate it differently, saying مِنَ البُلَّاغِ, of the communicators, or announcers, like حُدَّاث in the sense of مُحَدِّثُون; and some say مِنَ البِلَاغِ, meaning مِنَ المُبَالِغِينَ فِى التَّبْلِيغِ, that is, of those who do their utmost in communicating or announcing. Hr.

See this tradition cited and explained more fully in the first paragraph of the article رفع.

1.2this Qur'ān contains a sufficient exposition, or demonstration, for men—هٰذَا بَلَاغٌ لِلنَّاسِ

In the Qur'ān, the last verse of chapter 14.

1.3

See also بُلْغَةٌ, in three places.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَلَٰغ 4 shown of 15

5:99

مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ

The Messenger's duty is but to proclaim (the message). But Allah knoweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.

16:82

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clear Message.

21:106

إِنَّ فِى هَـٰذَا لَبَلَـٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَـٰبِدِينَ

Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly) worship Allah.

36:17

وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

"And our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message."

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is a subst. from تَبْلِيغٌ and إِبْلَاغٌ , meaning The bringing, conveyance, delivery, or communication, (S, K, &c.,) of a message [&c.]. (Jel in iii. 19, &c.) [It often occurs in the Kur as meaning The communication, or announcement, of what is revealed.] In a trad., in which it is said, كُلُّ رَافِعَةٍ رَفَعَتْ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ البَلَاغِ , [in the CK رُفِعَتْ علينا ,] it means What is communicated, or announced, ( مَا بَلَغَ ,) of the Kur-án and of the [statutes, or ordinances, &c., termed] سُنَن : or the meaning is, مِنْ ذَوِى البَلَاغِ , i. e., التَّبْلِيغِ , [of those who have the office of communicating, or announcing,] the simple subst. being put in the place of the inf. n.: (K, TA:) but some relate it differently, saying مِنَ البُلَّاغِ [of the communicators, or announcers,] like حُدَّاث in the sense of مُحَدِّثُون : (TA:) and some say, مِنَ البِلَاغِ , meaning مِنَ المُبَالِغِينَ فِى التَّبْلِيغِ , i. e. of those who do their utmost in communicating, or announcing. (Hr, K.) [See this trad. cited and explained more fully in the first paragraph of art. رفع .] هٰذَا بَلَاغٌ لِلنَّاسِ , in the Kur [xiv. last verse], means This Kur-án contains a sufficient exposition, or demonstration, for men. (TA.) See also بُلْغَةٌ , in three places.

Nounبِلَاغٌ1 sense

Core sense — the conveying, or delivering, of a messagegenerated

See بَلَاغٌ.

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: see بَلَاغٌ .

Nounبَلِيغٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — eloquent, effective in speech; effectual, producing an effectgenerated

The same as فَصِيحٌ, properly meaning chaste in speech, but here eloquent; sharp, penetrating, or effective in tongue; one who reaches, by his speech or diction, the utmost scope of his mind and desire, possessing the faculty of بَلَاغَة.

Also بَلْغٌ, بِلْغٌ, بِلَغٌ, and بَلضاغَى, like سَكَارَي — in the CK like سُكَارَي — and بُلَاغَي, like حُبَارَي.

Or بَلْغٌ means a man who does not often make mistakes in his speech.

The plural of بَلِيغٌ is بُلَغَآءُ.

Applied to a saying, it also means effectual, or producing an effect. Kashshāf, Beydáwee and Jeláleyn on 4:66.

Lane cites “Jel in iv. 66” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.1

Also: surpassing in any quality; superlative.

It is also applied to a calamity or the like, meaning great, severe, distressing, or afflictive.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَلِيغ

4:63

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَعِظْهُمْ وَقُل لَّهُمْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَوْلًۢا بَلِيغًا

Those men,-Allah knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them, but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very souls.

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i. q. فَصِيحٌ [properly signifying Chaste in speech, but here meaning eloquent]; (S, * Msb, K;) sharp, or penetrating, or effective, in tongue; (Msb;) one who attains, by his speech, or diction, the utmost scope of his mind and desire; (K, * TA;) [possessing the faculty of بَلَاغَة ; (see بَلُغَ ;)] as also بَلْغٌ , and بِلْغٌ , and بِلَغٌ , and بَلضاغَى , like سَكَارَي , [in the CK like سُكَارَي ,] and بُلَاغَي , like حُبَارَي : (K:) or بَلْغٌ signifies a man who does not commit mistakes often in his speech: (JK:) the pl. of بَلِيغٌ is بُلَغَآءُ . (TA.) Applied to a saying, [&c.,] it also signifies Effectual, or producing an effect. (Ksh and Bd and Jel in iv. 66.) [Also Surpassing in any quality: and superlative.] It is also applied to a calamity or the like [as meaning Great, severe, distressing, or afflictive]. (IAth.)

Nounبَلَاغَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — eloquence; and, in the plural, slanders or calumniesgenerated

The same as فَصَاحَةٌ, meaning eloquence; see بَلُغَ, of which it is the maṣdar. Also بِلَغْنٌ. Seer.

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And the plural بَلَاغَاتٌ: slanders, or calumnies.

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i. q. فَصَاحَةٌ , [as meaning Eloquence; (see بَلُغَ , of which it is the inf. n.;)] (S, Msb, *) as also بِلَغْنٌ . (Seer, TA.) And [the pl.] بَلَاغَاتٌ Slanders, or calumnies. (S, K.)

Nounبَلَاغَى1 sense

Core sense — eloquent, effective in speechgenerated

For this word and بُلَاغَى, see بَلِيغٌ.

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and بُلَاغَى : see بَلِيغٌ .

Nounبُلَّاغٌ1 sense

Core sense — eloquent, effective in speechgenerated

See بَلَاغٌ.

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: see بَلَاغٌ .

Nounبَالِغٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — reaching, or arriving at, a place or aim; having attained puberty; excellentgenerated

1an army reaching, or arriving at, its appointed place—جَيْشٌ بَلْغٌ

Reaching, attaining, arriving at, or coming to a place, a time, or an affair, state, or event that is intended, determined, or appointed; reaching to the utmost point or degree; and sometimes, being at the point of reaching. See Form 1, first sentence.

That is, بَالِغٌ.

the decree of God reaches, or attains, its intended object—أَمْرُ ٱللّٰهِ بَلْغٌ

That is, بَالِغٌ.

truly God attains his purpose—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بَالِغٌ أَمْرَهُ

reaching the utmost point, or degree, in stupidity, or foolishness—بَالِغٌ فِى الحُمْقِ

Qur'ān 65:3.

For لَزِمَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ, see Form 1, and the sentence following it there.

firm covenants—أَيْمَانٌ بَالِغَةٌ

Qur'ān 68:39; or covenants confirmed by oaths in the utmost degree; or made binding for ever, sworn to be constantly observed; or that have reached their utmost point.

Or يَمِينٌ بَالِغَةٌ means an oath, or a covenant, that is confirmed.

Qur’ān 68:39 approximate — somewhere between 68:1 and 68:42 Lane cites “Kur lxviii. 39”

Qur’ān 68:39 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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Attaining, or having attained, to puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; said of a boy. T, IKoot.

In the same way, without ة, said of a girl; thus applied, with the noun it qualifies mentioned, by Esh-Sháfiʿee and other chaste speakers among the Arabs; or بَالِغَةٌ. IKoot.

Or the latter is also used with the noun it qualifies mentioned, not being wrong, because it is the original form; and it seems to be necessary when the noun it qualifies is not mentioned, to prevent ambiguity.

1.2

A good, a goodly, or an excellent, thing.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَٰلِغ 3 shown of 6

7:135

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!

16:7

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not (otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful,

65:3

وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَـٰلِغُ أَمْرِهِۦ ۚ قَدْ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدْرًا

And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if any one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him. For Allah will surely accomplish his purpose: verily, for all things has Allah appointed a due proportion.

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Reaching, attaining, arriving at, or coming to, a place [or time, or an affair or a state or an event that is meditated or intended or determined or appointed; reaching, &c., to the utmost point or degree: and sometimes, being at the point of reaching &c.: see 1, first sentence]. (TA.) You say also, جَيْشٌ بَلْغٌ , meaning بَالِغٌ [An army reaching, or arriving at, its appointed place]. (K, TA.) And أَمْرُ ٱللّٰهِ بَلْغٌ , i. e. بَالِغٌ , (S, K,) meaning [The decree of God] reacheth, or attaineth, its intended object: (K:) from the saying in the Kur [lxv. 3], إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بَالِغٌ أَمْرَهُ (S) Verily God attaineth his purpose. (Bd, Jel.) And بَالِغٌ فِى الحُمْقِ Reaching the utmost point, or degree, in stupidity, or foolishness. (TA.) And لَزِمَهُ ذٰلِكَ بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ : see 1: and see the sentence there next following it. (Msb.) أَيْمَانٌ بَالِغَةٌ , in the Kur lxviii. 39, means Firm covenants: (Jel:) or covenants confirmed by oaths in the utmost degree: (Bd:) or rendered obligatory for ever; sworn to, that they shall be constantly observed: or that have reached their utmost point: (Th, TA:) or يَمِينٌ بَالِغَةٌ means [an oath, or a covenant,] confirmed. (TA.) Attaining, or having attained, to puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; applied to a boy: (T, IKoot, IKtt, Msb:) and in like manner, without ة , applied to a girl; (T, IAmb, Msb, K;) thus applied, with the mention of the noun qualified by it, by Esh-Sháfi'ee (T, Msb) and other chaste persons, of the Arabs; (T, TA;) or بَالِغَةٌ ; (IKoot, Msb;) or the latter is also thus applied, with the mention of the noun which it qualifies, (T, Msb, K,) not being wrong because it is the original form; (T, TA;) and seems to be necessarily used when the noun which it qualifies is not mentioned, to prevent ambiguity. (Msb.) A good, a goodly, or an excellent, thing. (S, K.)

Nounأَبْلَغُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — more, or most, effectual or efficaciousgenerated

More, and most, effectual or efficacious: see بَلِيغٌ.

1.1praise in which the proper bounds are exceeded; extravagant praise—ثَنَآءٌ أَبْلَغُ

The same as مُبَالَغٌ فِيهِ; see Form 3.

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[More, and most, effectual or efficacious: see بَلِيغٌ ]. ثَنَآءٌ أَبْلَغُ i. q. مُبَالَغٌ فِيهِ [Praise, or eulogy, or commendation, in which the usual, or ordinary, or the just, or proper, bounds are exceeded; such as is egregious, or immoderate, or extravagant; &c.: see 3]. (K.)

Nounتَبْلِغَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a rope joining the main well-rope to another, so that it reaches the watergenerated

A rope, or cord, with which the main well-rope is joined to what is called the كَرَب; or a rope joined to the رِشَآء so that it may reach the water.

Plural تَبَالِغُ.

1.1

Also a thong that is wound three or four times upon the curved end of a bow, where the bow-string ends, so that the bow-string may become firm, or fast.

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A rope, or cord, with which the main well-rope ( الرِّشَآء ) is joined to [that which is called] the كَرَب : (K:) or a rope, or cord, that is joined to the رِشَآء so that it may reach the water: (Z, TA:) pl. تَبَالِغُ . (K.) Also A thong that is wound upon the curved extremity of a bow, where the bow-string ends, three times, or four, in order that the bow-string may become firm, or fast. (AHn, TA.)

Nounتَبَلُّغٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sufficiency; enough to enable one to attain what one seeksgenerated

A maṣdar of Form 5 used as a noun: see بُلْغَةٌ, in two places.

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[an inf. n. (of 5, q. v.,) used as a subst.]: see بُلْغَةٌ , in two places.

Nounمَبْلَغٌ1 sense

Core sense — the place or time one reaches; the utmost degree; a sum of moneygenerated

The place, and the time, which a person or thing reaches, attains, arrives at, or comes to; the utmost point to which, or towards which, one tends or goes, to which one directs his course, or which one seeks, endeavours to reach, desires, intends, or purposes, whether a place, a time, or any affair, state, or event that is intended, determined, or appointed. See Form 1, first sentence.

Also the utmost point, scope, or degree of knowledge, and of any attainment; the utmost degree of proficiency; a complete degree of goodness or of any other quality; the age of puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity; the sum, amount, or product resulting from addition or multiplication; a sum of money, and particularly a considerable sum of it.

And cash, or ready money, of dirhems and deenárs; in this sense post-classical. Plural مَبَالِغُ.

One says بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَهُ, مَبْلَغَتَهُ, بَلَغَ فِى العِلْمِ المَبَالِغَ, بَلَغَ فِى الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا, and مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ; for explanations of all of these, see Form 1.

And for بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ, see البُلَغِينَ.

Lane cites “Jel in liii. 31” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ānic occurrences مَبْلَغ

53:30

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance.

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[The place, and the time, which a person, or thing, reaches, attains, arrives at, or comes to: the utmost point to which, or towards which, one tends, or repairs, or betakes himself; to which one directs his course; or which one seeks, pursues, endeavours to reach, desires, intends, or purposes; whether it be a place, or a time, or any affair or state or event that is meditated or intended or determined or appointed: (see 1, first sentence:)] the utmost point, or scope, or degree, of knowledge [and of any attainment]: (Bd and Jel in liii. 31:) [the utmost degree of proficiency: a consummate degree of goodness and of any other quality: the age of puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity: the sum, amount, or product, resulting from addition or multiplication: a sum of money: and particularly a considerable sum thereof: and] cash, or ready money, consisting of dirhems and of deenárs: in this sense, post-classical: pl. مَبَالِغُ . (TA.) You say, بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَهُ and مَبْلَغَتَهُ : and بَلَغَ فِى العِلْمِ المَبَالِغَ : and بَلَغَ فِى الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا , and مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ : for explanations of all which, see 1. And بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ : see البُلَغِينَ .

Nounبَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَتَهُ1 sense

Core sense — such a one reached his utmost point, or degreegenerated

See Form 1.

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: see 1.

Nounمُبَلِّغٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who chants set words in a mosquegenerated

One whose office it is, along with other men each of whom is called by this name, to chant certain words, such as the إِقَامَة, in a mosque. See my "Modern Egyptians", chapter 3.

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[ One whose office it is, with other persons each of whom is thus called, to chant certain words, as the إِقَامَة &c., in a mosque. (See my “ Modern Egyptians, “ ch. iii.)]

Nounهُوَ مَبْلُوغٌ بِهِ1 sense

Core sense — he is caused to reach his appointed end, or term of lifegenerated

He is caused to reach, attain, arrive at, or come to, his appointed end, or term of life, أَجَلَهُ or the like being understood.

Said of the object of the phrase بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ, which see, together with the phrase next following it.

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[He is caused to reach, attain, arrive at, or come to, his appointed end, or term of life, ( أَجَلَهُ , or the like, being understood,)] is said of the object of the phrase بَلَغَ ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ [which see, and the phrase next following it]. (TA.)

Nounثَنَآءٌ مُبَالَغٌ فِيهِ1 sense

Core sense — praise carried beyond the proper boundsgenerated

See أَبْلَغُ.

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: see أَبْلَغُ .