muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarخِذْلَانٌ خُذُولٌ
Core sense — he held back from aiding him, he forsook himgenerated
1.1he held back from aiding him, he neglected to help him—خَذَلَ عَنْهُ
maṣdar خِذْلَانٌ and خَذْلٌ, or خِذْلَانٌ is a simple substantive.
he held back from aiding him—اخذلهُ
he left him, he forsook him—خَذَلَهُ
he left him, and held back from going with him—خَذَلَ عَنْهُ
Accord. to AZ.
God's failing to preserve a man—خِذْلَانٌ
[But if He fail to aid you, or to preserve you, then who is he that will aid you after Him?]—وَ إِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ
Accord. to Az, from an evil action, so that he falls into it.
In the Kur 3:154. Here 'Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr read يُخْدِلْكُمْ, with damm to the ى and kesr to the ذ.
1.1.1he (a gazelle) held back from going with the herd, or remained behind it—خَذَلَ
she held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone—خَذَلَتْ
she remains behind her female companions, with her young one, in the pasturage—تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا
she remained attending to her young one—خَذَلَتْ
Said of a gazelle and the like, as, for instance, a [wild] cow. Or: she held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [the others].
Said of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow. Or: she remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As.
Said of a wild animal, or of a gazelle, when the rest of the herd had gone. Some say the meaning is inverted, because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left. Also تخاذلت and اخذلت.
1.1.2
A poet says, namely 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, describing a horse: [And he is, or was, like the bucket in the hand of the drawer of water,] of which the cross pieces of wood have become separated from it [so that it has become severed from the well-rope].
shāhidفَهْوَ كَالدَّلْوِ بِكَفِّ المُسْتَقِىخَذَلَتْ عَنْهُ العَرَاقِى فَٱنْجَذَمْ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
3:160
إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَIf Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust.
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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, (S, Msb, K,) and خَذَلَ عَنْهُ , (Msb, K,) aor. خَذُلَ , (JK, Msb,) inf. n. خِذْلَانٌ (JK, S, K) and خَذْلٌ , (JK, Msb, * K,) or خِذْلَانٌ is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and اخذلهُ ; (TA;) He abstained from, or neglected, aiding him, or assisting him; (JK, * S, Msb, K;) and held back from him: (Msb:) and خَذَلَهُ he left, forsook, or deserted, him: (MA:) and, accord. to AZ, خَذَلَ عَنْهُ , aor. خَذُلَ , inf. n. خُذُولٌ , he left him, and held back from going with him. (T in art. تلو .) And خِذْلَانٌ signifies God's failing to preserve a man; accord. to Az, from an evil action; so that he falls into it. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [iii. 154], وَ إِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ [But if He fail to aid you, or to preserve you, then who is he that will aid you after Him?]: here 'Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr read يُخْدِلْكُمْ , with damm to the ى and kesr to the ذ . (TA.) And خَذَلَ He (a gazelle) held back from going with the herd; or remained behind the herd. (As, S.) And خَذَلَتْ She (a gazelle, &c., K, as, for instance, a [wild] cow, TA) held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone: or held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [the others]: (K:) or you say, of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow, تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا She holds back from going with her female companions, or remains behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As. (T, TA.) And خَذَلَتْ She (a wild animal, S, O, or a gazelle, K) remained attending to her young one [when the rest of the herd had gone]; (S, O, K;) said by some to be inverted [as to the meaning], because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left; (S;) as also تخاذلت , (S, K,) and اخذلت . (K.) A poet says, (namely, 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, TA,) describing a horse, 1 meaning [And he is, or was, like the bucket in the hand of the drawer of water,] of which the cross pieces of wood have become separated from it [so that it has become severed from the wellrope]. (S.) فَهْوَ كَالدَّلْوِ بِكَفِّ المُسْتَقِى | خَذَلَتْ عَنْهُ العَرَاقِى فَٱنْجَذَمْ