muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarرَفْعٌ مُرَافَعَةٌ رُفْعَانٌ مَرْفُوعٌ
Core sense — he raised it, he lifted it up, he exalted itgenerated
1.1he raised it with his hand—ارتفعهُ بِيَدِهِ
. He raised it: he elevated it, upraised it, uplifted it; he took it up. The opposite of خَفَضَهُ, or of وَضَعَهُ. The same is expressed by رفّعهُ, maṣdars تَرْفِيعٌ and ارتفعهُ.
Az says that ارتفع is intransitive, and that he has heard no authority for its being transitive in the sense of رَفَعَ, apart from what he had read in the Nawādir el-Aʿrāb.
he lifted it, or took it up, with his hand—رَفَعَهُ
These two phrases are given in the Nawādir.
Er-Rāghib: رَفْعٌ is sometimes applied to physical things, meaning the raising, or elevating, of a thing from its resting-place; and sometimes to a building, meaning the rearing of it, or making it high or lofty.
Or, with physical things, it properly denotes motion and removal: it means putting away, removing, or turning back a thing after it has come or arrived, just as دَفْعٌ means putting away, removing, or turning back a thing before it has come or arrived. With ideal things it is used figuratively, and takes the meaning the case requires.
[In its principal senses, literal and figurative, رَفْعٌ agrees with the Latin Tollere.]
We raised the mountain above you from its resting-place (Qur'ān 2:60 and 87)—رَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ
God is He who raised the heavens without pillars that you see (Qur'ān 12:2)—اَللّٰهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ السَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا
[And when Abraham] was rearing the foundations of the House of God, at Mekkeh (Qur'ān 2:121)—وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرٰهِيمُ القَوَاعِدَ مِنَ البَيْتِ
take this; or take it and carry it [away; or take it up and remove it]—اِرْفَعْ هٰذَا
he moved the seed-produce from the place where he had reaped it to the place where the grain was to be trodden out—رَفَعَ الزَّرعَ
These Qur'ānic examples are given by Er-Rāghib.
This last meaning is said in the TA to be figurative; but according to a passage of the Msb quoted at the beginning of this article it is literal. In most of the phrases that follow, the verb is undoubtedly used figuratively.
Also رَفَعَهُ إِلَى البَيْدَرِ; maṣdars رَفْعٌ, رِفَاعَةٌ, and رِفَاعٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for رَفَاعُ, which see below].
1.1.1figurative · مجاز[they raised their eyes towards me]—رَفَعُوا إِلَىَّ عُيُونَهُمْ
1.1.2figurative · مجازI went in to such a one, and he did not look towards me, nor pay me any attention—دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِى رَأْسًا
[بِى is not a mistake here for لِى, for the phrase is often found written thus.]
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred[the thing was, as it were, raised into view, that is, it rose into view, to me;] I saw the thing from afar—رُفِعَ لِىَ الشَّىْءُ
1.1.4figurative · مجازthe mirage raised, or elevated, to the eye the figure of a man, or of something else, seen from a distance—رَفَعَ السَّرَابُ الشَّخْصَ
. [See an example near the end of the first paragraph of art. زول.]
It may also be rendered: made it appear tall, and as though quivering, vibrating, or playing up and down. Synonym زَهَاهُ, of which, when it relates to the mirage, the meaning is best expressed by the second of these two explanations.
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredand We have exalted some of them above others in degrees of rank, or station (Qur'ān 43:31)—وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ
We exalt in degrees of rank, or station, whom We please (Qur'ān 6:83 and 12:76)—نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَآءُ
and God exalts whom He pleases, and abases—وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْفَعُ مَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَخْفِضُ
the exalting of one's fame—رَفْعُ الذِّكْرِ
and to the heaven, how it is raised (Qur'ān 88:18)—وَإِلَى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
in houses which God has permitted to be built (Qur'ān 24:36)—فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللّٰهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ
God exalts the just, and gives him the upper hand over the unjust—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَرْفَعُ العَدْلَ وَيَخْفِضُهُ
Both of these explanations are Er-Rāghib's.
As in the Qur'ān 94:4. Er-Rāghib.
These words indicate two meanings: how it is elevated in respect of its place, and how it is exalted in respect of excellence and rank. Er-Rāghib.
So according to some; or, to be honoured, as El-Hasan says; or, to be exalted in estimation. Er-Rāghib.
Said in a tradition, which adds that at one time He abases him, so that He makes the unjust overcome him, in order to try His creatures in the present world. [See also art. خفض.]
he advanced him above his companion [in the sitting-place, or assembly]—رَفَعَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ فِى المَجْلِسِ
[I exalted you, or held you, above such a thing]—رَفَعْتُكَ عَنْ كَذَا
Mentioned under رَبَأَ.
[I exalt you, or hold you, above this thing]—إِنِّى لَأَرْفَعْكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ
Mentioned under رَبَأَ, which see.
Lane cites “Kur xciv. 4” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred[God honoured his work by acceptance; or] God accepted his work—رَفَعَ ٱللّٰهُ عَمَلَهُ
and righteous work He will accept (Qur'ān 35:11)—وَٱلْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ
Or the meaning is يَرْفَعُ العَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الكَلِمَ الطَّيَّبَ [righteous work will cause the praise mentioned just before these words to ascend and obtain acceptance]; so Mujāhid. Katādeh says the meaning is that speech will not be accepted without work.
1.1.7figurative · مجازthe bringing of a thing near; the presenting, or offering, of it—رَفْعٌ
Synonym تَقْرِيبٌ.
I presented him to, or brought him before, the Sultan, and the judge, to arraign him and contest with him—رَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ
Maṣdars رَفْعٌ, رُفْعَانٌ, and رِفْعَانٌ.
I brought him forward to the Sultan, and the judge, to arraign him and contest with him—إِلَى الحَكَمِ
he preferred a complaint against him to the governor, or judge—رَافَعَهُ إِلَى الحَاكِمِ
.
Or: he presented him to, or brought him forward to, the governor, or judge, to arraign him and contest with him, and preferred a complaint against him.
Or it denotes doing this mutually; for, according to Mtr, رَافَعَ خَصْمَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ means he brought his adversary before the Sultan, the latter doing the same with him. [See also form 2.]
1.1.8figurative · مجازhe adduced, or brought forward, the Qur'ān against the Sultan—رَفَعَ القُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ
He interpreted the Qur'ān against the Sultan, and judged by it that he should rebel against him.
1.1.9figurative · مجازI traced up the man's lineage to his greatest ancestor—رَفْعْتُ الرَّجُلَ
Or I mentioned his lineage, saying, He is such a one the son of such a one, or He is of such a tribe, or city, and so on. Synonyms نَمَيْتُهُ and نَسَبْتُهُ.
1.1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredhe traced the tradition up to the Prophet, naming in ascending order those who had handed it down—رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ
he traced, or ascribed, the tradition to its author—رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَائِلِهِ
That is, أَسْنَدَهُ: he ascribed the tradition to its author by naming him, or by naming, without a break and in ascending order, those who had transmitted it, up to the Prophet; or by naming the person who related it to him from the Prophet if only one person came between, saying, "Such a one told me, from such a one, from the Apostle of God"; or with a break in the mention of the transmitters. So in art. سند.
every company of men, or person, that reports from us what we say—كُلُّ رَافِعَةٍ رَفَعَتْ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ البَلَاغِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمْتُهَا أَنْ تُعْضَدَ أَوْتُخْبَطَ
Said in a tradition. In a very old and excellent copy I find, as above, إِلَيْنَا, and so in some copies and in art. بلغ; but in one copy, and in the present article, I find in its place عَلَيْنَا, and so in art. بلغ, where the verb before it is wrongly written رُفِعَتْ; and in the L, in the place of الينا is put عَنَّا. Of these three readings I prefer the first, though the last agrees with an explanation of رَفَعْتُهُ given in the sentence that follows.
That is, every company of men, or person, that communicates, or announces, from us, and makes known — literally, traces up to us — what we say, or anything of 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 is to communicate, or announce], the simple noun being put in the place of the maṣdar; let that company, or person, communicate, or announce, and relate, that I have forbidden [its trees being lopped, or being beaten with a stick so that their leaves fall off], referring to El-Medeeneh.
But 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 من المُبَالِغِينَ فِى التَّبْلِيغِ, that is, of those who do their utmost in communicating, or announcing. So Hr, and art. بلغ.
1.1.11figurative · مجازI made it known—رَفَعْتُهُ
he told, or related, a saying against him; he informed against him—رَفَعَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَامًا
Mentioned under رَقَّى, which see.
he made known, or submitted, a case [to the administrator of the law]—رَفَعَ عَلَى العَامِلِ رَفِيعَةً
he submitted a case to the governor, or judge—إِلَى الحَاكِمِ
I made known, or submitted by way of appeal, the affair to the Sultan—رَفَعْتُ الأَمْرَ إِلَى السُّلْطِانِ
. [See also form 2.]
1.1.12figurative · مجاز[an object to be reached, or accomplished, was proposed to him, and he aspired to it]—رُفِعَتْ لَهُ غَايَةٌ فَسَمَا لَهَا
Apparently from the foregoing.
1.1.13figurative · مجازhe made the camel exert himself to the full, or beyond measure, in going—رَفَعَ البَعِيرَ
Or رَفَعَ النَّاقَةَ فِى السَّيْرِ and الدَّابَّةَ. So under art. نص. Said also of a beast.
Or: he made him, or her, go quickly, or with the utmost speed; or he made him, or her, go the pace termed مَرْفُوع, which is a maṣdar of the intransitive verb رَفَعَ, said of a camel and of a beast.
رفّعهُ [and رفّعها] and رفّع مِنْهُ [and مِنْهَا], maṣdar تَرْفِيعٌ, mean the same.
he made the she-camel exert herself to the full, or beyond measure, in going—النَّاقَةَ
make your beast exert itself to the full—اِرْفَعْ مِنْ دَابَّتِكَ
Or this is the phrase used by the Arabs.
[You say also رَفَعَتْنِى أَرْضٌ, apparently in the same way; or in that case the verb may have a different meaning: see an example in the first paragraph of art. خفض.]
1.1.14figurative · مجاز — inferred[I urged him to tell the utmost of what he knew]—رَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى حَدِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنَ العِلْمِ
That is, I went to the utmost point with him in questioning him, or asking him. So in art. نص.
1.1.15figurative · مجاز — inferredhe stirred up the fire; he made it burn up—رَفَعَ النَّارَ
1.1.16figurative · مجازthe she-camel withheld her milk; she did not yield her milk—رَفَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَبَنَهَا
she (a camel) drew up, or refused to yield, the biestings in her udder—رَفَعَتِ اللِّبَأَ فِى ضَرْعِهَا
1.1.17figurative · مجازhe kept it, preserved it, or laid it up, in his repository, store-room, or closet—رَفَعَهُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ
he kept it, or stowed it, in his chest—صُنْدُوقِهِ
1.1.18figurative · مجازhe does not put away the staff, or stick, from his shoulder—هُوَ لَا يَرْفَعُ العَصَا عَنْ عَاتِقِهِ
This alludes to discipline, chastisement, or punishment, or to severity in it, and to the beating of women; it does not mean that the staff, or stick, is really on the shoulder. Or the first alludes to much journeying.
Also عَصَاهُ عن عاتقه, or عَنْ أَهْلِهِ.
1.1.19figurative · مجاز — inferred[the pen of the recording angel is withheld from three persons]—رُفِعَ القَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ
This is like the saying mentioned just before; the pen has never been put to the tablet to record anything against the child.
So in the Firdows, on the authority of ʿAlee, I ʿAb, and ʿĀïsheh, meaning ثَلَاثِ أَنْفُسٍ.
A saying of Mohammad, meaning that nothing is recorded either for or against three persons: the sleeper until he wakes; the one afflicted with disease or the like, or demented, until he recovers; and the child until he grows big, or reaches puberty.
In El-Jāmiʿ es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee we find ثَلَاثَةٍ in the place of ثَلَاثٍ.
1.1.20figurative · مجاز — inferredhe withdrew, put away, or removed it; he annulled, revoked, or remitted it—رَفَعَ
O God, withdraw, or remove, from us this straitness, difficulty, or affliction—اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱرْفَعْ عَنَّا هٰذِهِ الضُّغْطَةَ
So in art. ضغط.
he withdrew the punishment from him; he annulled, revoked, or remitted his punishment—رَفَعَ عَنْهُ العَذَابَ
they gave over, or relinquished, war—رَفَعُوا الحَرْبَ
As though they put it away; like وَضَعُوهَا. But Moosà Ibn-Jābir uses it in the opposite sense, they raised, or made, war, in opposition to وضعوها.
1.1.21figurative · مجاز — inferredthey disagreed, some saying they would exclude a passage and some that they would not—اِخْتَلَفُوا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ نَرْفَعُ طَرِيقًا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا نَرْفَعُ
Some of them said, We will exclude a way, or passage, from among the portions, or shares, of the land, or of the house; and some said, We will not exclude it.
1.1.22figurative · مجاز — inferred
In the conventional language of the grammarians, رَفْعٌ in the inflection of words is like ضَمٌّ in words that are not inflected.
[You say رَفَعَ الحَرْفَ: he made the final letter to have رَفٌعَ or رَفُعَ in its inflection.]
1.2figurative · مجازthe people, or company of men, went up, or upwards, through the countries, or lands—رَفَعَ القَوْمُ
1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe camel exerted himself to the full, or beyond measure, in going, or was quick in it—رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ
Also فِى السَّيْرِ, or فِى سَيْرِهِ; maṣdars مَرْفُوعٌ and رَفْعٌ, mentioned in art. خفض.
The former maṣdar is of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, like [its opposite مَخْفُوضٌ and] مَجْلُودٌ, مَعْقُولٌ, and مَوْضُوعٌ.
Or he went the pace termed مَرْفُوع, which is a running below that termed حُضْر, as though he had both what raised him and what lowered him. So Sb, with reference to the maṣdars مرفوع and موضوع.
they (men) rose above the easy and quick pace in their going, or journeying—رَفَعُوا فِى مَسِيرِهِمْ
The pace referred to is هَمْلَجَة.
1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man) was, or became, high, exalted, lofty, or eminent in rank; noble, honourable, or illustrious—رَفُعَ
Maṣdar رِفْعَةٌ; or so according to Aboo-Bekr Mohammad Ibn-Es-Sereé, as in two copies, though other copies give Ibn-Es-Sarrāj.
Sb says that they did not say رَفُعَ from رَفِيعٌ in the sense of شَرِيفٌ; but that they said ارتفع.
he was, or became, of high rank, or honourable, in his grounds of pretension to respect and in his lineage—رَفُعَ فِى حَسَبِهِ وَنَسَبِهِ
1.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe garment, or piece of cloth, was fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thin—رَفُعَ الثَّوْبُ
1.3.2figurative · مجازhe (a man) was, or became, high, or loud, in voice—رَفُعَ
Maṣdar رَفَاعَةٌ; that is, رَفِيع in voice. [See رَفَاعَةٌ below.]
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 22
19:57
وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّاAnd We raised him to a lofty station.
55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَAnd the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَاOn high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْAnd at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
94:4
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَAnd raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
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,) aor. رَفَعَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. رَفْعٌ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) He raised it: [this is generally the best rendering, as it serves to indicate several particular significations which will be found explained in what follows:] he elevated it; upraised it; uplifted it: he took it up: contr. of خَفَضَهُ : (Msb:) or of وَضَعَهُ : (S, Mgh, K:) as also رفّعهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَرْفِيعٌ ; (TA;) and ارتفعهُ ; (K;) for accord. to the “ Nawádir, ” you say, ارتفعهُ بِيَدِهِ and رَفَعَهُ [he raised it, lifted it, heaved it, or took it up, with his hand]; but Az says that ارتفع is intrans., and that he has heard no authority for its being trans., in the sense of رَفَعَ , except that which he had read in the “ Nawádir el-Aaráb:” (TA:) رَفْعٌ is sometimes applied to corporeal things, meaning the raising, or elevating, a thing from the resting-place thereof: sometimes to a building, meaning the rearing it, uprearing it, or making it high or lofty: (Er-Rághib:) or in relation to corporeal things, it is used properly to denote motion, and removal: (Msb:) it signifies the putting away or removing or turning back a thing after the coming or arriving thereof; like as دَفْعٌ signifies the putting away or removing or turning back a thing before the coming or arriving [thereof]: (Kull p. 185:) but in relation to ideal things, it is [tropically used, as it is also in many other cases, and] accorded in meaning to what the case requires. (Msb.) [In its principal senses, proper and tropical, رَفْعٌ agrees with the Latin Tollere..] It is said in the Kur [ii. 60 and 87], رَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ We raised above you from its resting-place the mountain: and in the same [xii. 2], اَللّٰهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ السَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا [God is He who raised the heavens without pillars that ye see; or, as ye see them]: and in the same [ii. 121], وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرٰهِيمُ القَوَاعِدَ مِنَ البَيْتِ [And when Abraham] was rearing or uprearing or making high or lofty [the foundations of the House of God, at Mekkeh]. (Er-Rághib.) And you say, اِرْفَعْ هٰذَا Take thou this: (Mgh:) or take it and carry it [away; or take it up and remove it]. (TA.) And رَفَعَ الزَّرعَ , (Lh, K,) or رَفَعَهُ إِلَى البَيْدَرِ , (Msb,) aor. رَفَعَ , (Lh,) inf. n. رَفْعٌ (Lh, S) and رِفَاعَةٌ and رِفَاعٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for رَفَاعُ , which see below], (Lh, TA,) He removed, or transported, the seed-produce from the place in which he had reaped it, (Lh,) or carried it after the reaping, (S, K,) to the place in which the grain was to be trodden out. (Lh, S, K.) [This last signification is said in the TA to be tropical; but according to a passage of the Msb quoted in the first sentence of this art., it is proper. In most of the phrases here following, the verb is undoubtedly used tropically.] رَفَعُوا إِلَىَّ عُيُونَهُمْ [They raised towards me their eyes]. (TA.) دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِى رَأْسًا (Mgh, TA *) I went in to such a one, and he did not look towards me, nor pay any regard, or attention, to me. (Mgh.) [ بِى is not here a mistake for لِى , for the phrase is often found thus written.] رُفِعَ لِىَ الشَّىْءُ [The thing was, as it were, raised into view, i. e. it rose into view, to me;] I saw the thing from afar. (TA.) رَفَعَ السَّرَابُ الشَّخْصَ , aor. رَفَعَ , inf. n. رَفْعٌ , The mirage raised, or elevated [to the eye, (see an ex. near the end of the first paragraph of art. زول )] the figure of a man or some other thing seen from a distance; [or it may be allowable to render it, made it to appear tall, and as though quivering, vibrating, or playing up and down;] syn. زَهَاهُ [of which, when it relates to the mirage, the meaning is best expressed by the latter of the two explanations here given]. (TA.) وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ , in the Kur [xliii. 31], means And we have exalted some of them above others in degrees of rank, or station: and نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَآءُ , in the same, [vi. 83, and xii. 76,] We exalt in degrees of rank, or station, whom We please: (Er-Rághib:) and وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْفَعُ مَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَخْفِضُ And God exalteth whom He pleaseth, and abaseth: (S and TA:) and [in like manner,] رَفْعُ الذِّكْرِ means the exalting of one's fame; as in the Kur xciv. 4. (Er-Rághib.) But the words, وَإِلَى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ , in the Kur [lxxxviii. 18], indicate two meanings; And to the heaven, how it is elevated in respect of its place; and how it is exalted in respect of excellence, and exaltation of rank. (Er-Rághib.) [In like manner also,] فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللّٰهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ , in the Kur [xxiv. 36], means In houses which God hath permitted to be built; (Bd, TA;) accord. to some: (TA:) or, to be honoured; (Zj, Bd;) so says El-Hasan; (Zj;) or, to be exalted in estimation. (Er-Rághib.) It is said in a trad., إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَرْفَعُ العَدْلَ وَيَخْفِضُهُ Verily God exalteth the just, and maketh him to have the ascendency over the unjust, and at one time abaseth him, so that He maketh the unjust to overcome him, in order to try his creatures, in the present world. (Az, TA.) [See also art. خفض .] And you say, رَفَعَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ فِى المَجْلِسِ He advanced him above his companion [in the sitting-place, or sitting-room, or assembly]. (TA.) And رَفَعْتُكَ عَنْ كَذَا [I exalted thee, or held thee, above such a thing]: (M voce رَبَأَ :) and إِنِّى لَأَرْفَعْكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [Verily I exalt thee, or hold thee, above this thing]. (S voce رَبَأَ , q. v.) رَفَعَ ٱللّٰهُ عَمَلَهُ [God honoured his work by acceptance; or] God accepted his work. (Msb.) It is said in the Kur [xxxv. 11], وَٱلْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ And righteous work He will accept: (Jel:) or the meaning is يَرْفَعُ العَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الكَلِمَ الطَّيَّبَ [righteous work will cause praise, or the like, (mentioned immediately before the above-cited words of the Kur,) to ascend, and obtain acceptance]: (Mujáhid, TA:) Katádeh says, [that the meaning is,] speech will not be accepted without work. (TA.) رَفْعٌ Also signifies The bringing a thing near; or presenting, or offering, it; syn. تَقْرِيبٌ . (S.) And hence, رَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ , (S, Mgh, K,) and إِلَى الحَكَمِ , (TA,) inf. n. رَفْعٌ (S, * TA) and رُفْعَانٌ (S, K) and رِفْعَانٌ , (TA,) I presented him to, or brought him before, or brought him forward to, the Sultán, (S, * Mgh, * K, * TA,) and the judge, to arraign him and contest with him: (TA:) and رَافَعَهُ إِلَى الحَاكِمِ , (S K,) inf. n. مُرَافَعَةٌ , (TA,) [in like manner] signifies he preferred a complaint against him to the governor, or judge: (K:) or he presented him to, or brought him before, or brought him forward to, the governor, or judge, to arraign him and contest with him, and preferred a complaint against him: (TA:) [or it denotes the doing so mutually; for, accord. to Mtr,] رَافَعَ خَصْمَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ signifies he brought his adversary before the Sultán ( قَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِ ), the latter doing the same with him. (Mgh.) [See also 2.] رَفَعَ القُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ [He adduced, or brought forward, the Kur-án against the Sultán;] he interpreted the Kur-án against the Sultán, and judged thereby that he should rebel against him. (TA.) رَفْعْتُ الرَّجُلَ also signifies I traced up the man's lineage to his greatest ancestor; or I mentioned his lineage, saying, He is such a one the son of such a one, or He is of such a tribe, or city, &c.; syn. نَمَيْتُهُ , and نَسَبْتُهُ . (TA.) And hence, رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ [He traced up, or ascribed, or attributed, the tradition to the Prophet, mentioning, in ascending order, the persons by whom it had been handed down, up to the Prophet; in the manner more fully explained in the sentence here next following]. (TA.) You say also, رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَائِلِهِ , meaning أَسْنَدَهُ [i. e. He traced up, or ascribed, or attributed, the tradition to the author thereof, by mentioning him, or by mentioning, uninterruptedly, in ascending order, the persons by whom it had been transmitted, up to the Prophet; or by mentioning the person who had related it to him from the Prophet if only one person intervened, saying, “ Such a one told me, from such a one, ” (and so on if more than one intervened between him and the Prophet,) “ from the Apostle of God; ” or with an interruption in the mention of the persons by whom it had been transmitted]. (S * and Msb in art. سند .) [And hence what next follows.] It is said in a trad., كُلُّ رَافِعَةٍ رَفَعَتْ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ البَلَاغِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمْتُهَا أَنْ تُعْضَدَ أَوْتُخْبَطَ , (S, * TA, [in a very old and excellent copy of the former of which I find, as above, إِلَيْنَا , and so in some copies of the K and in the O and TA in art. بلغ ; but in one copy of the S and in the TA in the present art., I find in its place عَلَيْنَا , and so in the CK in art. بلغ , where the verb preceding it is erroneously written رُفِعَتْ ; and in the L, in the place of الينا is put عَنَّا ; of all which three readings I prefer the first; though the last is agreeable with an explanation of رَفَعْتُهُ given in the Msb and in the sentence next following;]) i. e. Every company of men ( جَمَاعَة , S, TA), or person ( نَفْس , TA), that communicates, or announces, from us, (S, TA,) and makes known, [lit. traces up to us,] what we say, (TA,) [or rather, aught of what is communicated, or announced,] or [aught] of what is communicated, or announced, of the Kur-án and of the [statutes, or ordinances, &c., termed] سُنَن , (K in art. بلغ ,) 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., (T, O, K, TA, all in art. بلغ ,) let that company, or person, communicate, or announce, and relate, that I have forbidden [its trees' being lopped, or being beaten with a stick in order that their leaves may fall off,] referring to El-Medeeneh: (S, * TA:) but some relate it differently, saying, مِنَ البُلَّاغِ [of the communicaters, or announcers,] like حُدَّاث in the sense of مُحَدِّثُون : (TA:) and some say, مِنَ البِلَاغِ , meaning من المُبَالِغِينَ فِى التَّبْلِيغِ , i. e. of those who do their utmost in communicating, or announcing. (Hr, and K in art. بلغ .) [Hence,] رَفَعْتُهُ [alone] signifies I made it known. (Msb.) You say, رَفَعَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَامًا [He told, or related, a saying against him; informed against him]. (S and K voce رَقَّى , q. v.) And رَفَعَ عَلَى العَامِلِ رَفِيعَةً He communicated, (S,) or made known, (Msb,) [or submitted, or referred,] a case [to the administrator of the law]; (S;) and إِلَى الحَاكِمِ [to the governor, or judge]. (TA.) And رَفَعْتُ الأَمْرَ إِلَى السُّلْطِانِ , inf. n. رُفْعَانٌ , I made known [or submitted, or referred, by way of appeal,] the affair, or matter, to the Sultán. (Msb.) [See also 2.] [And hence, app.,] رُفِعَتْ لَهُ غَايَةٌ فَسَمَا لَهَا [An object to be reached, or accomplished, was proposed to him, and he aspired to it]. (TA.) رَفَعَ البَعِيرَ , (Sb, K,) and النَّاقَةَ , (TA,) or رَفَعَ النَّاقَةَ فِى السَّيْرِ , and الدَّابَّةَ , (M in art. نص ,) inf. n. رَفْعٌ , (TA in that art.,) He made the camel, (S, Msb, K,) and the she-camel, (TA,) and the beast, (M ubi suprà,) to exert himself, or herself, to the full, or to the utmost, or beyond measure, in going, or pace; (S, K, TA;) or to go quickly; (Msb;) or to go with the utmost celerity: (TA in art. نص :) or constrained him, or her, to go the pace termed مَرْفُوع [q. v. infrà], (TA,) which is an inf. n. of the intrans. verb رَفَعَ [q. v. infrà] said of a camel (S, TA) and of a beast: (TA:) and رفّعهُ , (S, TA,) [and رفّعها ,] and رفّع مِنْهُ , (TA,) [and مِنْهَا ,] inf. n. تَرْفِيعٌ , signify the same: (S, TA:) or the phrase used by the Arabs is اِرْفَعْ مِنْ دَابَّتِكَ [Make thou thy beast to exert itself, &c.]. (L, TA.) [You say also, app. in like manner, رَفَعَتْنِى أَرْضٌ : or in this case the verb may have a different meaning: see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. خفض .] [Hence,] رَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى حَدِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنَ العِلْمِ [I urged him to tell the utmost of what he knew;] (A in art. نص ;) i. e. I went to the utmost point [with him] in questioning him, or asking him. (TA in that art.) [ رَفَعَ النَّارَ He stirred up the fire; made it to burn up.] رَفَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَبَنَهَا The she-camel [drew up, or withdrew, or withheld, her milk; i. e.,] did not yield her milk: (A, TA:) and رَفَعَتِ اللِّبَأَ فِى ضَرْعِهَا [She (a camel) drew up, & c., or refused to yield, the biestings in her udder]. (As, S, K.) رَفَعَهُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ , and صُنْدُوقِهِ , He kept it, preserved it, laid it up, stowed it, or reposited it, in his repository, store-room, or closet, and his chest. (TA.) هُوَ لَا يَرْفَعُ العَصَا عَنْ عَاتِقِهِ , (Msb, TA,) or عَصَاهُ عن عاتقه , or عَنْ أَهْلِهِ , (Mgh,) [lit. He does not put away the staff, or stick, or his staff, or stick, from his shoulder, or from his wife,] is an allusion to discipline, chastisement, or punishment, (Mgh, TA,) or to severity thereof, (Msb,) and to beating (Mgh, TA) of women; (Mgh;) not meaning that the staff, or stick, is on the shoulder: (Msb:) or the first is an allusion to many journeyings. (TA.) رُفِعَ القَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ ; (Mgh, Msb;) so in the “ Firdows, ” on the authority of 'Alee and I' Ab and 'Áïsheh, meaning ثَلَاثِ أَنْفُسٍ ; [The pen of the recording angel is withheld from three persons;] a saying of Mohammad, which means that nothing is recorded either for or against three persons; (Mgh, Msb; *) these three being the sleeper until he awakes, the afflicted with disease or the like, or the demented, until he recovers, and the child until he becomes big, or attains to puberty. (El-Jámi' -es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee; in which we find ثَلَاثَةٍ in the place of ثَلَاثٍ .) This is like the saying next before mentioned; the pen having never been put [to the tablet to record aught] against the child. (Msb.) [ رَفَعَ often signifies He withdrew, put away, removed, did away or did away with, annulled, revoked, or remitted.] You say, اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱرْفَعْ عَنَّا هٰذِهِ الضُّغْطَةَ [O God, withdraw, put away, or remove, from us this straitness, difficulty, distress, or affliction]. (S in art. ضغط .) [And in like manner also you say, رَفَعَ عَنْهُ العَذَابَ He withdrew, or put away, from him the punishment; he annulled, revoked, or remitted, his punishment.] رَفَعُوا الحَرْبَ [may also be rendered in a similar manner; They gave over, or relinquished, war; as though they put it away; like وَضَعُوهَا : but] is used by Moosà Ibn-Jábir [in the contr. sense, they raised, or made, war;] in opposition to وضعوها . (Ham p. 180.) اِخْتَلَفُوا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ نَرْفَعُ طَرِيقًا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا نَرْفَعُ means [They disagreed; and some of them said,] We will exclude a way, or passage, from among the portions, or shares, ( قِسْمة , [q. v.,]) of the land, or the house; and [some of them said,] We will not exclude it. (Mgh.) In the conventional language of the grammarians, رَفْعٌ , in the inflection of words, is like ضَمٌّ in the non-inflection. (S) [You say, رَفَعَ الحَرْفَ , aor. رَفَعَ , inf. n. رَفْعٌ , He made the final letter to have رَفٌعَ or رَفُعَ in its inflection.] رَفَعَ القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, went up, or upwards, through the countries, or lands. (As, K, TA.) رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ , (S, Msb, K,) فِى السَّيْرِ , (S,) or فِى سَيْرِهِ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. مَرْفُوعٌ (Sb, S, TA) and رَفْعٌ , (S, A, K, all in art. خفض ,) the former an inf. n. (Sb, S, TA) of the measure مَفْعُولٌ , (Sb, TA,) like [its contr. مَخْفُوضٌ , and] مَجْلُودٌ , and مَعْقُولٌ , (S, TA,) and مَوْضُوعٌ , (Sb, TA,) The camel exerted himself to the full, or to the utmost, or beyond measure, in going, or pace, or in his going, or his pace: (S, K, TA:) or was quick therein: (Msb:) or went the pace termed مَرْفُوع , [q. v. infrà,] which is a running below that termed حُضْر : (S, TA:) as though he had that [manner of going] which raised him, as well as that which lowered him. (Sb and TA with reference to the inf. n. مرفوع and موضوع .) And رَفَعُوا فِى مَسِيرِهِمْ They [namely men] rose above the [easy and quick pace termed] هَمْلَجَة in their going, or journeying. (ISk.) رَفُعَ , inf. n. رِفْعَةٌ ; (S, K;) or, accord. to Aboo-Bekr Mohammad Ibn-Es-Sereé, [so in two copies of the S, but in others, accord. to the TA, Ibn-EsSarráj,] they did not say رَفُعَ from رَفِيعٌ in the sense of شَرِيفٌ ; (S, O;) so says Sb; and he adds, but [they said] ارتفع ; (TA;) He (a man, S) was, or became, high, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent, in rank, condition, or state; (S, K, TA;) noble, honourable, glorious, or illustrious. (TA.) And رَفُعَ فِى حَسَبِهِ وَنَسَبِهِ He was, or became, of high or exalted rank, or noble, or honourable, in his grounds of pretension to respect, and his relationship, or race, or lineage. (Msb.) رَفُعَ الثَّوْبُ The garment, or piece of cloth, was fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thin. (Msb.) رَفُعَ , (S, K,) inf. n. رَفَاعَةٌ , (K,) He (a man, S) was, or became, high, or loud, ( رَفِيع ,) in voice. (S, K.) [See رَفَاعَةٌ below.]