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Form 1رَفَعَهُ28 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarرَفْعٌ مُرَافَعَةٌ رُفْعَانٌ مَرْفُوعٌ

Core sense — he raised it, he lifted it up, he exalted itgenerated

1.1he raised it with his handارتفعهُ 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 handرَفَعَهُ

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 outرَفَعَ 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 attentionدَخَلْتُ 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 afarرُفِعَ 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 distanceرَفَعَ 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 abasesوَٱللّٰهُ يَرْفَعُ مَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَخْفِضُ
the exalting of one's fameرَفْعُ 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 unjustإِنَّ 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 workرَفَعَ 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 itرَفْعٌ

Synonym تَقْرِيبٌ.

I presented him to, or brought him before, the Sultan, and the judge, to arraign him and contest with himرَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ

Maṣdars رَفْعٌ, رُفْعَانٌ, and رِفْعَانٌ.

I brought him forward to the Sultan, and the judge, to arraign him and contest with himإِلَى الحَكَمِ
he preferred a complaint against him to the governor, or judgeرَافَعَهُ 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 Sultanرَفَعَ 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 ancestorرَفْعْتُ 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 downرَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ
he traced, or ascribed, the tradition to its authorرَفَعَ 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 sayكُلُّ 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 knownرَفَعْتُهُ
he told, or related, a saying against him; he informed against himرَفَعَ 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 judgeإِلَى الحَاكِمِ
I made known, or submitted by way of appeal, the affair to the Sultanرَفَعْتُ 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 goingرَفَعَ 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 goingالنَّاقَةَ
make your beast exert itself to the fullاِرْفَعْ 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 upرَفَعَ النَّارَ
1.1.16figurative · مجازthe she-camel withheld her milk; she did not yield her milkرَفَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَبَنَهَا
she (a camel) drew up, or refused to yield, the biestings in her udderرَفَعَتِ اللِّبَأَ فِى ضَرْعِهَا
1.1.17figurative · مجازhe kept it, preserved it, or laid it up, in his repository, store-room, or closetرَفَعَهُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ
he kept it, or stowed it, in his chestصُنْدُوقِهِ
1.1.18figurative · مجازhe does not put away the staff, or stick, from his shoulderهُوَ 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 itرَفَعَ
O God, withdraw, or remove, from us this straitness, difficulty, or afflictionاَللّٰهُمَّ ٱرْفَعْ عَنَّا هٰذِهِ الضُّغْطَةَ

So in art. ضغط.

he withdrew the punishment from him; he annulled, revoked, or remitted his punishmentرَفَعَ عَنْهُ العَذَابَ
they gave over, or relinquished, warرَفَعُوا 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 notاِخْتَلَفُوا 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 landsرَفَعَ القَوْمُ
1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe camel exerted himself to the full, or beyond measure, in going, or was quick in itرَفَعَ 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 journeyingرَفَعُوا 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 illustriousرَفُعَ

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 lineageرَفُعَ فِى حَسَبِهِ وَنَسَبِهِ
1.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe garment, or piece of cloth, was fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thinرَفُعَ الثَّوْبُ
1.3.2figurative · مجازhe (a man) was, or became, high, or loud, in voiceرَفُعَ

Maṣdar رَفَاعَةٌ; that is, رَفِيع in voice. [See رَفَاعَةٌ below.]

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 22
19:57
وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا

And We raised him to a lofty station.

55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),

79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-

94:4
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And 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.]
Form 2رفّعهُ5 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَرْفِيعٌ

Core sense — he raised it part by part; he brought them forward, he advanced themgenerated

2.1

see form 1, first sentence.

2.1.1he took a thing and raised it, the first part and then the nextرَفَعَهُ

En-Nābighah Edh-Dhubyānee says: [She had cleared the way of a torrent coming from another quarter, which the barrier raised around the tent confined, and raised it by degrees, the first part and then the next, to the two curtains meeting together at the entrance of the tent, and then to the goods piled up in it]

shāhid
خَلَّتْ سَبِيلَ أَتِىٍّ كَانَ يحْبِسُهُوَرَفَّعَتْهُ إِلَى السِّجْفَيْنِ فَالنَّضَدِ

See some remarks on this verse in De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., vol. 2, pages 430 and 431.

Or the meaning intended here is: brought it forward, or advanced it; synonym قَدَّمَتْهُ, agreeing with the explanation of رَفَّعَ that follows.

2.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe put them, brought them, or sent them, forward; he advanced themرَفَّعَهُمْ

With لِلْحَرْبِ: to the war, or fight.

Or, according to Ibn-ʿAbbād and the K, he put them, sent them, or removed them, far away — apparently meaning far in advance — with فِى الحَرْبِ, in the war, or fight.

I brought this affair, or matter, forward to the commander, governor, or princeرَفَّعْتُ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ إِلَى الأَمِيرِ

From an Arabic note on the above-cited verse of En-Nābighah, quoted by De Sacy. [See also form 1, in the two places where reference is made to this paragraph.]

2.1.3

رفّع البَعِيرَ, النَّاقَةَ, رفّع مِنْهُ, and مِنْهَا: see form 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

2.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe ass ran with a running of which one part was quicker than anotherرفّع الحِمَارُ

Maṣdar as above. Here "quicker" renders أَرْفَع.

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, inf. n. تَرْفِيعٌ : see 1, in the first sentence. He took it, namely, a thing, and raised it, ( رَفَعَهُ ,) the first [part thereof] and then the first [or next in succession]: En-Nábighah EdhDhubyánee says, 1 [She had cleared the way of a torrent coming from another quarter, which it (meaning the barrier raised around the tent to keep away the torrent, which barrier is mentioned two verses before,) confined, and raised it by degrees, the first part and then the next, to the two curtains meeting together at the entrance of the tent, and then to the goods piled up therein: or the meaning here intended is, brought it forward, or advanced it; syn. قَدَّمَتْهُ ; agreeably with the next explanation of رَفَّعَ here following: see some observations on the above-cited verse in De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd. ed., vol. ii. pp. 430 and 431]. (Lth, TA.) خَلَّتْ سَبِيلَ أَتِىٍّ كَانَ يحْبِسُهُ | وَرَفَّعَتْهُ إِلَى السِّجْفَيْنِ فَالنَّضَدِ رَفَّعَهُمْ He put them, brought them, or sent them, forward; or advanced them; لِلْحَرْبِ to the war, or fight: or, accord. to Ibn-'Abbád and the K, he put them, sent them, or removed them, far away; [app. meaning, far in advance;] فِى الحَرْبِ in the war, or fight. (TA.) You say also, رَفَّعْتُ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ إِلَى الأَمِيرِ I brought forward this affair, or matter, to the commander, governor, or prince. (From an Arabic note on the above-cited verse of En-Nábighah, cited by De Sacy, ubi suprà.) [See also 1, in two places in which reference is made to this paragraph.] رفّع البَعِيرَ , and النَّاقَةَ , and رفّع مِنْهُ , and مِنْهَا : see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. رفّع الحِمَارُ , (Lth, K,) inf. n. as above, (Lth,) The ass ran with a running of which one part was quicker ( أَرْفَع ) than another. (Lth, K.)
Form 3رافعهُ إِلَى الحَاكِمِ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُرَافَعَةٌ

Core sense — he brought him before the judge; he spared him, he left him alonegenerated

3.1

Maṣdars مُرَافَعَةٌ and رافع خَصْمَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ: see form 1, in the first half of the paragraph.

3.1.1figurative · مجازsuch a one tried every way to make me turn or incline, or to turn me by deceit or guileرَافَعَنِى فُلَانٌ وَخَافَضَنِى فَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ

But I did not do what he wanted.

3.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe spared them; or he pardoned them, and forbore to slay themرافع بِهِمْ
I left him, or left him unmolested; or I made peace, or reconciled myself, with himرَافَعْتُهُ

Synonym تَارَكْتُهُ.

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, inf. n. مُرَافَعَةٌ : and رافع خَصْمَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ : see 1, in the former half of the paragraph. رَافَعَنِى فُلَانٌ وَخَافَضَنِى فَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ Such a one endeavoured in every way to induce me to turn or incline, or endeavoured in every way to turn me by deceit or guile, but I did not [that which he desired]. (K, * TA.) رافع بِهِمْ He spared them; or pardoned them, and forbore to slay them. (K.) And رَافَعْتُهُ I left him; or left him unmolested; or left him, being left by him; or made peace, or reconciled myself, with him; syn. تَارَكْتُهُ . (TA.)
Form 5ترفّع2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he exalted himself, he became haughty, he disdained itgenerated

5.1figurative · مجازsuch a one exalts himself above that; he holds himself above it, or disdains itفُلَانٌ يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ

He exalted himself; he was, or became, haughty, proud, or disdainful; synonym تَجَالَّ, in art. جل; and so ارتفع فِى نَفْسِهِ, which occurs in art. دكل on the authority of AZ.

Synonym يَتَجَالُّ.

[my ambition raised me above such a thing; it made me hold myself above it, or disdain it]تَرَفَّعَتْ بِى هِمَّتِى عَنْ كَذَا
5.1.1

See also form 8.

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He exalted himself; he was, or became, haughty, proud, or disdainful; syn. تَجَالَّ ; (S in art. جل ;) [and so ارتفع فِى نَفْسِهِ , occurring in the S in art. دكل , on the authority of AZ.] You say, فُلَانٌ يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ (S ubi suprà, TA *) Such a one exalts himself above that; holds himself above it; disdains it; or is disdainful of it; syn. يَتَجَالُّ . (S ubi suprà.) And تَرَفَّعَتْ بِى هِمَّتِى عَنْ كَذَا [My ambition raised me above such a thing; made me to hold myself above it, or to disdain it]. (TA.) See also 8.
Form 6تَرَافَعْنَا إِلَى الحَاكِمِ1 sense

Core sense — each of us brought a complaint against the other before the judgegenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز

Each of us preferred a complaint against the other to the governor, or judge; or each of us presented the other to, or brought him before, the governor, or judge, to arraign him and contest with him, and preferred a complaint against him — in agreement with the explanations of the phrase رَافَعَهُ إِلَى الحَاكِمِ.

Or: each of us communicated, or made known, his case against the other to the governor, or judge.

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[Each of us preferred a complaint against the other to the governor, or judge: or each of us presented the other 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: agreeably with explanations of the phrase رَافَعَهُ إِلَى الحَاكِمِ ]: (S:) or each of us communicated, or made known, his case [against the other] to the governor, or judge. (TA.)
Form 8ارتفع12 senses · 2 main

Core sense — it became raised, it rose, it became highgenerated

8.1

It became raised, or it rose: it rose high, or became high, elevated, or lofty; it became raised, upraised, uplifted, or elevated from its resting-place; it became taken up. [Said of a building: it became reared, upreared, or made high or lofty.]

It also means: it became taken away, put away, or removed, or it went away, after its coming or arriving. This is when said of physical things; when said of ideal things it is used figuratively, and takes the meaning the case requires.

Quasi-passive of رَفَعَهُ as meaning the opposite of وَضَعَهُ. [See form 1, first sentence.]

8.1.1

It (the water of a well) rose, by becoming copious; and also, it went away.

In this latter sense it is said also of milk in the udder, meaning it became drawn up, withdrawn, or withheld: see form 1. See also a use of this verb under رَقَأَ.

8.1.2figurative · مجاز

Said of a man: see form 1, under رَفُعَ, near the end of the paragraph.

8.1.3figurative · مجاز[his rank became high, elevated, exalted, or eminent]ارتفع قَدْرُهُ
8.1.4figurative · مجازadvanceاِرْتَفِعْ

Said to a man entering a sitting-place, sitting-room, or assembly. It is not from اِرْتِفَاعٌ denoting height.

8.1.5

See also form 5.

8.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredthe morning became advanced, meaning the sun became highارتفعت الضُّحَى

الضُّحَى was originally a plural, of الضَّحْوَةُ, which is why the verb is feminine; but it was afterwards used as a singular, as in the next example.

the morning became advancedتَرَفَّعَ الضُّحَى
the day became advanced, the sun being somewhat highارتفع النَّهَارُ

A phrase said by the doctors of the law in the present day to be used when the sun has risen the measure of a رُمْح or more (so in art. متع and elsewhere).

8.1.7figurative · مجاز[the price rose, or advanced, and became low, or abated]ارتفع السِّعْرُ وَٱنْحَطَّ
8.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredthey removed from, or to, a placeارتفعوا
8.1.9figurative · مجاز — inferredit quitted him; it became withdrawn from himارتفع عَنْهُ

Said of a disease, pain, an affliction, and the like.

8.1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch things cannot exist together in the same thing, nor be absent from it togetherالنَّقِيضَانِ لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ وَلَا يَرْتَفِعَانِ

The things so termed are نقيضان; for example, existence itself and non-existence, and motion and rest.

8.2

ارتفعهُ: see form 1, first sentence.

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It became raised; or it rose: it rose high, or became high or elevated or lofty: [it became raised, upraised, uplifted, or elevated, or it rose, from its resting-place: and, said of a building, it became reared, upreared, or made high or lofty:] it became taken up: [it became taken away, put away, or removed; or it went away; after its coming or arriving: thus when said of corporeal things: but when said of ideal things, it is tropically used, as it is also in many other cases, and accorded in meaning to what the case requires:] quasi-pass. of رَفَعَهُ as signifying the contr. of وَضَعَهُ . (S, K.) [See 1; first sentence.] It (the water of a well) rose, by its becoming copious: and also it went away: (A in art. قلص :) [in which latter sense, likewise, it is said of milk in the udder; or as meaning it became drawn up, or withdrawn, or withheld: see 1. See also a usage of this verb voce رَقَأَ .] Said of a man: see 1, voce رَفُعَ , near the end of the paragraph. ارتفع قَدْرُهُ [His rank became high, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent]. (S, TA.) اِرْتَفِعْ , said to a man entering a sittingplace, sitting-room, or assembly, means Advance thou: it is not from اِرْتِفَاعٌ denoting height. (TA.) See also 5. ارتفعت الضُّحَى [The morning became advanced; meaning] the sun became high: الضُّحَى being originally a pl., namely, of الضَّحْوَةُ ; [wherefore the verb is fem.;] but afterwards used as a sing. [as in the next ex. here following]. (Msb.) You say also, تَرَفَّعَ الضُّحَى [meaning the same]. (TA.) And ارتفع النَّهَارُ [The day became advanced, the sun being somewhat high: a phrase said by the doctors of the law in the present day to be employed when the sun has risen the measure of a رُمْح or more]. (S and K in art. متع ; &c.) ارتفع السِّعْرُ وَٱنْحَطَّ [The price rose, or advanced, and became low, or abated]. (TA.) [ ارتفعوا They removed from, or to, a place. ارتفع عَنْهُ , said of a disease, pain, an affliction, and the like, It quitted him; became withdrawn from him.] النَّقِيضَانِ لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ وَلَا يَرْتَفِعَانِ [What are termed نقيضان cannot be coexistent in the same thing, nor simul taneously nonexistent in the same thing]; as existence itself and nonexistence, and motion and rest. (Kull pp. 231 and 232.) ارتفعهُ : see 1; first sentence.
Form 10استرفعهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he asked that it be raised, or taken awaygenerated

10.1the preacher asked that the people's hands should be raised for supplicationاسترفع الوَاعِظُ الأَيْدِىَ لِلدُّعَآءِ

He desired, required, demanded, or asked that it should be raised, elevated, taken up, or removed.

10.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredwhat was on the table was consumed, and it was time for it to be taken up, or removedاسترفع الخُوَانُ

And hence, as though meaning استرفع نَفْسَهُ, that is, it required that itself should be removed.

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He desired, required, demanded, or asked, that it should be raised, elevated, taken up, or removed. (K.) You say, استرفع الوَاعِظُ الأَيْدِىَ لِلدُّعَآءِ The preacher asked that the hands of the people should be raised for supplication. (TA.) [And hence, as though meaning استرفع نَفْسَهُ i. e. It required that itself should be re moved,] استرفع الخُوَانُ What was on the table became consumed, and it was time for it to be taken up, or removed. (K.)

Derived nouns 17

Nounرَفْعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a raising, an elevating, a taking upgenerated

1

The maṣdar of رَفَعَ: see that verb throughout.

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[see رَفَعَ , (of which it is the inf. n.,) throughout].
Nounرِفْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — high rank, nobility, honourablenessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[See رَفُعَ near the end of the first paragraph: used as a simple noun, which it seems properly to be according to some of the lexicologists.]

High, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent rank, condition, or state; nobility, honourableness, gloriousness, or illustriousness; as also رِفَاعَةٌ, a noun from رَفُعَ.

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[see رَفُعَ , near the end of the first para graph: used as a simple subst., which it seems properly to be accord. to some of the lexicologists,] High, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent, rank or condition or state; nobility, honourableness, gloriousness, or illustriousness; (TA;) as also رِفَاعَةٌ , a subst. from رَفُعَ . (Msb.)
Nounهٰذِهِ أَيَّامُ رَفَاعٍ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — days of carrying the reaped grain to the threshing-placegenerated

1

Also رِفَاعٍ, but As disallows the latter; and Ks says: I have heard الجِرَام and الجَرَام and their coordinates, such as الصِّرَام and الصَّرَام, but الرفاع with kesr I have not heard.

These are days of removal, or transport, of seed-produce from the place where it has been reaped, or of carrying it after reaping, to the place where the grain is trodden out. [See form 1, near the beginning.]

1.1

رَفَاعٌ, or رِفَاعٌ, or each of them, also means the storing-up of seed-produce.

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, and رِفَاعٍ ; (AA, ISk, Az, S, Mgh, * Msb, * K;) but As disallows the latter; (TA;) and Ks says, I have heard الجِرَام and الجَرَام , and their coordinates, [such as الصِّرَام and الصَّرَام , &c.,] but الرفاع with kesr I have not heard; (S, TA;) These are days of removal, or transport, of seed-produce from the place in which it has been reaped, (TA,) or of carriage thereof after reaping, (S, Mgh, K,) to the place in which the grain is trodden out. (S, Mgh, K, TA.) [See 1, near the beginning.] رَفَاعٌ , or رِفَاعٌ , (accord. to different copies of the K,) or each, (TA,) also signifies The storing-up of seed produce. (K.)
Nounرِفَاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — the carrying of reaped grain to the threshing-place; the storing-up of graingenerated

1

See the preceding paragraph, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
Nounرَفِيعٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — high, exalted in rank; fine in texture; loud in voicegenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is high in respect of his grounds of pretension to honour, and of rankهُوَ رَفِيعُ الحَسَبِ وَالقَدْرِ

High, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent in rank, condition, or state; noble, honourable, or glorious; applied to a man. Feminine with ة.

the exalted object of recourseالجَنَابُ الرَّفِيعُ

A phrase used by letter-writers.

the Exalted in respect of degrees of dignity (Qur'ān 40:15)رَفِيعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ

Er-Rāghib. Or it means great in respect of attributes; or the Exalter of the degrees of dignity of the believers in Paradise.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth: fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thin.

1.2figurative · مجاز[high, or loud, in voice]رَفِيعُ الصَّوْتِ

Applied to a man.

1.3figurative · مجازa pace in which a beast is made to exert itself to the full, or beyond measureسَيْرٌ رَفِيعٌ

Or in which the utmost possible speed is drawn out. See رَفَعَ البَعِيرَ in the latter half of the first paragraph, and see also مَرْفُوعٌ. So in art. نص.

Qur’ānic occurrences رَفِيع
40:15
رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ

Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of the Throne (of Authority): by His Command doth He send the Spirit (of inspiration) to any of His servants he pleases, that it may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting,-

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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High, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent, in rank, condition, or state; noble, honourable, or glorious; (S, Msb, K, TA;) applied to a man: (S, Msb, TA:) fem. with ة . (TA.) You say, هُوَ رَفِيعُ الحَسَبِ وَالقَدْرِ [He is high, &c., in respect of grounds of pretension to honour, and of rank]. (TA.) And hence the phrase used by letter-writers, الجَنَابُ الرَّفِيعُ [The exalted object of recourse]. (TA.) Hence also the phrase in the Kur [xl. 15], رَفِيعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ The Exalted in respect of degrees of dignity: (Er-Rághib:) or this means Great in respect of attributes: or the Exalter of the degrees of dignity of the believers in Paradise. (Jel.) Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thin. (Msb.) رَفِيعُ الصَّوْتِ [High, or loud, in voice]; (K, TA;) applied to a man. (TA.) سَيْرٌ رَفِيعٌ [A pace in which a beast is made to exert itself to the full, or to the utmost, or beyond measure; or in which the utmost pos sible celerity is elicited: see رَفَعَ البَعِيرَ , in the latter half of the first paragraph: and see also مَرْفُوعٌ ]. (K in art. نص .)
Nounرَفَاعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — loudness, or strength, of the voicegenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A maṣdar (see form 1, last sentence), and also رُفَاعَةٌ and رِفَاعَةٌ: highness, or loudness, or force, in the voice, or of the voice.

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[an inf. n., (see 1, last sentence,)] and رُفَاعَةٌ , (ISk, S, K,) and رِفَاعَةٌ , (Sgh, K,) [Highness, or loudness, or] vehemence, (K, TA,) in the voice, (ISk, S,) or of the voice. (K.)
Nounرُفَاعَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a string by which a shackled man raises his shackles; a pad enlarging the posteriorsgenerated

1

A string by which one who is shackled raises his shackles, to which the string is fastened; as also رِفَاعَةٌ. So Yoo.

1.1

Also, and رِفَاعَةٌ: a thing by means of which a woman having little flesh in the posteriors makes herself appear large in that part; the same as عُظَّامَةٌ. Plural رَفَائِعُ.

2

See also رَفَاعَةٌ.

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A string ( خَيْط ) whereby he who is shackled ( مُقَيَّد ) raises his shackles ( قَيْد ), (Yoo, S, K,) to which that string is fastened; (TA;) as also رِفَاعَةٌ . (K.) Also, (S, K,) and رِفَاعَةٌ , (Az, K,) A thing by means of which a woman having little flesh in the posteriors makes herself to appear large [in that part]; (S;) i. q. عُظَّامَةٌ : (K:) pl. رَفَائِعُ . (TA.) See also رَفَاعَةٌ .
Nounرِفَاعَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a string by which a shackled man raises his shacklesgenerated

1

See رِفْعَةٌ.

1.1

See also رَفَاعَةٌ.

2

And see also رُفَاعَةٌ, in two places.

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: see رِفْعَةٌ : and رَفَاعَةٌ : and see also رُفَاعَةٌ , in two places.
Nounرَفِيعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a case submitted to the administrator of the lawgenerated

1figurative · مجازI have a case against him to make known, or which I have made knownلِى عَلَيْهِ رَفِيعَةٌ

A case which one communicates, or makes known, to the administrator of the law. Plural رَفَائِعُ.

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A case which one communicates, or makes known, to the administrator of the law: (S, TA:) pl. رَفَائِعُ . (TA.) You say, لِى عَلَيْهِ رَفِيعَةٌ [I have, against him, a case to communicate, or make known, &c., or which I have communicated, or made known, &c.]. (TA.)
Nounرَفَّاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who traces traditions up to the Prophetgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

One who traces traditions up to the Prophet, or to his Companions; or who communicates them, or makes them known. [See رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ and what follows it.]

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One who traces up traditions to the Prophet, or to his Companions; or who communicates them, or makes them known. (TA.) [See رَفَعَ الحَدِيثَ &c.]
Nounرَافِعٌ8 senses · 2 main

Core sense — raising, elevating; a she-camel withholding her milkgenerated

1

The ism fāʿil of رَفَعَهُ: raising, elevating, and so on.

1.1figurative · مجازthe Exalterالرَّافِعُ

One of the names of God, meaning the Exalter of the believer by prospering him, and of His saints by teaching them.

خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ, in the Qur'ān 56:3, is explained in art. خفض.

Qur’ān 56:3 approximate — somewhere between 56:2 and 56:5 Lane cites “Kur lvi. 3”
Qur’ān 56:3 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

رَافِعَةٌ, for جَمَاعَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ or نَفْسٌ رَافِعَةٌ: see the tradition beginning with the words كُلُّ رَافِعَةِ in the first paragraph of this article.

1.3figurative · مجازa she-camel not yielding her milkنَاقَةٌ رَافِعٌ

That is, drawing up, or withholding, her milk; or when she draws up, or refuses to yield, the biestings in her udder. [See also دَافِعٌ, to which it is opposed.]

2figurative · مجاز

A man going up, or upwards, through the countries, or lands. Plural with ون.

2.1figurative · مجاز

Lightning rising.

2.2figurative · مجاز — inferredpeople going at the pace of full exertion, on their camels or beastsرَوَافِعُ

Plural of رَافِعةٌ, for جَمَاعَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ; the pace is that termed مَرْفوع.

2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredland difficult of irrigationأَرْضٌ رَافِعَةُ السُّقْيَا

The opposite of خَافِضَةٌ السقيا. So in art. خفض.

Qur’ānic occurrences رَافِع
3:55
إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّى مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.

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act. part. n. of رَفَعَهُ ; Raising; &c. (Msb, TA.) الرَّافِعُ , one of the names of God, meaning The Exalter of the believer by prospering [him], and of his saints by teaching [them]. (TA.) خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ , in the Kur lvi. 3, is explained in art. خفض . رَافِعَةٌ , for جَمَاعَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ , (S, TA,) or نَفْسٌ رَافِعَةٌ : (TA:) see a trad. (commencing with the words كُلُّ رَافِعَةِ ) in the first paragraph of this art. نَاقَةٌ رَافِعٌ A she-camel [drawing up, or withdrawing, or withholding, her milk; i. e.,] not yielding her milk: (A, TA:) or when she draws up, &c., or refuses to yield, ( إِذَا رَفَعَتْ ,) the biestings in her udder. (As, S, K.) [See also دَافِعٌ , to which it is opposed.] A man going up, or upwards, through the countries, or lands: pl. with ون . (TA.) Lightning rising. (Lth, K, TA.) رَوَافِعُ [pl. of رَافِعةٌ for جَمَاعَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ ] People going the pace termed مَرْفوع [on their camels or beasts]. (ISk.) أَرْضٌ رَافِعَةُ السُّقْيَا Land difficult of irrigation; contr. of خَافِضَةٌ السقيا . (TA in art. خفض .)
Nounرَافِعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a hard and elevated tract of landgenerated

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As a noun, or an adjective in which the quality of a noun predominates: a hard and elevated tract of land. So ISh, under خَافِضَةٌ, which means the opposite. [See also رَافِعٌ.]

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[as a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] A hard and elevated tract of land. (ISh, TA voce خَافِضَةٌ [which signifies the contr.]) [See also رَافِعٌ .]
Nounأَرْفَعُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — higher, more elevated; more skilled in tracing traditions upgenerated

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Higher, or more elevated; and highest, or most elevated.

1.1figurative · مجازmore skilled in tracing, or ascribing, a tradition to its authorأَرْفَعُ لِلْحَدِيثِ

The same as أَنَصُّ, which see. So in art. نص.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe ran with a running of which one part was quicker than anotherعَدَا عَدْوًا بَعْضُهُ أَرْفَعُ مِنْ بَعَضٍ

Said of an ass.

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[Higher, or more elevated &c.: and highest, or most elevated &c.]. أَرْفَعُ لِلْحَدِيثِ More skilled in tracing up, or ascribing, or attributing, a tradition to its author; i. q. أَنَصُّ , q. v. (TA in art. نص .) عَدَا عَدْوًا بَعْضُهُ أَرْفَعُ مِنْ بَعَضٍ [He ran with a running of which one part was quicker than another]; said of an ass. (Lth, K.)
Nounمَرْفَعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place of elevation; a chair, or thronegenerated

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A place of elevation.

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And hence: a chair, or throne; the same as كُرْسِىٌّ, in the dialect of El-Yemen.

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[A place of elevation: and hence, ] A chair, or throne; syn. كُرْسِىٌّ : of the dial. of El Yemen. (TA.)
Nounمِرْفَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing with which one raises somethinggenerated

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A thing with which one raises, elevates, or takes up.

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A thing with which one raises, elevates, or takes up. (TA.)
Nounمَرْفُوعٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — raised; a tradition traced to the Prophet; a certain pace of a beastgenerated

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The ism mafʿūl of رَفَعَهُ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredand beds raised one upon another (Qur'ān 56:32)وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ

Or of high estimation; or brought near to them; or wives raised upon couches; or honoured wives.

1.2figurative · مجازa tradition related by a Companion of the Prophet and ascribed to the Prophet himselfحَدِيثٌ مَرْفُوعٌ

That is, by the mention of the Prophet as its author, or of the person, or persons, up to the Prophet, by whom it has been handed down.

2figurative · مجازhe (a beast) does not have this paceلَيْسَ لَهُ مَرْفُوعٌ

It is also a maṣdar: see رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ in the latter half of the first paragraph.

It means a certain pace of a beast, of a horse and of a camel; the opposite of مَوْضُوعٌ and of مَخْفُوضٌ.

It is a run below that termed حُضْر; or above that termed مَوْضُوع and below that termed عَدْو — though probably عدو is here a mistake for حُضْر; or a pace of a camel rising above the easy and quick rate of going termed هَمْلَجَة.

The pace is مرفوع.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَرْفُوع
52:5
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

By the Canopy Raised High;

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pass. part. n. of رَفَعَهُ . وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ , (S, K, *) in the Kur [lvi. 32], (S,) means [And beds raised] one upon another: (Fr, S, Bd, K:) or of high estimation: (Bd:) or brought near to them: (S, K:) or wives elevated upon couches: (Bd:) or honoured wives. (S, K.) حَدِيثٌ مَرْفُوعٌ A tradition related by a Companion of the Prophet, and ascribed, or attributed, to the Prophet himself, by the mention of him as its author, or of the person, or persons, up to the Prophet, by whom it has been handed down. (Kull p. 152.) It is also an inf. n.: [see رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ , in the latter half of the first paragraph:] and signifies A certain pace of a beast, (S, TA,) of a horse and of a camel; (L;) contr. of مَوْضُوعٌ ; (S, TA;) and of مَخْفُوضٌ ; (A in art. خفض ;) it is a run below that termed حُضْر : (S, TA:) or above that which is termed مَوْضُوع , and below that which is termed عَدْو : (TA: [but probably عدو is here a mistake for حُضْر :]) or a pace of a camel rising above the [easy and quick rate of going termed] هَمْلَجَة . (ISk.) You say, لَيْسَ لَهُ مَرْفُوعٌ He (a beast) has not the pace termed مرفوع . (S.)
Nounجَبَلٌ مُرْتَفِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a high mountaingenerated

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A high mountain.

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A high mountain. (TA.)