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Form 1ضَلَلْتُ8 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarضَلَالٌ ضَلَال

Core sense — I erred, went astray; it became lost; it became hiddengenerated

1.1he erred, strayed, or went astray; he deviated from the right way; he missed the right way—ضَلَّ

maṣdar ضَلَالٌ, ضَلَالَةٌ, and ضَلِلْتُ, the third person being as above. The first is of the dialect of Nejd, and the more chaste; the second is of the dialect of the people of El-'Áliyeh and of El-Ḥijáz. Kr mentions ضِلِلْتُ for ضَلِلْتُ, as heard from the tribe of Temeem.

ضَلَالٌ and ضَلَالَةٌ are the contrary of رَشَادٌ and هُدًى.

See ضَلَالٌ below.

[Say, If I err, I shall err only against myself, i. e., to my own hurt]—قُلْ إِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فِإِنَّمَا أَضِلُّ عَلَى نَفْسِى
[apparently: his error became error indeed]—ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ

A phrase like جَدَّ جِدُّهُ; or the meaning is: his erring passed away (see form 4, latter part).

he deviated from the right way or course—ضَلَّ عَنِ القَصْدِ
he went astray from the road; he did not find the way to the road—ضَلَّ الطَّرِيقَ

Also ضَلَّ عَنْهُ, muḍāriʿ ضَلِلَ and ضَلَلَ, with the same maṣdars. The verb is transitive as well as intransitive.

Of anything stationary, if you miss its place, you say ضَلَلْتُهُ and ضَلِلْتُهُ.

[I missed, or lost, the right way to the road]—ضَلِلْتُ الطَّرِيقَ

Or ضَلِلْتُ المَسْجِدَ and الدَّارَ: to the mosque, and the house — said when you do not know the place. The same holds of anything stationary to which one does not find the way; and AA says the like.

I lost it, and did not know its place—أَضْلَلْتُهُ
[I lost my camel, and did not know his place]—أَضْلَلْتُ بِعِيرِى

Said of a thing that falls from one's hand, and of a thing that quits its place — for instance a horse, a she-camel, or the like.

Yoo differs from others about this case: according to him one says اضلّ فُلَانٌ بَعِيرَهُ, and also ضَلَّهُ, in the same sense; and the like is said in the K.

It is also said in the Bāri' that when you seek an animal, miss its place and do not find the way to it, it is treated as belonging to the category of stationary things, so that you say ضَلِلْتُهُ.

1.1.1he was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course—ضَلَّ

So says Ibn-Es-Seed.

1.1.2figurative · مجازsuch a thing became lost to me—ضَلَّ عَنِّى كَذَا

Said of a thing: it became lost, as though it went astray; it perished, came to nought, or passed away. Muḍāriʿ ضَلِلَ and ضَلَلَ, the past tense being like زَلَّ and مَلَّ.

[they have become lost from you]—قَدْ ضَلَّتْ عَنْكَ
[your labour has been lost]—قَد ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ

Said to one from whom pieces of money have dropped.

Said to one who has done a deed from which no profit has resulted. The like occurs in the Qur'ān 18:104, where it means ضَاعَ.

Qur’ān 18:105 approximate — somewhere between 18:80 and 18:110 Lane cites “Kur xviii. 104”
Qur’ān 18:104 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.3figurative · مجاز

Said of a man: he died, and became dust and bones. In this sense the verb is used in the Qur'ān 32:9.

But some read there صَلِلْنَا, with ص, in place of ضَلَلْنَا; or the verb there has the meaning given next.

Qur’ān 32:10 approximate — somewhere between 32:7 and 32:25 Lane cites “Kur xxxii. 9”
Qur’ān 32:10 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

And they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the earth, shall we indeed be in a Creation renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting with their Lord.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred[the water became unperceived, or concealed, in the milk]—ضَلَّ المَآءُ فِى اللَّبَنِ
[it has become hidden from me]—ضَلَّ عَنِّى
may-be, I shall be unperceived by God, or concealed from Him—لَعَلِّى أَضِلُّ ٱللّٰه
his memory became absent from him—ضَلَّ
if one of them two [referring to women] be absent from her memory—أَنْ تَضِلَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا

Said of a man, a camel, or a thing: he, or it, became unperceived or imperceptible, unapparent, latent, hidden, concealed, or absent.

Said of a road to which one has not been able to find the way.

Said by a man in a tradition, after he had charged his sons: “When I die, burn me; and when I have become ashes, pound me; then scatter me in the water.”

Or: may-be, I shall be hidden, or absent, from God's punishment; or, as El-'Otbee says, may-be, I shall escape God, and my place will be hidden from Him.

Said of one forgetting.

Or إِنْ تَضِلَّ, according to different readers, in the Qur'ān 2:282, where أَنْ and إِنْ are synonymous [see أَنْ, page 106, columns 1 and 2]. Or the meaning is: if the memory of one of them two be absent from her; or: if one of them two err in her memory; or, according to Zj, the verb here has the meaning given next.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredI forgot the thing—ضَلِلْتُ الشَّىْءَ
[she forgot the days of her menstruation]—ضَلَّتْ أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا

Said of a woman; and so أَضَلَّتْهَا.

he was made, or caused, to forget such a one—ضَلَّ فُلَانًا

In the CK, اُنْسِيْهِ is erroneously put for أُنْسِيَهُ.

my Lord will not be unmindful, and nothing will escape Him—لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى

So it is said of the words in the Qur'ān 20:54.

Qur’ān 20:51 approximate — somewhere between 20:1 and 20:61 Lane cites “Kur xx. 54”
Qur’ān 20:52 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.6such a one went away from me, and I was unable to compass him [or to find him]—ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ

Or ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ أَقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ. So in the Bāri'.

1.2used as a verb of wonder—ضُلَّ

See ضُلٌّ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 48
17:48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.

20:52
قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-

20:92
قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟

(Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong,

37:71
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-

53:2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled.

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, Mgh, * O, Msb, * K,) third pers. ضَلَّ , (Mgh, Msb,) aor. ضَلِلَ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَلَالٌ and ضَلَالَةٌ ; (S, * O, * Msb;) and ضَلِلْتُ , (S, Mgh, * O, Msb, * K,) third pers. as above; (Mgh;) the former of the dial. of Nejd, and the more chaste; the latter of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (S, Msb, TA,) and of El- Hijáz, and Kr has mentioned ضِلِلْتُ for ضَلِلْتُ as heard from the tribe of Temeem; (TA;) I erred, strayed, or went astray; (Mgh, Msb;) deviated from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missed, or lost, the right way; or lost my way; ضَلَالٌ and ضَلَالَةٌ signifying the contr. of رَشَادٌ , (S, O, TA,) and هُدًى . (K, TA.) [See ضَلَالٌ below.] Hence, in the Kur [xxxiv. 49], قُلْ إِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فِإِنَّمَا أَضِلُّ عَلَى نَفْسِى [Say thou, If I err, I shall err only against myself, i. e., to my own hurt]. (O, Msb. [See also x. 108 and xvii. 16 of the Kur.]) One says also, ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ [app. His error became error indeed; a phrase similar to جَدَّ جِدُّهُ , q. v.: or his erring passed away; see 4, latter part]. (TA.) And ضَلَّ عَنِ القَصْدِ He deviated from the right way or course. (TA.) And the verb is trans. as well as intrans.: you say, ضَلَّ الطَّرِيقَ , and ضَلَّ عَنْهُ , aor. ضَلِلَ and ضَلَلَ , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. ns. as above, meaning He erred, strayed, or went astray, from the road, or way; (Msb;) he did not find the way to the road: (Mgh, Msb:) and of anything stationary, if you miss the place thereof, you say ضَلَلْتُهُ and ضَلِلْتُهُ : (Az, Msb:) or you say, ضَلِلْتُ الطَّرِيقَ , (K,) or ضَلِلْتُ المَسْجِدَ , and الدَّارَ , (ISk, S, O,) [I missed, or lost, the right way to the road, or the mosque, and the house,] when you know not the place thereof: (ISk, S, O:) and in like manner, anything stationary, to which one does not find the way: (ISk, S, O, K:) and AA says the like: but that one says of a thing that falls from his hand, and a thing that quits its place, أَضْلَلْتُهُ , (IB, TA,) which means I lost it, and knew not its place; meaning, for instance, a horse, or she-camel, or the like: (Az, Msb:) [thus] one says, أَضْلَلْتُ بِعِيرِى [I lost my camel, and knew not his place,] (AA, ISk, S, IB, O) when his shank has been tied up to his arm and one does not find the way to him, and when he has been left loose and has gone away whither one knows not: (AA, IB, TA:) but Yoo differs from others respecting this case; for, accord. to him, one says, اضلّ فُلَانٌ بَعِيرَهُ and also ضَلَّهُ , in the same sense; (O, TA;) and the like is said in the K: (TA:) and it is also said in the Bári' that when you seek an animal and miss its place and find not the way to it, it is regarded as in the category of stationary things, and therefore you say ضَلِلْتُهُ . (Msb.) ضَلَّ signifies also He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (Ibn-Es-Seed, TA.) Also, aor. ضَلِلَ (S, O, K) and ضَلَلَ , (K,) the pret. being like زَلَّ and مَلَّ , (TA,) inf. n. ضَلَال , It (a thing, S, O, TA) became lost; [as though it went astray;] it perished, came to nought, or passed away. (S, O, K, TA.) Thus in the phrase ضَلَّ عَنِّى كَذَا Such a thing became lost from me. (Mgh.) One says to him from whom pieces of money have dropped, قَدْ ضَلَّتْ عَنْكَ [They have become lost from thee]. (TA.) And to him who has done a deed from which no profit has resulted, you say, قَد ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ [Thy labour has been lost]: the like occurs in the Kur xviii. 104, meaning ضَاعَ . (TA, in two places.) And He (a man, TA) died, and became dust and bones. (K, TA.) In this sense the verb is used in the Kur xxxii. 9: but some there read, in the place of ضَلَلْنَا , صَلِلْنَا [q. v.], with ص : (TA:) or the verb in that instance has the meaning here next following. (S.) And He, or it, (a man, S, TA, or a camel, Msb, and a thing, TA,) was, or became, unperceived or imperceptible, unapparent, latent, hidden or concealed, or absent, (S, Msb, K, TA.) Hence the phrase, ضَلَّ المَآءُ فِى اللَّبَنِ [The water became unperceived, or concealed, in the milk]. (TA.) One says of a road to which he has not been able to find the way, ضَلَّ عَنِّى [It has become hidden from me]. (K, TA.) And hence also the saying of a man, as is related in a trad., (S, O, TA,) after his having charged his sons by saying to them, “ When I die, burn ye me; and when I shall have become ashes, pound me; then scatter me in the water: ” (O, TA:) لَعَلِّى أَضِلُّ ٱللّٰه (S, O, TA) i. e. May-be, I shall be unperceived by God, or concealed from Him: (S:) or may-be, I shall be hidden, or absent, from God's punishment: (O, TA:) or, as El-'Otbee says, may-be, I shall escape God, and my place will be hidden from Him. (TA.) And ضَلَّ said of one forgetting means His memory became absent from him. (O, Msb, TA.) أَنْ تَضِلَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا , or إِنْ تَضِلَّ , in the Kur [ii. 282], accord. to different readers, (TA,) in which instance أَنْ and إِنْ are syn., (Mughnee, [see أَنْ , in p. 106, cols. 1 and 2,]) means If one of them twain [referring to women] be absent from her memory: or if the memory of one of them twain be absent from her: [or if one of them twain err in her memory:] or, accord. to Zj, the meaning of the verb in this case is that which next follows. (TA.) ضَلِلْتُ الشَّىْءَ also signifies I forgot the thing: whence one says of a woman, ضَلَّتْ أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا [She forgot the days of her menstruation]; and so أَضَلَّتْهَا : (Mgh:) or ضَلَّ فُلَانًا He was made, or caused, to forget such a one. (K. [In the CK, اُنْسِيْهِ is erroneously put for أُنْسِيَهُ .]) It is said that لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى , in the Kur xx. 54, means My Lord will not be unmindful: or nothing will escape Him. (TA.) And one says, ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ , (Msb, K,) or ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ أَقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ , (O,) meaning Such a one went away from me, (O, Msb, K,) and I was unable to compass him [or to find him]: so in the Bári'. (Msb.) ضُلَّ , as a verb of wonder: see ضُلٌّ .
Form 2ضلَلهُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَضْلِيلٌ

Core sense — he made him go astray, he led him astraygenerated

2.1error, or deviation from the right way, was attributed to their labour—ضُلِّلَ سَعْيُهُمْ

Maṣdar تَضْلِيلٌ and تَضْلَالٌ. He, or it, made him pursue a course that led to error, or deviation from the right way; he led him astray, or seduced him; or he attributed error to him.

A phrase used by a poet; because they did not reach their goal.

2.1.1send forth your cattle to pasture where they please, by themselves—ضَلِّلْ مَالَكَ
2.1.2

See also the next entry.

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, (S, MA, O, K,) inf. n. تَضْلِيلٌ and تَضْلَالٌ , (K,) He, or it, made, or caused, him to pursue a course that led to error, or deviation from the right way: (K: [see also 4:]) he, or it, led him astray; seduced him: (MA:) [or] he attributed, or imputed, to him error, or deviation from the right way. (S, MA, O.) ضُلِّلَ سَعْيُهُمْ , a phrase used by a poet, means Error, or deviation from the right way, was attributed to their labour; because they did not reach their goal. (Ham p. 771.) [Hence,] one says, ضَلِّلْ مَالَكَ Send forth, or set free, thy cattle to pasture, or to pasture where they please, by themselves. (O.) See also the next paragraph.
Form 4اضلّهُ6 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِضْلَالٌ

Core sense — he made him go astray; he made it perish; he buried itgenerated

4.1

. He, or it, made him err, stray, or go astray; made him deviate from the right way or course, or from what was right; made him miss, or lose, the right way.

الإِضْلَالُ is of two sorts. One is the consequence of erring or straying: either as in the case in which one says أَضْلَلْتُ البَعِيرَ (explained above, under form 1), or the decreeing that one shall err because he has erred already — and this last is sometimes the case when a man's إِضْلَال is attributed to God. The other sort is the commending to a man of what is false, wrong, or vain, so that he may err.

Er-Rāghib: God's إِضْلَال of a man is of two sorts; one of them has been explained above, and the other is that God has so constituted man that when he follows a certain course of acting, whether it be praised or blamed, he habituates himself to it, esteems it pleasant, keeps to it, and finds it difficult to turn from it — for which reason it is said that custom is a second nature.

4.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[Did He not make their plot to be such as ended] in a causing to perish, or become lost, and in annulment?—أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

He, or it, made him, or it, perish, or become lost; synonymous with أَهْلَكَهُ and أَضَاعَهُ (El-Fárábee), or ضَيَّعَهُ: اضاعهُ and ضيّعهُ mean the same, and so do اضلّهُ and ضللّٰهُ.

he will cause their works to be lost, or to be of no effect—أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ

In the Qur'ān 105:2. So the Ksh.

In the Qur'ān 47:1 and 9. According to Aboo-Is-hāk it means: He will not recompense them for their good works; the phrase being like the saying قَدْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ, explained above.

[May God make your erring to be no more, or to come to an end]—أَضَلَّ ٱللّٰهُ ضَلَالَكَ

ISk explains it as meaning: may your erring pass away from you, so that you shall not err; and he adds that the saying مَلَّ مَلَالُكَ means ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَمَلَّ.

Qur’ān 105:2 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur cv. 2”
Qur’ān 105:2 Lane quotes this verse
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

4.1.2figurative · مجازthe dead man was buried—أُضِلَّ المَيِّتُ
his mother buried him—أَضَلَّتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ

In a verse cited by IAar; the phrase is irregular.

on this sense He buried him, or it, and hid or concealed him, or it.

4.1.3

He found him to be erring, straying, going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from what was right; missing, or losing, the right way; losing his way; not rightly directed, or not finding the way to the truth — like as one says أَحْمَدَهُ and أَبْخَلَهُ.

4.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a thing was, or became, beyond my power, or compass—أَضَلَّنِى كَذَا
4.1.5

See also form 1, near the end.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 60
20:79
وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.

26:99
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

"'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.

36:62
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

"But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand?

47:8
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَعْسًا لَّهُمْ وَأَضَلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ

But those who reject (Allah),- for them is destruction, and (Allah) will render their deeds astray (from their mark).

71:24
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا

"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong-doers but in straying (from their mark)."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, inf. n. إِضْلَالٌ , He, or it, made him, or caused him, to err, stray, or go astray; to deviate from the right way or course, or from that which was right; to miss, or lose, the right way; or to lose his way. (Az, TA.) [See also 2, first sentence.] الإِضْلَالُ is of two sorts: one of these is the consequence of erring, or straying; either as in the case in which one says أَضْلَلْتُ البَعِيرَ (expl. above, see 1, former half); or the decreeing that one shall err, or stray, &c., because he has done so already, and this is sometimes the case when the إِضْلَال of a man is attributed to God: the other sort is the embellishing [or commending] to a man that which is false, or wrong, or vain, in order that he may err, or stray, &c.: and God's إِضْلَال of a man is of two sorts; one of which has been expl. above; the other is God's so constituting man that when he observes [and pursues] a certain course, or way, [of acting or the like], whether it be such as is commended or such as is discommended, he habituates himself to it, and esteems it pleasant, and keeps to it, and finds it difficult to turn from it, wherefore it is said that custom is a second nature. (Er-Rághib, TA.) Also He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to perish, or become lost; syn. أَهْلَكَهُ , (S, TA,) and أَضَاعَهُ , (El-Fárábee, S, O, Msb,) or ضَيَّعَهُ ; (TA;) [ اضاعهُ and ضيّعهُ signifying the same; and so اضلّهُ and ضللّٰهُ ; whence,] أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ , in the Kur cv. 2, means [Did He not make their plot to be such as ended] in a causing to perish, or become lost, ( فِى تَضْيِيعٍ ,) and in annulment? (Ksh, Bd.) أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ , in the Kur [xlvii. 1 and 9, which may be rendered He will cause their works to be lost, or to be of no effect], means, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, He will not recompense them for their good works; the phrase being similar to the saying قَدْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ [expl. above]. (TA.) And أَضَلَّ ٱللّٰهُ ضَلَالَكَ [May God make thine erring to be no more, or to come to an end,] is expl. by ISk as meaning may thine erring pass away from thee, so that thou shalt not err; and he adds that the saying مَلَّ مَلَالُكَ means ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَمَلَّ . (TA.) Also He buried, and hid, or concealed, him, or it. (K, TA.) You say, أُضِلَّ المَيِّتُ The dead was buried. (S, O.) The phrase أَضَلَّتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ , meaning His mother buried him, in a verse cited by IAar, is extr., or anomalous. (TA.) And He found him to be erring, straying, going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missing, or losing, the right way; losing his way; not rightly directed, or not finding the way to the truth: like as one says أَحْمَدَهُ , and أَبْخَلَهُ . (TA.) And you say, أَضَلَّنِى كَذَا , meaning Such a thing was, or became, beyond my power, or compass. (IAar, Msb, TA.) See also 1, near the end.
Form 5تظلّل1 sense

Core sense — it went awaygenerated

5.1[the water went away from beneath the stone]—تضلّل المَآءُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الحَجَرِ

It went away.

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It went away: so in the saying, تضلّل المَآءُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الحَجَرِ [The water went away from beneath the stone]. (O, TA.)
Form 6تضالّ1 sense

Core sense — he feigned himself to be going astraygenerated

6.1

He feigned himself to be erring, straying, or going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from what was right; missing, or losing, the right way.

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He feigned himself to be erring, straying, going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missing, or losing, the right way; or losing his way. (O, TA.)
Form 10استضلّ ضَلَالُهُ1 sense

Core sense — his erring made him err the moregenerated

10.1

His erring demanded that he should err the more, so that he did err the more — like as erring is said to be a cause of one's being made to err; see form 4, and see also ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ near the beginning of this article.

So in the saying of Aboo-Dhu-eyb: [The heart beheld her, and his erring demanded that he should err &c.]

shāhid
رَآهَا الفُؤَادُ فَٱسْتَضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ

(Skr)

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His erring demanded that he should err [the more], so that he did err [the more: like as erring is said to be a cause of one's being made to err: see 4: and see also ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ , near the beginning of the art.]: so in the saying of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, 1 [The heart beheld her, and his erring demanded that he should err &c.]. (Skr, S, TA.) رَآهَا الفُؤَادُ فَٱسْتَضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ

Derived nouns 27

Nounضَلٌّ1 sense

Core sense — error, deviation from the right waygenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

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: see ضَلَالٌ .
Nounضُلٌّ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a lost state, a perishing; a vain, futile thinggenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

1.1

Apparently a lost state; a state of perishing, coming to nought, or passing away: a noun from ضَلَّ in the sense of ضَاعَ and هَلَكَ.

1.2he is the unknown, the son of the unknown—هُوَ ضُلُّ بْنُ ضُلٍّ

Used, from that sense, in the manner of a proper name. هُوَ ضِلُّ بْنُ ضِلٍّ means the same (Ibn-'Abbād), and so do الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ and قُلُّ بْنُ قُلٍّ; or the meaning is: he is one in whom is no good; or he is one who persists in error.

1.3apparently: O the loss, or O the coming to nought, of that by reason of which the mare El-'Asà is running!—يَا ضُلَّ مَا تَجْرِى بِهِ العَصَا

In the CK ضَلَّ.

It means يَا فَقْدَهُ and يَا تَلَفَهُ.

A proverb, said by Kaseer Ibn-Saad to Jedheemeh El-Abrash when he went with him to Ez-Zebbā; for when they were within her province he repented, and Kaseer said to him, “Mount this my horse, and escape upon him, for his dust will not be cloven” — that is, he will not be overtaken. (But the mare is thus made a male.) Or it was said by 'Amr Ibn-'Adee, when he saw El-'Asà, the mare of Jedheemeh, with Kaseer upon her.

قَوْمُ is suppressed after يا, and ضُلَّ is of the forms of verbs denoting wonder, originally ضَلُلَ with ḍamm, like حُبَّ in the phrase حُبَّ بِفُلَانٍ, originally حَبُبَ; and the meaning of the proverb is: O people, what a case of perdition is that by reason of which El-'Asà is running! — that is, the death of Jedheemeh. (Meyd)

1.4a vain, or futile, thing—ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالٍ

'Amr Ibn-Shás El-Asadee says: [I remembered Leylà when it was not a time for remembering her, the ribs having become bent by the bending of the back with age: it was a vain, misleading thing]

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تَذَكَّرْتُ لَيْلَى لَاتَ حِينَ ٱدِكَارِهَاوَقَدْ حُنِىَ الأَضْلَاعُ ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالِ

In the CK ضَلٌّ.

Or: a vain, misleading thing, تَضْلَالٌ being a maṣdar of ضَلَّلَ.

1.5

ضُلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: see ضِلَّةٌ.

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: see ضَلَالٌ . [Also, app. as meaning A lost state; a state of perishing, coming to nought, or passing away;] a subst. from ضَلَّ signifying ضَاعَ and هَلَكَ . (S, TA.) And hence [its usage, in the manner of a proper name, in] the saying, هُوَ ضُلُّ بْنُ ضُلٍّ , (S,) which means, (S, O, K,) as also هُوَ ضِلُّ بْنُ ضِلٍّ , (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) He is the unknown, the son of the unknown; (S, Z, O, K;) and in like manner, الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ ; (S, O;) and قُلُّ بْنُ قُلٍّ : (TA:) or he is one in whom is no good: (K:) or he is one who persists in error. (M, K.) [Hence also, perhaps, it is said that] يَا ضُلَّ مَا تَجْرِى بِهِ العَصَا [in the CK ضَلَّ ] means يَا فَقْدَهُ and يَا تَلَفَهُ [i. e., app., O the loss, or O the coming to nought, of that by reason of which the mare El-'Asà is running!]: (K, TA:) a prov.; said by Kaseer Ibn-Saad to Jedheemeh El-Abrash, when he went with him to Ez-Zebbà; for when they were within her province, he repented, and Kaseer said to him, “ Mount this my horse, and escape upon him, for his dust will not be cloven [by the pursuer, ” i. e. he will not be overtaken]: (TA: [but the mare is thus made a male:]) or it was said by 'Amr Ibn-'Adee, when he saw El-'Asà, the mare of Jedheemeh, with Kaseer upon her: قَوْمُ is suppressed after يا ; and ضُلَّ is of the forms [of verbs] denoting wonder, originally ضَلُلَ , with damm, like حُبَّ in the phrase حُبَّ بِفُلَانٍ , originally حَبُبَ ; and the meaning of the prov. is, O people, what a case of perdition is that by reason of which El-'Asà is running! i. e., the death of Jedheemeh. (Meyd.) ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالٍ [in CK ضَلٌّ ] means A vain, or futile, thing: (S, O, K:) [or a vain, misleading thing; تَضْلَالٌ being an inf. n. of ضَلَّلَ :] 'Amr Ibn-Shás El-Asadee says, 1 [I remembered Leylà when it was not a time for remembering her, the ribs having become bent by the bending of the back with age: it was a vain, misleading thing]. (S, O.) تَذَكَّرْتُ لَيْلَى لَاتَ حِينَ ٱدِكَارِهَا | وَقَدْ حُنِىَ الأَضْلَاعُ ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالِ ضُلُّ أَضْلَالٍ : see ضِلَّةٌ .
Nounهُوَ ضِلُّ بْنُ ضِلٍّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he is the unknown, the son of the unknowngenerated

1

See ضُلٌّ.

1.1

ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: see ضِلَّةٌ.

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: see ضُلٌّ . ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ : see ضِلَّةٌ .
Nounضَلَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — confusion, perplexity; errorgenerated

1he did that in error—فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ ضَلَّةً
he went away not knowing where he was going—ذَهَبَ ضَلَّةً
such a one blames me wrongly—فُلَانٌ يَلُومُنِى ضَلَّةً

Confusion, or perplexity, and inability to see the right course; or error.

Or: he blames me behind my back, in my absence; for ضَلَّةٌ also means speech about a person behind his back, or in his absence, relating both to good and to evil.

2

Freytag explains it as also meaning one in whom is no good, on the authority of Meyd.

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Confusion, or perplexity, and inability to see the right course: (K:) [or error: for] one says, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ ضَلَّةً He did that in error ( فِى ضَلَالَةٍ ): and ذَهَبَ ضَلَّةً He went away not knowing whither he went: (TA:) and فُلَانٌ يَلُومُنِى ضَلَّةً Such a one blames me wrongly: (S, O:) [or, behind my back, or in my absence: for] ضَلَّةٌ signifies also speech respecting a person behind his back, or in his absence; relating to good and to evil. (M, K, TA.) [Freytag explains it as signifying also One in whom is no good, on the authority of Meyd.]
Nounضُلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — skill in guiding, or directing aright, in journeyinggenerated

1

Skill in guiding, or directing aright, in journeying.

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Skill in guiding, or directing aright, in journeying. (Fr, K, * TA.)
Nounضِلَّةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — error, a going astraygenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازhe is his son unlawfully begotten, or not trueborn—هُوَ ٱبْنُهُ لِضِلَّةٍ
1.2figurative · مجازhis blood went unrevenged, or without retaliation—ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ ضِلَّةً
1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is a follower of women—هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ

With kesr to the ت and to the ض (in the CK, erroneously, تَبَعُ), and تِبْعٌ ضِلَّةٌ, thus related by IAar; but Th gives the former only.

Or: he is one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good; or he is a very cunning man, one in whom is no good; and so تِبْعُ صِلَّةٍ, as some relate it.

In like manner ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ and ضُلُّ أَضْلَالٍ and صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ, which is with kesr only — a phrase like ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ.

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: see ضَلَالٌ . [Hence,] هُوَ ٱبْنُهُ لِضِلَّةٍ He is his son unlawfully begotten, or not trueborn. (AZ, A, K, TA.) ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ ضِلَّةً His blood went unrevenged, or without retaliation. (K, TA.) And هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ , (Th, O, K, TA,) with kesr to the ت and to the ض , (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, تَبَعُ ,] and تِبْعٌ ضِلَّةٌ , (K, TA,) thus related by IAar, (TA,) but the former only accord. to Th, (TA in art. تبع ,) He is a follower of women: (TA in that art.:) or he is one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good: (IAar, Th, TA:) or he is a very cunning man ( دَاهِيَةٌ ), one in whom is no good; (IAar, O, K, TA;) and so تِبْعُ صِلَّةٍ , (O, L, TA,) as some relate it; (L, TA;) and in like manner, ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ , (Lh, O, K, TA,) and ضُلُّ أَضْلَالٍ , (K, TA,) and صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ , [q. v.,] which is with kesr only, (K, TA,) a phrase similar to ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ . (TA in art. ضر .)
Nounضَلَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — water running beneath a rock, which the sun does not reachgenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

1.1water running beneath a rock, which the sun does not reach—مَآءٌ ضَلَلٌ

Or water running among trees. [See also ضَلَلٌ.]

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: see ضَلَالٌ . Also Water (O, K) running (K) beneath a rock, which the sun does not reach: (O, K:) one says مَآءٌ ضَلَلٌ : (O:) or running among trees. (K.) [See also ضَلَلٌ .]
Nounضَلَالٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — error, deviation from the right way; a state of perdition; concealmentgenerated

1[he persevered in the errors of love]—تَمَادَى فِى أَضَالِيلِ الهَوَى

A maṣdar of form 1, used as a simple noun: error; the contrary of رَشَادٌ and of هُدًى. The same is signified by ضَلَالَةٌ, ضَلٌّ, ضُلٌّ, ضِلَّةٌ, ضَلَلٌ, ضَلْضَلَةٌ, ضُلَضِلَةٌ, and أُضْلُولَةٌ, the plural of the last being أَضَالِيلُ.

Or أَضَالِيلُ, which some say has no singular, or whose singular is supposed, or has been heard, and is أُضْلُولَةٌ or أُضْلُولٌ or إِضْلِيلٌ or some other form.

The primary meaning of الضَّلَالُ is the going away from the right course, or direction. Ibn-El-Kemál: the loss, or missing, of what brings, or conducts, one to the object sought. Some say: the pursuing of a way that will not bring one to that object. Er-Rāghib: the deviating from the right way.

It is said to be any deviation from what is right, intentional or unintentional, little or much, because the right and approved way is very difficult; so it may be used of anyone who commits any mistake whatever, and it is imputed to prophets and to unbelievers, though between the ضلال of the former and that of the latter there is a wide difference.

Seen in another way, it is of two sorts: one is in the speculative departments of knowledge, as in knowledge of the unity of God, and of the prophetic office, and the like, indicated in the Qur'ān 4:135; or it is in the practical departments of knowledge, as in knowledge of the ordinances of the law, that is, religious services.

Qur’ān 4:134 approximate — somewhere between 4:103 and 4:141 Lane cites “Kur iv. 135”
1.1

A state of perdition; so in the Qur'ān 54:24.

And in like manner ضَلَالَةٌ, for ضَلَالَةُ العَمَلِ means the annulled and lost state of work.

Qur’ān 54:24 approximate — somewhere between 54:1 and 54:28 Lane cites “Kur liv. 24”
Qur’ān 54:24 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

Absence, or a state of concealment. This is said to be the primary meaning.

1.3

هُوَ الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ: see the explanation under ضُلٌّ.

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[an inf. n. of 1: used as a simple subst.,] Error; contr. of رَشَادٌ , (S, O, TA,) and of هُدًى ; (K, TA;) as also ضَلَالَةٌ , (S, O, K,) and ضَلٌّ , and ضُلٌّ , and ضِلَّةٌ , and ضَلَلٌ , and ضَلْضَلَةٌ , (K,) and ضُلَضِلَةٌ , (O, TA,) and أُضْلُولَةٌ , (K,) of which last the pl. is أَضَالِيلُ , (Lth, O, TA,) as in the saying تَمَادَى فِى أَضَالِيلِ الهَوَى [He persevered in the errors of love], (TA,) or أَضَالِيلُ , as some say, has no sing., or its sing. is supposed, or has been heard, and is أُضْلُولَةٌ or أُضْلُولٌ or إِضْلِيلٌ or some other form: (MF, TA:) the primary signification of الضَّلَالُ is the going away from the right course, or direction: (Ham p. 357:) or it signifies, accord. to Ibn-El-Kemál, the loss, or missing, of that which brings, or conducts, to the object sought: or, as some say, the pursuing a way that will not bring, or conduct, to that object: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, the deviating from the right way: and it is said to be any deviation from that which is right, intentional or unintentional, little or much; because the right and approved way is very difficult; wherefore it may be used of him who commits any mistake whatever, and is imputed to prophets and to unbelievers, though between the ضلال of the former and that of the latter is a wide difference: and in another point of view, it is of two sorts; one is in the speculative departments of knowledge, as in acquaintance with the unity of God, and with the prophetic function or office, and the like, indicated in the Kur iv. 135; or it is in the practical departments of knowledge, as in acquaintance with the ordinances of the law, that is, religious services. (TA.) Also A state of perdition: so in the Kur liv. 24: (S, O:) [and in like manner ضَلَالَةٌ ; for] ضَلَالَةُ العَمَلِ signifies The annulled and lost state of work. (TA.) And Absence, or a state of concealment. (Msb. [This is there said to be the primary signification.]) هُوَ الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ see expl. voce ضُلٌّ .
Nounضَلُولٌ1 sense

Core sense — error, a going astraygenerated

1

See ضَالٌّ.

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: see ضَالٌّ .
Nounضَلَالَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — error, a going astraygenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ, at the beginning of that entry and near its end.

One says هِىَ الضَّلَالَةُ وَالتَّلَالَةُ, in which the second noun is an imitative sequent.

Qur’ānic occurrences ضَلَٰلَة 1 shown of 9
7:61
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

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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: see ضَلَالٌ , in the beginning, and near the end, of the paragraph. One says, هِىَ الضَّلَالَةُ وَالتَّلَالَةُ ; (S, O;) in which the latter noun is an imitative sequent. (S and K in art. تل .)
Nounضِلِّيلٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who errs much, or often, especially in religiongenerated

1figurative · مجاز[the much-erring king]—المَلِكُ الضِّلِّيلُ

A man who errs, strays, goes astray, or deviates from the right way or course, much, or often; or one who errs much, or often, in religion.

مُضَلَّلٌ, written thus in some of the copies of the S, and also مُضَلِّل, mean the same; or: one who is not disposed, or directed, to good. In the K, الّذى لا يُوَفِّى بِخَيْرٍ, but correctly الّذى لا يُوَفَّقُ لِخَيْرٍ; or, as some say, a committer of errors, and of false, wrong, or vain actions.

ضِلِّيلٌ is also explained as meaning one who will not desist from error.

A title of Imra-el-Keys; in the CK, erroneously, الضَّلِيلُ. He was also called الملك المُضَلَّلُ.

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A man (S, O) who errs, strays, goes astray, or deviates from the right way or course, much, or often: (S, O, K:) or who errs, &c., much, or often, in religion: (TA:) and مُضَلَّلٌ , (S, TA,) which in some of the copies of the S is written thus and also مُضَلِّل , (TA,) signifies the same; (S, TA;) or one who is not disposed, or directed, to good; in the K, الّذى لا يُوَفِّى بِخَيْرٍ , [or يُوفِى بخير , as in the CK,] but correctly الّذى لا يُوَفَّقُ لِخَيْرٍ ; or, as some say, a committer of errors, and of false, wrong, or vain, actions: and ضِلِّيلٌ is also expl. as signifying one who will not desist from error. (TA.) Imra-el-Keys was called المَلِكُ الضِّلِّيلُ [The much-erring king], (S, O, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, الضَّلِيلُ ,]) and الملك المُضَلَّلُ . (K.)
Nounضَالٌّ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — erring, going astray; becoming lost; forgettinggenerated

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Erring, straying, or going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from what is right; missing, or losing, the right way; losing his way.

ضَلُولٌ is synonymous with it — or rather with ضِلِّيلٌ, by a general rule.

Plural of the former ضُلَّالٌ; see an example of it in a verse cited under رِسْلٌ. Also ضُالُّونَ, in the Qur'ān 1, last verse, where some read وَلَا ٱلضَّأَلِّينَ to avoid the meeting of two sākin letters.

One says ضَالٌّ تَالٌّ, in which the second adjective is an imitative sequent.

1.1

Also becoming lost, and the like.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredI being of those that forgot—وَأَنَا مِنَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ

In the Qur'ān 26:19.

a woman forgetting the days of her menstruation—اِمرَأَةٌ ضَالَّةٌ

on this sense And forgetting.

Qur’ān 26:20 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxvi. 19”
Qur’ān 26:20 Lane quotes this verse
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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Erring, straying, or going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which is right; missing, or losing, the right way; or losing his way; (S, * Msb, TA;) and ضَلُولٌ is syn. therewith; (K;) [or rather with ضِلِّيلٌ , accord. to a general rule:] pl. of the former ضُلَّالٌ , [of which see an ex. in a verse cited voce رِسْلٌ ,] and ضُالُّونَ : [in the Kur i. last verse,] some read وَلَا ٱلضَّأَلِّينَ , to avoid the concurrence of two quiescent letters. (TA.) You say ضَالٌّ تَالٌّ ; (S, O;) in which the latter epithet is an imitative sequent. (S and K in art. تل .) [Also Becoming lost; &c. And Forgetting. It is said that] وَأَنَا مِنَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ [in the Kur xxvi. 19] means I being of those that forgot. (K, TA.) And اِمرَأَةٌ ضَالَّةٌ means A woman forgetting the days of her menstruation. (Mgh.)
Nounضَالَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a stray; a beast that has strayed; a lost animal or thinggenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[Wisdom is the object of the persevering quest of the believer]—الحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ

An adjective in which the quality of a noun is predominant: a stray, that is, a beast that has strayed; or a camel remaining in a place where it is lost, with no known owner; or any lost animal or other thing. Applied to the male and to the female, and to two and to a plural number.

Its plural is ضَوَالُّ, like دَوَابُّ, plural of دَابَّةٌ.

It occurs in a tradition, ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ حَرَقُ النَّارِ, explained in art. حرق.

The meaning is that the believer does not cease to seek wisdom as a man seeks his stray.

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an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, (IAth, TA,) A stray; i. e. a beast that has strayed: (S, O, TA:) or a camel remaining in a place where it is lost, without an owner (K, TA) that is known: (TA:) or a lost animal (IAth, Msb, TA) or other thing, whatever it be: (IAth, TA:) applied to the male and to the female, (S, O, Msb, K,) and to two and to a pl. number: (TA;) and it has for its pl. ضَوَالُّ , (Msb, TA,) like دَوَابُّ pl. of دَابَّةٌ . (Msb.) It is said in a trad., ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ حَرَقُ النَّارِ [expl. in art. حرق ]. (TA.) And one says, الحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ [Wisdom is the object of persevering quest of the believer]; meaning that the believer ceases not to seek wisdom like as a man seeks his stray. (TA.)
Nounضَلَضِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — rugged ground; a hard, stony place; a stone one can lift and carrygenerated

1a hard, stony place—مَكَانٌ ضَلَضِلٌ

Rugged land or ground; also ضَلَضِلَةٌ, as though contracted from ضَلَاضِلٌ and ضَلَاضِلَةٌ, or ضَلَضِلَةٌ أَرْضٌ and ضَلَضِلٌ, and ضُلَضِلَةٌ, ضُلَضِلٌ, ضُلَاضِلٌ, and ضُلْضُلَةٌ.

Originally ضَلَاضِيلُ.

1.1a stone, or stones, such as a man can lift from the ground and carry—ضَلَضِلٌ

Also ضَلَضِلَةٌ, according to As, or ضُلَضِلَةٌ, said to be the only instance of its kind among reduplicated words; in the TA the same assertion is quoted from the T, apparently of the last, or the last but one, of these words. And, as in the Jm, ضُلْضُلَةٌ.

Or, according to the T, ضلضلة (thus in the TA, apparently ضَلَضِلَةٌ or ضُلَضِلَةٌ) means any stone such as a man can lift from the ground and carry, or larger than that, smooth, found in the interiors of valleys.

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and ضَلَضِلَةٌ , (As, S,) as though contracted from ضَلَاضِلٌ [and ضَلَاضِلَةٌ ], (S,) or ضَلَضِلَةٌ أَرْضٌ and ضَلَضِلٌ [in the CK ضَلَضَلَةٌ and صَلَضَلٌ ] and ضُلَضِلَةٌ and ضُلَضِلٌ (K) and ضُلَاضِلٌ (Lh, K) and ضُلْضُلَةٌ , (IDrd, K,) Rugged land or ground. (As, S, K.) And مَكَانٌ ضَلَضِلٌ , originally ضَلَاضِيلُ , A hard, stony place. (Fr, TA.) Also, (so in the K,) i. e. (TA) ضَلَضِلٌ and ضَلَضِلَةٌ , accord. to As, (O, TA,) or ضُلَضِلَةٌ , (S, O, TA,) [said to be] the only instance of its kind among reduplicate words, (S, O, TA, [in which last the same assertion is quoted from the T, app. in relation to the last, or last but one, of these words,]) and, as in the Jm, ضُلْضُلَةٌ , (O, TA,) A stone, (As, S, O,) or stones, (K,) such as a man can lift from the ground and carry: (As, S, O, K:) or, accord. to the T, ضلضلة [thus in the TA, app. ضَلَضِلَةٌ or ضُلَضِلَةٌ ,] signifies any stone such as a man can lift from the ground and carry, or above that, smooth, found in the interiors of valleys. (TA.)
Nounضُلَضِلٌ2 senses

Core sense — a skilful guide of the way; rugged, stony groundgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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A skilful guide of the way; in the K, erroneously, صُلَضِلَةٌ and ضُلَاضِلٌ.

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: see the next preceding paragraph. Also, (IAar, O, TA,) in the K, erroneously, صُلَضِلَةٌ , (TA.) and ضُلَاضِلٌ , A skilful guide of the way. (IAar, O, K, TA.)
Nounضَلْظَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — rugged, stony groundgenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

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: see ضَلَالٌ .
Nounضُلْضُلَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a stone such as a man can lift from the ground and carrygenerated

1

See ضَلَضِلٌ, in two places.

1.1

ضَلَاضِلُ المَآءِ and صَلَاصِلُهُ: the remains of water, so says Lh. In the O, in this article, they are said to be plurals whose singulars are ضُلَضِلَةٌ and صُلَصِلَةٌ, but the singulars are correctly ضُلْضُلَةٌ and صُلْصُلَةٌ; see the latter of these two in its own article.

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: see ضَلَضِلٌ , in two places. ضَلَاضِلُ المَآءِ , (O, K,) and صَلَاصِلُهُ , (O,) [said in the O, in this art., to be pls. of which the sings. are ضُلَضِلَةٌ and صُلَصِلَةٌ , but the sings. are correctly ضُلْضُلَةٌ and صُلْصُلَةٌ , (see the latter of these two in its proper art.,)] The remains of water: (O, K:) so says Lh. (O.)
Nounضَلَضِلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — rugged ground; a stone one can lift and carrygenerated

1

See ضَلَضِلٌ, in four places.

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: see ضَلَضِلٌ , in four places.
Nounضُلَضِلَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a stone such as a man can lift and carry; rugged groundgenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

1.1

And مَضَلَّةٌ.

1.2

And ضَلَضِلٌ, in three places.

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: see ضَلَالٌ : and مَضَلَّةٌ : and ضَلَضِلٌ , in three places.
Nounضُلَاضِلٌ2 senses

Core sense — rugged, hard, stony groundgenerated

1

See ضَلَضِلٌ.

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And ضُلَضِلٌ.

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: see ضَلَضِلٌ : and ضُلَضِلٌ .
Nounأُضْلُولَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — error, a going astraygenerated

1

See ضَلَالٌ.

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: see ضَلَالٌ .
Nounوَقَعَ فِى وَادِى تُضُلِّلَ1 sense

Core sense — he fell into what was vain and futile, and into disappointmentgenerated

1figurative · مجازhe fell into what was vain, unreal, nought, futile, or the like, and so into disappointment—البَاطِل

Like تُخُيِّبَ and تُهُلِّكَ, all imperfectly declinable, and تُضَلِّلَ (Ibn-'Abbād), and تَضَلِّلَ with two fatḥahs, and تِضِلِّلِ with two kesrehs. (Ibn-'Abbād)

Or, according to the A, وَقَعُوا فى وادى تضلّل means: they perished.

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, (Ks, S, O, K, *) like تُخُيِّبَ and تُهُلِّكَ , all imperfectly decl., (S, O,) and تُضَلِّلَ , (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) and تَضَلِّلَ , with two fet-hahs, and تِضِلِّلِ , with two kesrehs, (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, TA,) meaning البَاطِل [i. e. He fell into that which was vain, unreal, nought, futile, or the like, and consequently, into disappointment]: (Ibn-'Abbád, S, O, K, TA:) or, accord. to the A, وَقَعُوا فى وادى تضلّل means They perished. (TA.)
Nounطَرِيقٌ مُضِلٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a road that causes one to go astraygenerated

1a land in which one loses his way—مُضِلٌّ

So according to As. [See also the next entry.]

a trial, or sedition, or discord, that causes men to go astray, or to deviate from what is right—فِتْنَةٌ مُضِلَّةٌ
the سَرَاب [or mirage]—المُضِلُّ

on this sense A road that causes one to go astray, or to deviate from the right course.

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A road that causes to go astray, or to deviate from the right course. (TA.) And, accord. to As, مُضِلٌّ signifies A land ( أَرْضٌ ) in which one loses his way. (TA. [See also the next paragraph.]) [Hence,] فِتْنَةٌ مُضِلَّةٌ means [A trial, or sedition, or discord, &c.,] that causes men to go astray, or to deviate from that which is right. (TA.) And [hence also,] المُضِلُّ means The سَرَاب [or mirage]. (TA.)
Nounمَضَلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of erring; a land in which one loses the waygenerated

1a land that causes one to err—أَرْضٌ مَضَلَّةٌ

A noun like مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ, meaning a cause of erring, straying, going astray, or deviating from the right way or course, or from what is right; and it is used also in the manner of an adjective.

Or, as also مَضِلَّةٌ and ضُلَضِلَةٌ: a land in which one errs, or strays, from the right way, and does not find it.

[a desert, or far-extending desert, in which one errs]—خَرْقٌ مضلّةٌ

It is used alike as masculine and feminine and plural; but one says also أَرَضُونَ مضلّاتٌ.

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a subst. like مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ [i. e., as such, signifying A cause of erring, straying, going astray, or deviating from the right way or course or from that which is right, &c.]: (TA:) [and used in the manner of an epithet:] one says أَرْضٌ مَضَلَّةٌ A land that causes one to err, &c.: (TA:) or, as also مَضِلَّةٌ , (S, O, Msb, K, TA, [in the CK مِضَلَّةٌ ,]) and ضُلَضِلَةٌ , (O, K,) a land in which one errs, or strays, from the [right] way; (S, O, Msb, K; *) in which one does not find the right way: and خَرْقٌ مضلّةٌ [A desert, or farextending desert, &c., in which one errs, &c.]: it is used alike as masc. and fem. and pl.: but one says also أَرَضُونَ مضلّاتٌ . (TA.)
Nounمَضِلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a land in which one loses the waygenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounمُضَلَّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who errs much; one not directed to goodgenerated

1

See ضِلِّيلٌ, in two places.

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: see ضِلِّيلٌ , in two places.
Nounمُتَضَالٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who feigns himself to be going astraygenerated

1you will direct aright the erring, but you will not direct aright one who feigns himself to be erring—إِنَّكَ تَهْدِى الضَّالَّ وَلَا تَهْدِى المُتَضَالَّ

Ism fāʿil of form 6.

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[part. n. of 6, q. v.]. One says, إِنَّكَ تَهْدِى الضَّالَّ وَلَا تَهْدِى المُتَضَالَّ [Verily thou wilt direct aright the erring, &c., but thou wilt not direct aright him who feigns himself to be erring, &c.]. (S, O.)