maṣdarإِعْجَالٌ
Core sense — he urged him to haste; he preceded, or anticipated, himgenerated
4.1he urged, incited, or made him to haste; he bade him haste—عجّلهُ
and of the other form, the maṣdars تَعْجِيلٌ, تعجّلهُ and استعجلهُ.
he urged me to haste, and I hasted to him—أَعْجَلَنِىفَعَجِلْتُ لَهُ
[and they urge you to haste with that which is evil before that which is good]—وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ
Qurʾān 13:7.
[and they urge you to haste with the punishment]—وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ
Qurʾān 22:46 and 29:53.
he hastened himself—استعجل بِنَفْسِهِ
4.1.1he urged him to haste by going before him—اعجلهُ
Hence it is also explained as سَبَقَهُ: he preceded him, or it; he had, got, or took precedence of him, or it; he was beforehand with him, or anticipated him. So too عجّلهُ and استعجلهُ.
I went before him, or preceded him, and so urged him to haste—اِسْتَعْجَلْتُهُ
[have you anticipated the command of your Lord?]—أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ
Qurʾān 7:149; the meaning is أَسَبَقْتُمْ. Or: have you left the fulfilment of the command of your Lord incomplete? (Ksh)
عَجِلَ is made to imply, or as though made to imply, the meaning of سَبَقَ, and so is made transitive like that verb; the phrase means أَعَجِلْتُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّكُمْ. (Ksh)
[and what caused you to hasten from your party?]—وَمَا أَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ
Qurʾān 20:85; the meaning is virtually كَيْفَ سَبَقْتَهُمْ: how is it that you came before your party?
4.1.2he did the thing hastily, or hurriedly, before its time—اعجل الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَقْتِهِ
In art. غرض.
he did it hastily, or hurried it, before it became mature—اعجلهُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهِ
In art. فطر.
I was quick, or beforehand, with him, and flurried him, so that he could not draw his sword—أَعْجَلْتُهُ عَنِ ٱسْتِلَالِ سَيْفِهِ
That is, عَجِلْتُ بِهِ.
he saw an animal of the chase, mounted his horse, and was driven by haste so that he could not take his dart or his whip—رَأَى صَيْدًا فَرَكِبَ فَرَسَهُ وَأُعْجِلَ عَنْ حَرْبَتِهِ أَوْ سَوْطِهِ
the perishing of the cattle, or property, prevented him from paying it—هَلَاكُ المَالِ أَعْجَلَهُ عَنْ أَدَائِهَا
That is, مَنَعَهُ; what was not paid being the زَكَاة, or poor-rate. This is an instance of the extension of the meaning.
4.1.3she brought forth, or cast, her offspring before it was mature—أَعْجَلَتْ
Said of a pregnant female, or of a she-camel; as though for اعجلت وَلَدَهَا.
4.1.4they had ripe fruit before its full time—اعجل
Said of palm-trees, نَخْل.
4.1.5
Said of a camel: he leaped up when the rider had mounted him and had not yet become firmly seated on him. [See مُعْجِلٌ.]
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
20:83
وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ(When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"
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, Msb, TA,) inf. n. إِعْجَالٌ ; (TA;) and عجّلهُ , inf. n. تَعْجِيلٌ ; (S, O, TA;) and تعجّلهُ ; (S;) and استعجلهُ ; (K, TA;) He incited, excited, urged, instigated, induced, or made, him to haste, hasten, make haste, speed, or be quick; (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) and commanded, or bade, him, to haste, &c. (K.) One says, أَعْجَلَنِىفَعَجِلْتُ لَهُ [He incited me, &c., to haste, &c., and I hasted, &c., to him]. (O, TA.) And it is said in the Kur [xiii. 7], وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ [And they incite thee to haste with that which is evil before that which is good]: and [in xxii. 46 and xxix. 53,] وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ [And they incite thee to haste with the punishment]: (TA:) and استعجل بِنَفْسِهِ signifies He hastened himself. (MA.) اعجلهُ signifies also [He incited him to haste, &c., by going before him: and hence it is expl. as meaning also] سَبَقَهُ [i. e. he preceded him, or it; he had, got, or took, precedence of him, or it; he was, or became, beforehand with him, or it; or he anticipated him, or it]; as also عجّلهُ ; and استعجلهُ : (K:) or اِسْتَعْجَلْتُهُ signifies I went before him, or preceded him, (S, O, TA,) and so incited him to haste: (TA:) and أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ , in the Kur [vii. 149], means أَسَبَقْتُمْ [i. e. Have ye anticipated the command of your Lord?]: (S, O:) or have ye left [the fulfilment of] the command of your Lord incomplete? (Ksh, Bd;) عَجِلَ being made to imply, (Ksh,) or as though it were made to imply, (Bd,) the meaning of سَبَقَ , wherefore it is made trans. like this latter verb; (Ksh, Bd;) the phrase meaning أَعَجِلْتُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّكُمْ . (Ksh.) وَمَا أَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ , in the Kur [xx. 85, lit. And what caused thee to hasten from thy party?], means [virtually] كَيْفَ سَبَقْتَهُمْ [i. e. how is it that thou camest before thy party?]. (O.) One says also, اعجل الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَقْتِهِ [He did the thing hastily, or hurriedly, before its time]. (O and K in art. غرض .) And اعجلهُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهِ [He made it, or did it, hastily, or hurriedly, or he hurried it, before, or so as to prevent, its becoming mature]. (S and K * in art. فطر .) And أَعْجَلْتُهُ عَنِ ٱسْتِلَالِ سَيْفِهِ i. e. عَجِلْتُ بِهِ [I was quick, or beforehand, with him, and] I flurried him, so that he could not draw his sword: whence the saying, رَأَى صَيْدًا فَرَكِبَ فَرَسَهُ وَأُعْجِلَ عَنْ حَرْبَتِهِ أَوْ سَوْطِهِ [He saw an animal of the chase, and he mounted his horse, or mare, and was incited by haste so as to be prevented from taking his dart or his whip]: and the saying, هَلَاكُ المَالِ أَعْجَلَهُ عَنْ أَدَائِهَا , meaning مَنَعَهُ [i. e. The perishing of the cattle, or property, prevented, or precluded, him from paying it], namely, the زَكَاة [or poor-rate]; which is an instance of the extension of the signification. (Mgh.) أَعْجَلَتْ said of the pregnant, (O,) or of a she-camel, (K,) [as though for اعجلت وَلَدَهَا ,] She brought forth, (O,) or cast, (K,) her offspring before its maturity. (O, K.) And اعجل said of palmtrees, ( نَخْل ,) They had ripe fruit before its full time. (Mgh.) And, said of a camel, He leaped [up] when the rider had mounted him and had not yet become firmly seated upon him. (TA.) [See مُعْجِلٌ .]