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muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarقَبْضٌ

Core sense — he grasped it, took it with his hand; he contracted it; he straitened itgenerated

1.1he took it with his hand, by actual touchقَبَضَهُ بِيَدِهِ

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Or: he closed his hand upon it; he grasped it, griped it, clutched it, seized it; or he took it with the whole of his hand; or it is the same as أَجَذَهُ: he took it in any manner, he took it with his hand, he took possession of it, and he received it.

he grasped it, laid hold of it, or seized it with his handقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ

Synonym أَمْسَكَهُ; or he seized it with the whole of his hand; or he closed, or contracted, his fingers upon it.

he grasped it, laid hold of it, or seized it with his handبِهِ
he grasped it, laid hold of it, or seized it with his handقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ بِيَدَهِ

MF mentions that some assert قَبْضٌ to mean taking with the ends of the fingers; but this is a miscopying for قَبْضٌ, with the unpointed ص. Elsewhere in this article تَقْبِيضٌ is given that same meaning, but that too is clearly a miscopying, for تَقْبِيضٌ.

he took, or received, the commodity, or the goodsقَبَضَ المَتَاعَ
he took, or received, the debt from himقَبَضَ مِنْهُ الدَّيْنَ

So in the article قضى and elsewhere.

and I took a handful of the dust from the footstep of the hoof of the horse of the messenger [Gabriel]فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ

In the Qurʾān 20:96; according to an extraordinary reading, قَبِيضَةً.

إِقْتَبَضَ مِنْ أَتَرِهِ قَبْضَةً means the same as قَبَضَ, and قَبَصَ is said to be a dialectal variant of it.

he collected the bird in his graspقَبَضَ الطَّائِرَ
he grasped, or laid hold of, the mane of the horseقَبَضَ عَلَى عُرْفِ الفَرَسِ
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredI took, or got, possession of the landقَبَضْتُ الأَرْضَ
I took, or got, possession of the houseالدَّارَ
God will gather together the earthيَقْبِضُ ٱللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ

In a tradition; within his sole possession — see قُبْضَةٌ.

God will gather together the heavenالسَّمَآءَ

Also used figuratively of having absolute property in a thing, to dispose of it at will, without respect to the hand.

he arrested his debtorقَبَضَ عَلَى غَرِيمِهِ

Used in this sense at the present day.

God took his soulقَبَضَ ٱللّٰهُ رُوحَهُ
God caused him to dieقَبَضَهُ ٱللّٰهُ
he diedقُبِضَ

Said of a man; and also, said of a sick man: he was at the point of death, having his soul taken, in the agony of death.

I removed him from the thing, or affairقَبَضْتُهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe contracted it, or drew it togetherقَبَضَهُ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; the opposite of بَسَطَهُ.

he contracted it, or drew it togetherقبّضهُ

Maṣdar تَقْبِيضٌ.

he contracted his leg, and extended itقَبَضَ رِجْلَهُ وَبَسَطَهَا
he clenched his handقَبَضَ كَفَّهُ

So in the article برجم.

he drew in his hand from itقَبَضَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ
and they draw in their hands, or refrainوَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ

Or: he refrained from laying hold of it.

In the Qurʾān 9:68, meaning they refrain from spending, or from paying the poor-rate called زَكَاة.

he contracted his wingقبّض جَنَاحَهُ
he contracted his wing to flyقَبَضَ
he contracted his wing to flyقَبَضَ جَنَاحَهُ
he was quick in flight, or in going or paceقَبَضَ

and, for the other form, قَبَاضَةٌ and قَبَاضٌ.

he was quick in flight, or in going or paceقَبُضَ

Said of a bird.

Said of a bird, and of a horse, and of a man, or of another animal.

يَقْبِضْنَ, said of birds in the Qurʾān 67:19, is said to be an example of this meaning.

the camels were quick in their paceقَبَضَتِ الإِبِلُ
they went, or journeyed, and were quickإِنْقَبَضَ
such a one was quick, and light or active, in accomplishing his wantإِنْقَبَضَ فِى فُلَانٌ حَاجَتِهِ

At every spring in it, putting their legs together.

Said of a company of men.

قَبْضٌ also means the same as نَزْوٌ, the act of leaping and the like.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe drove the camels violently, roughly, or quicklyقَبَضَ الإِبِلَ

Also, as the opposite of بَسَطَهُ: he collected it together.

So called because the driver collects them together when he wants to drive them; when they scatter away from him, driving them is difficult.

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he drove them so; or, as explained above, he went quickly with themإِنْقَبَضَ بِهَا
the he-ass drives away his she-assالعَيْرُ يَقْبِضُ عَانَتَهُ
1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe, or it, drew it together, contracted it, shrank it, or wrinkled itقَبَضَهُ
he, or it, drew it together, contracted it, shrank it, or wrinkled itقبّضهُ

Maṣdar تَقْبِيضٌ.

he, or it, contracted, or wrinkled, his faceقَبَضَ وَجْهَهُ
the fire shrank, or shrivelled, the piece of skinقَبَضَتِ النَّارُ الجِلْدَةَ
he contracted, or wrinkled, the part between his eyesقَبَّضَ مَا بَيْنِ عَيْنَيْهِ
a day that contracts, or wrinkles, the part between the eyesيَوْمٌ يُقَبِّضُ مَا بَيْنَ العَيْنَيْنِ
a day that contracts the bowelsيَوْمٌ يُقَبِّضُ الحَشَى
it astringed, or constipatedقَبَضَ

A metonymic phrase, denoting violent fear, or violent war.

Said of a medicine, or food, and the like; muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as first mentioned. Also said of food: it was astringent in taste; likewise تَقَبَّضَ.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe straitened it, scanted it, or made it scantyقَبَضَهُ
God straitened, scanted, or made scanty the means of subsistenceقَبَضَ ٱللّٰهُ الرِزْقَ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as first mentioned.

and God straitens the means of subsistence to whom He will, and makes them ampleوَٱللّٰهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْسُطُ

In the Qurʾān 2:246: He straitens, or withholds, the means of subsistence from whom He will, and enlarges or makes them plentiful to whom He will.

1.1.6figurative · مجازsuch a one enlarges the liberty of his slaves, then abridges itفُلَانٌ يَبْسُطُ غَبِيدَهُ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُمْ

As such also: he abridged his liberty.

1.1.7figurative · مجازwhat distresses you, or grieves you, distresses or grieves me; and what rejoices you rejoices meإِنَّهُ يَقْبِضُنِى مَا يَقْبِضُكَ وَيَبْسُطُنِى مَا يَبْسُطُكَ
Fátimeh is as though she were a part of me: what has distressed her distresses me, and what has rejoiced her rejoices meفَاطِمَةُ مِنِّى يَقْبِضُنِى مَا قَبَضَهَا وَيَبْسُطُنِى مَا بَسَطَهاَ

As such also: he, or it, contracted his heart; that is, distressed him, or grieved him.

Related in a tradition, as said by Mohammad.

Or the phrase إِنَّهُ لَيَقْبِضُنِى مَا قَبَضَكَ, mentioned by Lth, means: what has annoyed and angered you annoys and angers me.

قَبْضٌ and بَسْطٌ are terms applied by the investigators of truth among the Ṣūfīs to two opposite states of the heart, from both of which it is seldom or never free. The first is an affection of the heart that keeps it from expansion and joy, whether its cause is known, such as the remembrance of a sin, an offence, or an omission, or is not known; and some of them make further divisions of it.

you shrank from us; and what made you shrink?اِنْقَبَضْتُ عَنَّا فَمَا قَبَضَكَ
1.1.8figurative · مجازwealth makes him close-fisted, or niggardly; and poverty makes him open-handed, or generousالخَيْرُ يَقْبِضُهُ وَالشَّرُّ يَبْسُطُهُ

As such also: he, or it, made him close-fisted, tenacious, or niggardly.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:245
مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۜطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that giveth (you) Want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return.

9:67
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ ۚ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each other: They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with their hands. They have forgotten Allah; so He hath forgotten them. Verily the Hypocrites are rebellious and perverse.

20:96
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى

He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

25:46
ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.

67:19
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ

Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches over all things.

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, M, A, Mgh, Msb,) or قَبَضَهُ بِيَدِهِ , (O, K,) aor. قَبِضَ , (A, Msb, K,) inf. n. قَبْضٌ , (S, Msb,) He took it with his hand, (A, O, K,) by actual touch, or feel: (O:) or the former signifies he closed his hand upon it: (Lth:) [he grasped it; griped it; clutched it; seized it:] or he took it with the whole of his hand: (Bd, xx. 96:) or i. q. أَجَذَهُ [he took it in any manner: he took it with his hand: he took possession of it: and he received it]: (S, M, Mgh, Msb:) and قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ , and بِهِ , (M,) or قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ بِيَدَهِ , (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) he grasped it, clutched it, laid hold upon it, or seized it, with his hand; syn. أَمْسَكَهُ : (A, K:) or he seized it ( أَنْحَى عَلَيْهِ ) with the whole of his hand: (M:) or he closed, or contracted, his fingers upon it: (Mgh, Msb:) it is also said, by MF, that some assert قَبْضٌ to signify the “ taking with the ends of the fingers; ” but this is a mistranscription, for قَبْضٌ , with the unpointed ص . (TA [in which it is said, in another place in this art., that تَقْبِيضٌ has also this last signification; but this is evidently, in like manner, a mistranscription, for تَقْبِيضٌ .]) You say, قَبَضَ المَتَاعَ [He took, or received, the commodity, or the commodities, or goods]. (A.) And قَبَضَ مِنْهُ الدَّيْنَ [He took, or received, from him the debt]. (M, K, in art. قضى ; &c.). And it is said in the Kur, [xx. 96,] فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ , (M,) and, accord. to an extraordinary reading, قَبِيضَةً , (B,) meaning [And I took a handful] of the dust from the footstep of the hoof of the horse of the messenger [Gabriel]: (IJ, M:) and إِقْتَبَضَ مِنْ أَتَرِهِ قَبْضَةً signifies the same as قَبَضَ : and قَبَصَ [q. v.] is [said to be] a dial. form thereof. (TA.) And you say, قَبَضَ الطَّائِرَ He collected, or comprehended, the bird in his grasp. (A.) And قَبَضَ عَلَى عُرْفِ الفَرَسِ [He grasped, or laid hold upon, the mane of the horse]. (A.) It is also used metaphorically, to denote the having an absolute property in a thing, to dispose of it at pleasure, without respect to the hand; as in the phrase قَبَضْتُ الأَرْضَ , and الدَّارَ , I had, or took, or got, possession of the land, and of the house. (TA.) And [in like manner] it is said in a trad., يَقْبِضُ ٱللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ , and السَّمَآءَ , God will comprehend, or collect together, [within his sole possession, (see قُبْضَةٌ ,)] the earth, and the heaven. (TA.) [In like manner] you say also, قَبَضَ عَلَى غَرِيمِهِ [He arrested his debtor: used in this sense in the present day]. (A.) And قَبَضَ ٱللّٰهُ رُوحَهُ God took his soul. (TA.) And قَبَضَهُ ٱللّٰهُ God caused him to die. (Msb.) And قُبِضَ He (a man, S, M, A) died: (S M, A, * K:) and also he (a sick man) was at the point of death; in the state of having his soul taken; in the agony of death. (L, TA.) And قَبَضْتُهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ I removed him from the thing, or affair. (Msb.) قَبَضَهُ , aor. as above, (M, K,) and so the inf. n., (S, M, Mgh,) also signifies the contr. of بَسَطَهُ ; (S, * M, Mgh, * K;) and so قبّضهُ , (IAar, M,) inf. n. تَقْبِيضٌ . (TA.) [As such, He contracted it; or drew it together.] You say, قَبَضَ رِجْلَهُ وَبَسَطَهَا [He contracted his leg, and extended it]. (A.) And قَبَضَ كَفَّهُ [He clenched his hand]. (S, Mgh, Msb, K, in art. برجم .). And قَبَضَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ [He drew in his hand from it: or] he refrained from laying hold upon it. (K.) Whence the saying in the Kur, [ix. 68,] وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ , meaning [And they draw in their hands, or refrain,] from expenditure, or from paying the [poor-rate called] زَكَاة . (TA.) You say also, قبّض جَنَاحَهُ He (a bird) contracted his wing: (M:) or قَبَضَ , or قَبَضَ جَنَاحَهُ , he contracted his wing to fly. (TA.) And hence, (TA,) قَبَضَ , aor. as above; (S, K;) or قَبُضَ (M;) [or both;] inf. n. [of the former] قَبْضٌ (S, K,) and [of the latter, as indicated in the M,] قَبَاضَةٌ (S, M, A, K) and قَبَاضٌ ; (M;) He (a bird, S, K, and a horse, A, and a man, S, or other [animal], K,) was quick, (S, M, A, K,) in flight, or in going or pace. (K.) يَقْبِضْنَ , said of birds, in the Kur, [lxvii. 19,] is [said to be] an ex. of this signification. (S, K. *) You say also, قَبَضَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels were quick in their pace; at every spring therein, putting their legs together. (A.) And إِنْقَبَضَ He, or it, (a company of men, M,) went, or journeyed, and was quick. (Lth, M, K.) And إِنْقَبَضَ فِى فُلَانٌ حَاجَتِهِ Such a one was quick, and light, or active, in accomplishing his want. (A.) And قَبْضٌ also signifies i. q. نَزْوٌ [The act of leaping, &c.]. (TA.) [Also, as contr. of بَسَطَهُ ,] He collected it together. (Az.) And hence, (Az,) قَبَضَ الإِبِلَ , (Az, M,) aor. قَبِضَ , inf. n. قَبْضٌ (Az, S, M) He drove (Az, S, M) the camels violently, or roughly, (Az, M.) or quickly: (S:) because the driver collects them together, when he desires to drive them; for when they disperse themselves from him, the driving of them is difficult: (Az, TA:) and إِنْقَبَضَ بِهَا [signifies the same, or, agreeably with an explanation given above, he went quickly with them]. (M.) And العَيْرُ يَقْبِضُ عَانَتَهُ The he-ass drives away his she-ass. (M.) [As such also,] قَبَضَهُ ; (A;) and قبّضهُ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَقْبِيضٌ ; (S;) He, or it, drew it, collected it, or gathered it, together; contracted it, shrank it, or wrinkled it. (S, M, A, * K.) You say, قَبَضَ وَجْهَهُ He, or it, contracted, or wrinkled, his face]. (A.) And قَبَضَتِ النَّارُ الجِلْدَةَ [The fire contracted, shrank, or shrivelled, the piece of skin]. (A.) And قَبَّضَ مَا بَيْنِ عَيْنَيْهِ He contracted, or wrinkled, the part between his eyes. (M, TA.) And يَوْمٌ يُقَبِّضُ مَا بَيْنَ العَيْنَيْنِ [A day that contracts, or wrinkles, the part between the eyes]; a metonymical phrase, denoting vehemence of fear, or of war. (M, TA. *) And in like manner you say, يَوْمٌ يُقَبِّضُ الحَشَى [A day that contracts the bowels]. (M.) [And hence قَبَضَ , aor. and inf. n. as first mentioned, It (a medicine, or food, &c.,) astringed, or constipated. And It (food) was astringent in taste; as also تَقَبَّضَ .] As such also, قَبَضَهُ , signifies He straitened it; scanted it; made it scanty. (Msb, TA.) You say, قَبَضَ ٱللّٰهُ الرِزْقَ , aor. and inf. n. as first mentioned, God straitened, scanted, or made scanty, the means of subsistence. (Msb.) And it is said in the Kur, [ii. 246,] وَٱللّٰهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْسُطُ And God straitens, or scants, or makes scanty, the means of subsistence, to some, (Bd, Msb, * TA, *) or withholds the means of subsistence from whom He will, (Jel,) and amplifies, enlarges, or makes ample or plentiful, the same, (Bd, Msb, Jel, TA,) to some, (Bd, TA,) or to whom He will. (Jel.) [As such also, He abridged his liberty.] You say, فُلَانٌ يَبْسُطُ غَبِيدَهُ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُمْ [Such a one enlarges the liberty of his slaves; then abridges their liberty]. (A.) [As such also, He, or it, contracted his heart; i. e. distressed him; grieved him.] You say, إِنَّهُ يَقْبِضُنِى مَا يَقْبِضُكَ وَيَبْسُطُنِى مَا يَبْسُطُكَ Verily what distresses thee, or grieves thee, distresses, or grieves, me; and what rejoices thee rejoices me]. (A.) [And it is related in a trad., that Mohammad said, فَاطِمَةُ مِنِّى يَقْبِضُنِى مَا قَبَضَهَا وَيَبْسُطُنِى مَا بَسَطَهاَ [Fátimeh is as though she were a part of me: what hath distressed her, or grieved her, distresses, or grieves, me; and what hath rejoiced her rejoices me]. (TA.) Or the phrase إِنَّهُ لَيَقْبِضُنِى مَا قَبَضَكَ , mentioned by Lth, means Verily what hath annoyed and angered thee annoys and angers me. (Az, TA.) قَبْضٌ and بَسْطٌ are terms applied by the investigators of truth among the Soofees to two contrary states of the heart, from both of which it is seldom or never free: the former being an affection of the heart withholding it from dilatation and joy; whether the cause thereof be known, as the remembrance of a sin or an offence, or of an omission, or be not known; and some of them make other divisions thereof. (TA.) [In like manner] you say also, اِنْقَبَضْتُ عَنَّا فَمَا قَبَضَكَ [Thou shrankest from us: and what made thee to shrink?]. (A.) [As such also, He, or it, made him close-fisted, tenacious, or niggardly.] You say, الخَيْرُ يَقْبِضُهُ وَالشَّرُّ يَبْسُطُهُ [Wealth makes him close-fisted, tenacious, or niggardly; and poverty makes him open-handed, liberal, or generous]. (A.)
Form 2قَبَّضَ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَقْبِيضٌ

Core sense — he handed it over to him, into his possessiongenerated

2.1

See the remark added to the first sentence of this article.

2.1.1

See also فَبَضَهُ as the opposite of بَسَطَهُ, in six places.

2.1.2he gave him the property, or the goods, into his grasp or possessionقَبَّضَهُ المَالَ

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he gave him the property, or the goods, into his grasp or possessionالمَتَاعَ

That is, he transferred it to the possession of the one who was to receive it; literally, he made him take it, take it with his hand, grasp it, or receive it. Also أَقْبَضَهُ إِيَّاهُ.

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see a remark appended to the first sentence in this art. : see also فَبَضَهُ as contr. of بَسَطَهُ , in six places. قَبَّضَهُ المَالَ , (S, * M, K, *) or المَتَاعَ , (A,) inf. n. تَقْبِيضٌ , (S, K,) He gave to him, (S, M, K,) in his grasp, or possession, (K,) i. e. to him who should receive it, (S,) the property, (S, M,) or commodity, or commodities, or goods; (A;) i. e. he transferred it to his possession; (TA;) [lit. he made him to take it, to take it with his hand, to grasp it, or to receive it;] as also أَقْبَضَهُ إِيَّاهُ . (A.)
Form 3قابضهُ1 sense
maṣdarمُقَابَضَةٌ

Core sense — he bartered, or exchanged commodities, with himgenerated

3.1

Er-Rāghib: the maṣdar is مُقَابَضَةٌ and قِبَاضٌ, in the article شرى.

He bartered, or exchanged commodities, with him. So AZ, in the article خوص.

See also قَايَضَهُ.

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, inf. n. مُقَابَضَةٌ (AZ, A) and قِبَاضٌ , (Er-Rághib, TA in art. شرى ,) He bartered, or exchanged commodities, with him. (AZ, in TA, art, خوص .) [See also قَايَضَهُ .]
Form 4اقبضهُ المَتَاعَ2 senses

Core sense — he handed the goods over to him; he put a handle to itgenerated

4.1

Or المَالَ: see form 2.

4.2he put, or made, a handle to itالقبضهُ

Said of a knife, and of a sword.

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[or المَالَ ]: see 2. القبضهُ He put, or made, a handle to it, (S, M, A, K,) namely a knife, (S, M, A,) and a sword. (S, K.)
Form 5تقبّض6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it drew together, contracted, or shrank; he shrank from itgenerated

5.1figurative · مجاز — inferredit became included in, or joined to, the object of my wantانقبض فِى حَاجَتِى

Quasi-passive of قَبَّضَهُ as the opposite of بَسَطَهُ; and اِنْقَبَضَ is likewise the quasi-passive of قَبَضَهُ in the same sense, being the opposite of اِنْبَسَطَ.

Both mean: it was drawn, collected, or gathered together; it drew itself together; it contracted; it shrank. The synonym of the one is تَجَمَّعَ, and of the other اِنْضَمَّ, which also means it was drawn and joined, or adjoined, to another thing.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز

It (a man's face, or the part between the eyes) became contracted, or wrinkled; and in the same way a piece of skin in, or on, a fire: it became contracted, shrunken, or shrivelled; it shrank.

Or it (skin, or the skin of a man) became contracted, or shrunken; and so an old man.

5.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe shrank, or shrank with aversion, from him, or from itتَقبّض عَنْهُ

Also اِنْقَبَضَ عَنْهُ; see an example of it near the end of form 1.

withdrawing, or retiring, from peopleالاِنْقِبَاضُ عَنِ النَّاسِ
he removed, or became removed, from the thing, or affairاِنْقَبَضَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
5.1.3figurative · مجازhe paused, or waited, at the thing, or affairتقبّض عَلَى الأَمْرِ

Synonym تَوَقَّفَ.

5.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe leaped, or sprang, towards himتقبّض إِلَيْهِ
5.1.5

See also form 1, in the last third of the paragraph.

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quasi-pass. of قَبَّضَهُ as contr. of بَسَطَهُ ; (M;) as also اِنْقَبَضَ is of قَبَضَهُ in the same sense, (S, * M, K, *) being contr. of اِنْبَسَطَ . (S, K.) [As such,] both signify It became drawn, collected, or gathered, together; or it drew, collected, or gathered, itself together; or contracted; or shrank; syn. of the former, تَجَمَّعَ ; (TA;) and of the latter, اِنْضَمَّ [which also signifies it became drawn and joined, or adjoined, to another thing; &c.]. (O, K.) So the latter signifies in the phrase انقبض فِى حَاجَتِى [It became comprised in, or adjoined to, the object of my want]. (O.) [As such also,] the former signifies It (a man's face, A, or the part between the eyes, M,) became contracted, or wrinkled; (M, A; *) and in like manner a piece of skin, in, or upon, a fire; meaning it became contracted, shrunken, or shrivelled; it shrank: (so in different copies of the S:) or it (skin, K, or the skin of a man, TA) became contracted, or shrunken; (K, TA;) and so an old man. (A.) [As such also,] تَقبّض عَنْهُ He shrank, or shrank with aversion, from him, or it; (S, M, A, K;) as also اِنْقَبَضَ عَنْهُ : (A:) [see an ex. of the latter near the end of 1.] الاِنْقِبَاضُ عَنِ النَّاسِ also signifies The withdrawing, removing, or retiring, from men. (TA.) And اِنْقَبَضَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He removed, or became removed, from the thing, or affair. (Msb.) تقبّض عَلَى الأَمْرِ He paused, or waited, at the thing, or affair; syn. تَوَقَّفَ . (M, A.) تقبّض إِلَيْهِ He leaped, or sprang, towards him. (Sgh, K.) See also 1; last third of the paragraph.
Form 6تقابض المُتَيَايِعَانِ1 sense

Core sense — the two parties bartered, or exchanged commodities, with each othergenerated

6.1

The two parties in an affair of traffic bartered, or exchanged commodities, each with the other: see form 3.

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[The two parties in an affair of traffic bartered, or exchanged commodities, each with the other: see 3]. (A.)
Form 7انقبض3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became taken, grasped, or receivedgenerated

7.1it (a thing) became taken, taken with the hand, grasped, or receivedمَقْبُوض
7.1.1

See also form 5, in six places.

7.1.2

And see form 1, in three places, about the middle of the paragraph.

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It (a thing) became مَقْبُوض [meaning taken, taken with the hand, grasped, or received]. (S.) See also 5, in six places. And see 1, in three places, about the middle of the paragraph.
Form 8اقتبضهُ لِنَفْسِهِ1 sense

Core sense — he took it, or took possession of it, for himselfgenerated

8.1

He took it, took it with his hand, grasped it, clutched it, seized it, took possession of it, or received it, for himself.

See an example in form 1, before the first break in the paragraph.

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[He took it, took it with his hand, grasped it, clutched it, seized it, took possession of it, or received it, for himself]. (A.) See an ex. in 1, before the first break in the paragraph.

Derived nouns 17

Nounقَبْضٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a taking with the hand, a grasping; possessiongenerated

1

The act of taking, taking with the hand, grasping, clutching, seizing, taking possession of, or receiving.

1.1possessionقَبْضَةٌ
the thing came into your possessionصَارَ الشَّىْءُ فِى قَبْضِكَ
the thing came into your possessionقَبْضَتِكَ
this house is in my possessionهٰذِهِ الدَّارُ فِى قَبْضِى
this house is in my possessionقَبْضَتِى

And hence, possession.

Or this is an ism waḥda: an act of taking, or of taking with the hand; a grasp; a seizure.

As one also says فِى يَدَى.

Qur’ānic occurrences قَبْض
25:46
ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.

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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The act of taking, taking with the hand; [grasping; clutching; seizing;] taking possession of; or receiving. (S, Msb.) And [hence], Possession; (S, TA;) as also قَبْضَةٌ : (S, M, Mgh, Msb, TA:) or the latter is a n. un. [signifying an act of taking, or taking with the hand; a grasp; a seizure; &c.]. (TA.) You say, صَارَ الشَّىْءُ فِى قَبْضِكَ , and قَبْضَتِكَ , The thing became in thy possession. (S, M. *) And هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ فِى قَبْضِى , (TA,) and قَبْضَتِى , (M, TA,) This house is in my possession; (M, TA;) like as you say, فِى يَدَى . (TA.)
Nounقَبَضٌ1 sense

Core sense — what is taken of people's property; spoils taken before divisiongenerated

1the property of such a one entered into what was taken of the people's propertyدَخَلَ مَالُ فُلَانٍ فِى القَبَضِ

Same as مَقْبُوضٌ, like هَدَمٌ in the sense of مَهْدُومٌ, and نَفَضٌ in the sense of مَنْفُوضٌ: what is taken of the articles of property of people; what is collected, or taken and collected, of spoils before they are divided.

throw it among the things that have been takenإِطْرَحَهُ فِى القَبَضِ

Said to Saad Ibn-Abee-Wakkás when he killed Saʿeed Ibn-El-ʿÁs and took his sword; so in a tradition.

Selmán was set over spoils that had been taken and not yet dividedجُعِلَ سَلْمَانُ عَلَى قَبَضٍ

In another tradition; he was to guard them and divide them.

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i. q. مَقْبُوضٌ ; (Mgh, K;) like هَدَمٌ in the sense of مَهْدُومٌ , and نَفَضٌ in the sense of مَنْفُوضٌ ; (TA;) meaning What is taken, of articles of property (S, M) of people: (S:) what is collected, (Lth,) or taken and collected, (Mgh,) of spoils, before they are divided. (Lth, Mgh.) You say, دَخَلَ مَالُ فُلَانٍ فِى القَبَضِ The property of such a one entered into what was taken of the articles of property of the people. (S.) And إِطْرَحَهُ فِى القَبَضِ (A, Mgh) Throw thou it among the things that have been taken: (Mgh:) said to Saad Ibn-Abee- Wakkás, when he slew Sa'eed Ibn-El-'Ás, and took his sword: so in a trad. (TA.) And in another trad. it is said, جُعِلَ سَلْمَانُ عَلَى قَبَضٍ Selmán was set over spoils that were taken and yet undivided, to guard and divide them. (Mgh.)
Nounقَبْضَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the measure of a man's fist; four finger-breadthsgenerated

1

Plural قَبَضَاتٌ. See قَبْضٌ, in three places.

1.1

See also قُبْضَةٌ, in four places.

1.2

And see مَقْبِضٌ.

1.3

The measure of a man's fist, from side to side; four finger-breadths; mentioned under جَرِيبٌ.

The sixth part of the common ذِرَاع, or cubit; but at the present day, the measure of a man's fist with the thumb erect, which is about six and a quarter inches.

Plural قَبَضَاتٌ; mentioned under ذِرَاعٌ and جَرِيبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences قَبْضَة
20:96
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى

He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

39:67
وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ مَطْوِيَّـٰتٌۢ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him!

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: [pl. قَبَضَاتٌ :] see قَبْضٌ , in three places. See also قُبْضَةٌ , in four places. And see مَقْبِضٌ . Also, [The measure of a man's fist, from side to side;] four finger-breadths; (Mgh, Msb, voce جَرِيبٌ ;) the sixth part of the common ذِرَاع [or cubit: but in the present day, the measure of a man's fist with the thumb erect; which is about six inches and a quarter]: pl. قَبَضَاتٌ . (Mgh, Msb, vocibus ذِرَاعٌ and جَرِيبٌ .)
Nounقُبْضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a handful; what one takes with the handgenerated

1a handful of such a thing; what one takes with the hand, or graspsمِنْ كَذَا
a handful of meal of parched barleyمِنْ سَوِيقٍ
a handful of datesمِنْ تَمْرٍ

That is, كَفّاً; also قَبْضَةٌ, but the first is the more common; and قَبِيضَةٌ. Or the one is a noun in the sense of مَقْبُوضٌ, and the other is an ism waḥda. The plural of the first is قُبَضٌ.

this is the quantity that my hand graspsهٰذَا قَبْضَةُ كَفِّى
and the earth altogether shall be his handful on the day of resurrectionوَٱلْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ

Two other examples of the second word, and one of the third, occur in form 1, before the first break in the paragraph.

In the Qurʾān 39:67; that is, قُبْضَتُهُ, since قَبْضَةٌ is a maṣdar of unity used as a noun, or stands for ذَاتُ قَبْضَةٍ. The meaning is: in his possession alone, and at his free and absolute disposal.

Th says that this is like the phrase هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ فِى قَبْضَتِى, in the sense explained under قَبْضٌ; but this opinion is not sound.

Another reading is قَبْضَتَهُ, in the accusative case, as an adverbial noun, what is determinate being thus likened to what is vague; some of the grammarians allow this, but none of the grammarians of El-Basrah allow it.

and he set about bringing them handfuls by handfulsفَجَعَلَ يَجِىْءُ بِهِ قُبَضًا قُبَضًا

In the tradition of Bilál and the dates; the pronoun refers to التَّمْر, the dates.

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(S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) [A handful;] what one takes with the hand, or grasps; (S, K;) مِنْ كَذَا [of such a thing]; (Mgh;) as, for instance, مِنْ سَوِيقٍ [of meal of parched barley]; (S;) or مِنْ تَمْرٍ [of dates]; (S, A, Msb;) i. e. كَفّاً ; (S;) as also قَبْضَةٌ ; (S, M, A, K;) but the former is the more common; (S, K;) and قَبِيضَةٌ : (B:) or the first is a subst. in the sense of مَقْبُوضٌ , and the second is a n. un.: (TA:) the pl. of the first is قُبَضٌ . (TA.) You say also, هٰذَا قَبْضَةُ كَفِّى This is the quantity that my hand grasps. (M.) See two other exs. of the second word, and an ex. of the third, in 1, before the first break in the paragraph. It is also said in the Kur, [xxxix. 67,] وَٱلْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ , i. e. قُبْضَتُهُ , for قَبْضَةٌ is an inf. n. [of un.] used as a subst., or is for ذَاتُ قَبْضَةٍ , (Bd,) and the literal signification is, [And the earth altogether shall be] his handful [on the day of resurrection]; (Bd, Jel;) meaning in his possession (Jel, TA) alone, (TA,) and at his free and absolute disposal: (Jel:) Th says, that this is like the phrase هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ فِى قَبْضَتِى , meaning as explained above, voce قَبْضٌ ; but this opinion is not valid:) (M:) another reading is قَبْضَتَهُ , in the accus. case, (M, Bd,) as an adv. n.; that which is determinate being thus likened to what is vague; (Bd;) and this is allowed by some of the grammarians; but it is not allowed by any one of the grammarians of El-Basrah. (M.) It is also said, in the trad. of Bilál and the dates, فَجَعَلَ يَجِىْءُ بِهِ قُبَضًا قُبَضًا [And he set about bringing them (the pronoun referring to التَّمْر the dates) handfuls by handfuls]. (TA.)
Nounقُبَضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pastor who keeps his flock gathered together; one who quickly lets gogenerated

1a man who lays hold of a thing, and then leaves it without delayقُبَضَةٌ رُفَضَةٌ

This explanation applies to this second form, not to the first alone.

The first word means: a pastor who draws his sheep or goats together, not going far and wide in pasturing them; or one who manages well for his sheep or goats, or for his beasts, collecting them together and, when he finds a place of pasture, spreading them abroad.

The second means: a pastor who manages well, and is gentle with his pasturing beasts, collecting them together and driving them when their pasture-ground runs short of herbage, and, when they light upon a patch of herbage, leaving them to spread out and pasture freely; or one who collects his camels together and drives them until he brings them wherever he wants.

See also the article رفض.

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, (K,) or قُبَضَةٌ رُفَضَةٌ , (S, M, A, TA,) to this latter, not to the former alone, the following explanation applies, (TA,) A man who lays hold upon a thing, and then leaves it without delay. (S, M, A, K.) And the former, A pastor who draws his sheep or goats together, not going far and wide in pasturing them: (S:) or who manages well (A, K) for his sheep or goats, (K,) or for his beasts, collecting them together, and, when he finds a place of pasture, spreads them abroad: (A:) and the latter, a pastor who manages well, and is gentle with his pasturing beasts, collecting them together and driving them, when their place of pasturage becomes wanting in herbage, and, when they light upon a piece of herbage, leaves them to spread abroad and pasture at pleasure: (Az, TA:) or who collects together his camels, and drives them until he brings them whithersoever he will. (M.) [See also art. رفض .]
Nounقَبِيضٌ1 sense

Core sense — quick in flight, or in going or pacegenerated

1

See قَابِضٌ, in three places.

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: see قَابِضٌ , in three places.
Nounقَبِيضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — quick in going or pacegenerated

1

See قُبْضَةٌ, in two places.

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: see قُبْضَةٌ , in two places.
Nounقَبَّاضٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who grasps, or collects, much; a quick drivergenerated

1

See قَابِض, each in two places.

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: see قَابِض ; each in two places.
Nounقَبَّاضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who grasps much; one who drives away violentlygenerated

1

See قَابِضٌ, each in two places.

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: see قَابِضٌ ; each in two places.
Nounقَابِضٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — taking with the hand, grasping; quick in pace; astringentgenerated

1figurative · مجازtaking, or grasping, muchقَبَّاضٌ
grasping, or collecting, very muchقبَّاضَةٌ

Taking with the hand, or in any manner; taking possession of; receiving; grasping, clutching, or seizing with the hand — see form 1.

Aboo-ʿOthmán El-Mázinee: this is of the dialect of the people of El-Medeeneh, applied to one who grasps or collects everything.

The ة in this word does not mark the feminine gender.

the taker of the soulsقَابِضُ الأَرْوَاحِ

An appellation of the Angel of Death, ʿIzrá-eel, or ʿAzrá-eel.

the withholder, or straitener, of the means of subsistenceالقَابِضُ

One of the names of God: he who withholds, straitens, or scants the means of subsistence, and other things, from his servants, by his graciousness and his wisdom; and the taker of souls at the time of death.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredquick in flight, or in going or paceقَابِضٌ
quick in flight, or in going or paceقَبِيضٌ

Ibn-ʿAbbád: the latter also means an intelligent man who keeps, or adheres, to his art, or work.

a horse, or beast of carriage, quick in shifting the legs from place to place in runningقَبِيضُ الشَّدِّ

Some copies of the K have “a man”, which is a mistake, though the word seems to be applied to a man also.

on this sense A bird contracting his wing to fly.

on this sense Said of a bird, or a horse, or another animal; or of a man: light, or active, and quick.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreddriving quickly, in an intensive senseقَبَّاضٌ
driving quickly, in a doubly intensive senseقَبَّاضَةٌ

A camel-driver driving quickly; a quick driver.

Or the last means driving away violently, the ة marking intensiveness; it is applied to an ass driving away his she-ass, and to a camel-driver.

See an example of the first word under عَائِضً, in the article عوض.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Applied to medicine, food, and the like: astringent, or constipating.

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Taking with the hand: [or in any manner: taking possession of: receiving: (see 1:)] grasping, clutching, or seizing, with the hand: and in like manner, [but in an intensive sense,] قَبَّاضٌ : (K:) or the latter is of the dial. of the people of El-Medeeneh, applied to him who [grasps or] collects everything: (Aboo-'Othmán El-Mázinee:) and قبَّاضَةٌ [which is doubly intensive]; (K;) the ة in this last not denoting the fem. gender. (TA.) قَابِضُ الأَرْوَاحِ [ The taker of the souls] is an appellation of [the Angel of Death,] 'Izrá-eel, or 'Azrá-eel. (TA.) And القَابِضُ , one of the names of God, signifies The Withholder [or Straitener or Scanter] of the means of subsistence, and of other things, from his servants, by his graciousness and his wisdom: and the Taker of souls, at the time of death. (TA.) A bird contracting his wing to fly. (TA.) And hence, (TA,) قَابِضٌ (S, K) and قَبِيضٌ (S, A, K) A bird, (K,) or horse, (A,) or other [animal], (K,) quick (A, K) in flight, or in going or pace: (K:) or a man light, or active, and quick: (S:) and [hence, app.,] the latter also signifies an intelligent man, who keeps, or adheres, to his art, or work. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And قَبِيضُ الشَّدِّ A horse, (S, K, in [some of] the copies of the K “ a man, ” which is a mistake, though it seems to be also applied to a man, TA,) or a beast of carriage, (L,) quick in the shifting of the legs from place to place [in running]. (S, L, K.) A camel-driver driving quickly; a quick driver; and in like manner, [but in an intensive sense,] قَبَّاضٌ , and [in a doubly intensive sense] قَبَّاضَةٌ : (S:) or the last signifies driving away vehemently; the ة denoting intensiveness; and is applied to an ass driving away his she-ass, and to a camel-driver. (M.) [See an ex. of the first, voce عَائِضً , in art. عوض .] [Applied to medicine, food, &c., Astringent, or constipating.]
Nounمَقْبَضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place where a thing is taken hold of, or graspedgenerated

1

A place of taking, of taking with the hand, of grasping, clutching, seizing, or receiving; irregular in form, since by rule it should be مَقْبِضٌ.

See also what follows.

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A place of taking, taking with the hand, [grasping, clutching, seizing,] or receiving: extr. [in form, for by rule it should be مَقْبِضٌ ]. (M.) See also what next follows.
Nounمَقْبِضٌ1 sense

Core sense — the handle of a sword, knife, bow, or whipgenerated

1the handle; the part grasped by the hand, or with the whole handمَقْبَضٌ
the handle; the part grasped by the handمِقْبَضٌ

The headword is the more common and better known form.

the handle; the part grasped by the handمَقْبِضَةٌ

These last two are written with ة.

the handle; the part grasped by the handمِقْبَضَةٌ

Of a sword — قَبْضَةٌ is said to mean the same — or of a knife, of a bow, of a whip, and the like, or of anything.

Or مَقْبِضَةٌ, or مِقْبَضَةٌ, means the place of the hand of a spear or spear-shaft.

Plural مَقَابِضُ.

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(S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and مَقْبَضٌ , (Lth, M, Msb, K,) but the former is the more common and the better known, (Lth,) and مِقْبَضٌ , (M, K,) and with ة , (K,) i. e. مَقْبِضَةٌ , and مِقْبَضَةٌ , (M,) The handle; or part where it is grasped, (S, M, A, * Mgh, * Msb, K,) by the hand, (Msb,) or with the whole hand; (S;) of a sword, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and قَبْضَةٌ is said to signify the same; (TA;) or of a knife, (M, A,) and of a bow, (S, A,) and of a whip, (A,) &c., (K,) or of anything: (M:) or مَقْبِضَةٌ or مِقْبَضَةٌ signifies the place of the hand of a spear or spear-shaft: (ISh:) pl. مَقَابِضُ . (A.)
Nounمِقْبَضٌ1 sense

Core sense — the handle, the part grasped by the handgenerated

1

See مَقْبَضٌ.

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: see مَقْبَضٌ .
Nounمَقْبِضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the handle, the part grasped by the handgenerated

1

And مِقْبَضَةٌ: see مَقْبِضٌ, in two places.

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and مِقْبَضَةٌ : see مَقْبِضٌ , in two places.
Nounمَقْبُوضٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — taken, grasped, received; taken to God's mercy, deadgenerated

1

Ism mafʿūl of قَبَضَهُ. See قَبَضٌ and قُبْضَةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Taken to the mercy of God; dead.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَّقْبُوضَة
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وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ كَاتِبًا فَرِهَـٰنٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِى ٱؤْتُمِنَ أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥ وَلْيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚ وَمَن يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another, Let the trustee (Faithfully) discharge His trust, and let him fear his Lord. Conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it,- His heart is tainted with sin. And Allah Knoweth all that ye do.

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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pass. part. n. of قَبَضَهُ . See قَبَضٌ , and قُبْضَةٌ . Taken to the mercy of God; (A;) dead. (S.)
Nounمُتَقَبِّضٌ1 sense

Core sense — drawn together, contracted, shrunkengenerated

1

See what follows.

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: see what next follows.
Nounمُنْقَبِّضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lion drawn together, ready to springgenerated

1a lion prepared to springمَتَقَبِّضٌ

Or: a lion drawn together, and one prepared to spring; but the conjunction is better omitted.

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, (O, TS,) or مَتَقَبِّضٌ , (K,) A lion prepared to spring: (K:) or a lion drawn together: and one prepared to spring: (O, TA:) but the conjunction should rather be omitted. (TA.)