Core sense — the face; a course, purpose, or direction; a way or modegenerated
1I resigned, or resign, myself to God—أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِى للّٰه
That is, I became, or become, a Muslim.
وجه stands here for the whole person, because it is the most noble part; or ذاتى means my course.
1.1in every respect; considered from every point of view—مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ
1.2the [proper or reasonable] way is that it should be like this—الوَجْهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا
Or: the valid and obvious way. See تُرْعَةٌ.
1.3a course, a purpose, or an object which one is pursuing—وَجْهٌ
Also a direction in which one is going or looking, and the like; and so جِهَةٌ.
1.5there is no truth, or correctness, in what you say—لَيْسَ لِكَلاَمِكَ وَجْهٌ
1.6brightness [of intellect]—وَجْهٌ
Under the word كَدٌّ.
1.7for the sake of God, or to gain God's countenance or favour—لِوَجْهِ ٱللّٰهِ
Kur 76:9.
See فِى ذَاتِ ٱللّٰهِ in the article ذُو.
1.8if it were so, it would be reasonable—لَوْكَانَ كَذَا لَكَانَ وَجْهًا
1.9there is no reasonable way of accounting for it—لَا وَجْهَ لَهُ
Said of a phrase and the like.
1.10not of respected, esteemed, or high authority—لَيسَ بِالوَجْهِ
Said of a word or phrase and the like.
Or: it is not the proper way.
Perhaps the same as لَيْسَ بِوَجِيةٍ.
1.11from a desire of God's recompense—اِبْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللّٰهِ
Kur 2:274.
Or countenance, meaning favour.
Several similar phrases occur in the Kur, where وجه is explained in this same sense of ثَوَابٌ.
1.12[he withheld him, or restrained him, from his course, purpose, or object]—جَبَسَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ
In the article الت.
1.13he turned the thing away, or back, from its course—صَرَفَ الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَجْهُهُ
Also عَنْ سَنَنِهِ.
1.14the hair of his face grew forth—خَرَجَ وَجْهُهُ
In the article مرد, and under the word استعلج.
[This stands for خَرَجَ نَبَاتُ وَجْهِهِ.]
1.15the beginning of time—وَجْهُ الدَّهْرِ
the beginning of the day—نَهَارٍ
1.16
رَوَاهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, in the article قص, and حَدَّثَ بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, in the article قص: see قَصَّ in two places.
1.17
أَتَيْتُ الأَمْرَ مِنْ وَجَهِهِ and the like, and جِهَتِهِ: see مَأْتًى.
1.18the drift of speech—وَجْهٌ
1.19[he went at random, heedlessly, or headlong]—مَضَىَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ
And so ذَهَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ.
See رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ in the article ركب.
1.20[he went away at random wherever he wished]—دَهَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَيْثُ شَآءَ
In the article سوم.
1.21
بَلَّتْ مَطِيَّتُهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا and أَبَلَّتْ: see form 1 in the article بل.
1.22make your requests, for the things you need, to persons of good rank or station—أُطْلُبُوا الحَوَائِجَ إِنَى حِسَانِ الوُجُوهِ
El-Hasan El-Muäddib, in the article نضر.
1.23figurative · مجاز — inferredconsideration and regard—وَجْهٌ
See form 3 in the article اسو.
1.24the place towards which one goes—وَجْهٌ
the place towards which one goes—جِهَةٌ
Or: the place, region, quarter, part, or point towards which a person or thing goes, tends, or is directed. This is how I have rendered جِهَةٌ. See صُقْعٌ.
any place towards which one looks or goes—جِهَةٌ مَسْجُوحٌ
the place, or point, of the tendency, direction, or bearing of anything—وِجْهُةٌ
in the direction of such a thing—جِهَةَ كَذَا
towards one quarter—لِجِهَةٍ
1.25the point, or place, to which the road leads—وَجْهُ الطَّرِيقِ
See ذَنَابَةٌ.
the end, or result, of an affair, to which it leads—وَجْهُ أَمْرٍ
the end, or result, of an affair, to which it leads—جِهَتُهُ
1.26[they shot in one direction]—رَمَوْا وَجْهًا وَاحِدًا
Under the word رِشْقٌ.
1.27the first, or beginning, of the ضُحَى—وَجْهُ الضُّحَى
Under the word رَوْنَقٌ, which see.
1.28a chief of a people or party—وَجْهٌ
1.29
أَتَوْا مَنْ وَجْهِهِمْ: see فَوْرٌ.
1.30the mode, or manner, of a thing—وَجْهٌ
Same as طَرِيقَةٌ.
1.31I do not know what its meaning is—مَا أَدْرِى مَا وَجْهُهُ
1.32apparently: he degraded her, he took away her grade—أَخَذَ وَجْهَهَا
[And hence: he took her maidenhead. See وَجَّهْتِ سِجَافَتَهُ.]
Qur’ānic occurrences وَجْه 5 shown of 66
75:22
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌSome faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-
75:24
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌAnd some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
80:38
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌSome faces that Day will be beaming,
88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌSome faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Ayaat examples are given related to the entry.
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أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِى للّٰه I resigned, or resign, myself to God: i. e., I became, or become, * Muslim: وجه is here used for the whole because it is the most noble part: (Jel, ii. 106:) or ذاتى my course. (TA.) مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ In every respect; considered from every point of view. الوَجْهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا The [proper or reasonable] way is that it should be thus: or the valid and obvious [way]. (Msb.) See تُرْعَةٌ . وَجْهٌ A course, a purpose, or an object, which one is pursuing; a direction in which one is going or looking, & c. as also جِهَةٌ . The way of a thing. (TA.) لَيْسَ لِكَلاَمِكَ وَجْهٌ There is no truth, or correctness, in thy saying. (TA.) وَجْهٌ Brightness [of intellect]. (L, voce كَدٌّ .) لِوَجْهِ ٱللّٰهِ (Kur, lxxvi. 9) For the sake of God; or to obtain the countenance or favour of God. (Kull, p. 378.) See فِى ذَاتِ ٱللّٰهِ in art. ذُو . لَوْكَانَ كَذَا لَكَانَ وَجْهًا Were it so, it were reasonable. لَا وَجْهَ لَهُ , said of a phrase, &c., There is no reasonable way of accounting for it. لَيسَ بِالوَجْهِ same as لَيْسَ بِوَجِيةٍ ? Not of respectable, or esteemed, or high, authority: (said of a word or phrase, &c.:) or it is not the proper way. اِبْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللّٰهِ From a desire of God's recompense: (Kur, ii. 274; and Expos. of the Jeláleyn:) or countenance, meaning favour. There are several similar phrases in the Kur, where وجه is explained in the same sense of ثَوَابٌ in the Expos. of the Jeláleyn. جَبَسَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ [He withheld him, or restrained him, from his course, purpose, or object]. (S, art. الت .) صَرَفَ الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَجْهُهُ He turned the thing away, or back, from its course, عَنْ سَنَنِهِ . (TA.) خَرَجَ وَجْهُهُ (S, A, L, art. مرد ; and L voce استعلج ;) [for خَرَجَ نَبَاتُ وَجْهِهِ , The hair of his face grew forth]. وَجْهُ الدَّهْرِ The beginning of time, (K,) and نَهَارٍ of day. (TA.) رَوَاهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ , (S, K, art. قص ,) and حَدَّثَ بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ : (Msb, art. قص :) see قَصَّ , in two places. أَتَيْتُ الأَمْرَ مِنْ وَجَهِهِ , &c., and جِهَتِهِ : see مَأْتًى . وَجْهٌ The drift of speech. (K, Kull, p. 378.) مَضَىَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ [He went at random, heedlessly, headlong, or in a heedless, or headlong, course, or manner; and so ذَهَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ]: see رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ in art. ركب . دَهَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَيْثُ شَآءَ [He went away at random whither he would]. (TA in art. سوم .) بَلَّتْ مَطِيَّتُهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا and أَبَلَّتْ : see 1 in art. بل . أُطْلُبُوا الحَوَائِجَ إِنَى حِسَانِ الوُجُوهِ Make ye petition, for the things that ye want, to persons of good rank or station. (El-Hasan El-Muäddib, in TA, art. نضر .) وَجْهٌ Consideration and regard. See 3 in art. اسو . وَجْهٌ and جِهَةٌ The place towards which one goes: (Munjid of Kr:) or the place, region, quarter, part, or point, towards which a person, or thing, goes, tends, or is directed: so I have rendered جِهَةٌ : see صُقْعٌ , and جِهَةٌ مَسْجُوحٌ signifies any place towards which one looks or goes; as also وِجْهُةٌ : (Har, p. 373:) the place, or point, of the tendency or direction or bearing of anything: whence جِهَةَ كَذَا in the direction of such a thing: and لِجِهَةٍ towards one quarter. Hence, وَجْهُ الطَّرِيقِ The point, or place, to which the way, or road, leads: see ذَنَابَةٌ . And in like manner, وَجْهُ أَمْرٍ and جِهَتُهُ The end, or result, of an affair, to which it leads, or tends. رَمَوْا وَجْهًا وَاحِدًا [They shot in one direction]. (M voce رِشْقٌ .) وَجْهُ الضُّحَى The first, or beginning, of the ضُحَى . (TA voce رَوْنَقٌ , q. v.) وَجْهٌ A chief of a people or party. (K.) أَتَوْا مَنْ وَجْهِهِمْ : see فَوْرٌ . وَجْهٌ i. q. طَرِيقَةٌ [meaning The mode, or manner, of a thing]. (KL.) مَا أَدْرِى مَا وَجْهُهُ I know not what is its meaning. أَخَذَ وَجْهَهَا [app. He degraded her; took away her grade: and hence he took her maidenhead: see وَجَّهْتِ سِجَافَتَهُ ].