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Form 1وَقَفَ10 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarوَقْفٌ وُقُوفٌ

Core sense — he stood still, he paused; he understood it; he made him know itgenerated

1.1

He was, or became, still, or stationary; [he stood still;] he continued standing; and [simply] he stood.

The opposite of جَلَسَ.

1.1.1he made the beast stand still, or become motionless—وَقَفَ الدَّابَّةَ

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1.1.2he stopped, or paused, at him, or it, on coming to him, or it—وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ
1.1.3he paused at a thing and paid attention to it—وَقَفَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ
1.1.4he comprehended it, namely a meaning; he understood it—وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ

[Or, correctly, وُقِفَ, for it is altered there.]

1.1.5

He met with it, namely a word or the like, in reading; this sense occurs often.

1.1.6he saw it—وُقِفَ عَلَيْهِ

Also: he was brought into it and knew what was in it; he was made to know it surely.

See Bd, 6:27 and 6:30.

1.1.7I made him know his crime, sin, or fault—وَقَفْتُهُ على ذَنْبِهِ

أَوْقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ has the same meaning.

1.1.8he withstood, he resisted—وَقَفَ

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Construed with عَنْ.

1.1.9[he bequeathed it, or gave it, unalienably]—وَقَفَهُ

Also said as أَوْقَفَهُ and وَقَّفَهُ; the first of the three is the most chaste, and the last is disapproved and rare.

See the article حبس.

See مُؤَبَّدٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
6:27
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"

6:30
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَـٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea, by our Lord!" He will say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected Faith."

37:24
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

"But stop them, for they must be asked:

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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He was, or became, still, or stationary; (Msb;) [he stood still;] he continued standing: (K:) and [simply] he stood; contr. of جَلَسَ . (TA.) وَقَفَ الدَّابَّةَ , inf. n. وَقْفٌ , He made the beast to be, or become, still, or motionless. (Msb.) وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ He stopped, or paused, upon coming to him, or it; he stopped, or paused, at it; or where he, or it, was. وَقَفَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He paused at, and paid attention to, a thing. وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ He comprehended it, namely, a meaning: he understood it. (TA. [Or, correctly, وُقِفَ , for it is there altered.]) He met with it; namely, a word or the like, in reading: often occurring in this sense. وُقِفَ عَلَيْهِ He saw it: and he was introduced into it, and knew what was in it. (TA.) He was made to know it surely. See Bd, vi. 27 and 30. وَقَفْتُهُ على ذَنْبِهِ I made him acquainted with, or made him to know, his crime, sin, fault, or the like; (S, K:) and so أَوْقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ , q. v. (Mgh.) وَقَفَ , aor. وَقِفَ , inf. n. وُقُوفٌ , He withstood, resisted: governing by عَنْ . وَقَفَهُ and أَوْقَفَهُ and وَقَّفَهُ [He bequeathed it, or gave it, unalienably:] the first of these is the most chaste: the last is disapproved and rare. (TA, art. حبس .) See مُؤَبَّدٌ .
Form 2وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ6 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَوْقِيفٌ

Core sense — he made him pause at a thing; he informed him of itgenerated

2.1

[He made him pause, or wait, at the thing, or affair.]

Given in the article ثبط.

See the quasi-passive تَوَقَّفَ, and see ثَبَّطَهُ.

2.1.1he taught him the places of pausing, in reading—وَقَّفَهُ

And hence: he made him know a thing.

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2.1.2he made him acquainted with the thing; he informed him of it; he gave him notice of it—وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ

In the sense of عَرَّفَهُ إِيَّاهُ; and although it occurs often, وَقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ seems to be post-classical.

[God taught, or revealed to, Adam what He pleased to teach him]—وَقَّفَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى مَا شَآءَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ إِيَّاهُ

It is used in this sense, or as meaning that He (God) revealed the thing to him, in many places in the Mz, 1st نوع; as, for example, in the following instance, cited from IF.

2.1.3he explained the tradition—وَقَّفَ الحَدِيثَ

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Synonymous with بَيَّنَهُ.

2.1.4

تَوْقِيفٌ as a legal term: see نَصَّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مَّا.

2.1.5

See form 1.

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[He made him to pause, or wait, at the thing, or affair]. (K, TA, in art. ثبط .) See the quasi-pass. تَوَقَّفَ : and see ثَبَّطَهُ . وَقَّفَهُ , inf. n. تَوْقِيفٌ He taught him the places of pausing, in reading. (Mgh.) And hence, He made him to know a thing. (Mgh.) وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ , meaning عَرَّفَهُ إِيَّاهُ , He made him acquainted with the thing; informed him of it; gave him notice of it; though often occurring, for وَقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ , seems to be post-classical. It is used in this sense, or as meaning He (God) revealed to him the thing, in many places in the Mz, 1st نوع : as, for ex, in the following instance, cited from IF, وَقَّفَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى مَا شَآءَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ إِيَّاهُ [God taught, or revealed to, Adam what He pleased to teach him]. وَقَّفَ الحَدِيثَ , (JK,) inf. n. تَوْقِيفٌ , (K,) He explained the tradition; syn. بَيَّنَهُ . (JK, K. *) تَوْقِيفٌ , as a legal term: see نَصَّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مَّا . See 1
Form 3وَاقَفَ1 sense

Core sense — he stood with another in a competition, he was his partner in a matchgenerated

3.1

He stood with another in a competition; he was a partner in a match, and the like.

See رَسِيلٌ.

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He stood with another in a competition; was a partner in a match, &c.: see رَسِيلٌ .
Form 4أَوْقَفَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he acquainted him with a thinggenerated

4.1

See form 1.

4.1.1he acquainted him with a thing—أَوْقَفَهُ عَلَى شَىْءٍ
4.1.2

اوقفته عَلَى ذَنْبِهِ: see وَقَفْتُهُ, which is the expression commonly known.

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see 1. أَوْقَفَهُ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He acquainted him with a thing. اوقفته عَلَى ذَنْبِهِ : see وَقَفْتُهُ , which is the expression commonly known.
Form 5تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he paused at a thing; he refrained from it; it depended upon itgenerated

5.1figurative · مجازI paused, or waited, at this thing, or affair—تَوَقَّفْتُ عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ

He paused, or waited, at the thing; synonymous with تَلَبَّثَ.

According to some copies, تَثَبَّتَ.

[he paused, or waited, at the reply to his speech]—تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى جَوَابِ كَلَامِهِ
he limited, or restricted, himself to what had been heard [from the Arabs, with respect to a construction and the like]; he did not go beyond it—تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى السَّمَاعِ

See مُتَوَقَّفٌ.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe paused upon it; he hesitated, or deliberated, about it—تَوَقَّفَ فِيهِ

Occurs very frequently.

5.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe held back, refrained, or abstained, from the thing, or affair—تَوَقَّفَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
5.1.3it rested, or was founded, or depended, upon such a thing—تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى كَذَا

Said, for instance, of an opinion or a judgment, of the truth of an evidence or a demonstration, and of the result of an inquiry or investigation.

its origination rests upon such a thing—يَتَوَقَّفُ حُصُولُهُ عَلَى كَذَا

Said of knowledge; as, for instance, that it rests upon speculation.

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He paused, or waited, at the thing; syn. تَلَبَّثَ . (IDrd, K, TA.) (Accord. to some copies of the K, تَثَبَّتَ .] You say, تَوَقَّفْتُ عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ I paused, or waited, at this thing, or affair. (TA.) And تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى جَوَابِ كَلَامِهِ [He paused, or waited, at the reply to his speech]. (TA.) And hence, تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى السَّمَاعِ He limited, or restricted, himself to what had been heard [from the Arabs, with respect to a construction, &c.]; did not transgress it, or overstep it. See مُتَوَقَّفٌ . تَوَقَّفَ فِيهِ He paused upon it; he hesitated, or deliberated, respecting it. Of very frequent occurrence. تَوَقَّفَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He held, refrained, or abstained, from the thing, or affair. (Msb.) تَوَقَّفَ عَلَى كَذَا It (for instance, an opinion or a judgment, and the truth of an evidence or a demonstration, and the result of an inquiry or investigation) rested, was founded or grounded, depended, or was dependent, upon such a thing. You say, of knowledge, يَتَوَقَّفُ حُصُولُهُ عَلَى كَذَا Its origination rests upon such a thing; as, for instance, speculation.

Derived nouns 4

Nounوَقْفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an entailed, unalienable legacy or gift; the halting of the pilgrimsgenerated

1

An entailed, or unalienable, legacy or gift; a mortmain.

See أَرْقَبَ.

1.1the halting of the pilgrims at Mount ʿArafát—الوُقُوفُ بِعَرَفَات
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An entailed, or unalienable, legacy or gift; a mortmain. See أَرْقَبَ . الوُقُوفُ بِعَرَفَات The halting of the pilgrims at Mount 'Arafát.
Nounحَبِطَ مَوْقِفُ الفَرَسِ1 sense

Core sense — the horse's belly was inflatedgenerated

1

The horse's belly was inflated.

See حَبِطَ.

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The horse's belly was inflated: see حَبِطَ .
Nounمَوْقُوفُ عَلَى حَدِّ كُفْرٍ1 sense

Core sense — brought to the verge of unbeliefgenerated

1

Brought to the verge of unbelief.

See حَدٌّ.

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Brought to the verge of infidelity: see حَدٌّ .
Nounأَنَا مُتَوَقّفٌ فى هٰذَا1 sense

Core sense — I am pausing, or hesitating, about thisgenerated

1

[I am pausing, or hesitating, about this;] I do not form, or give, a decided opinion about this.

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[I am pausing, or hesitating, respecting this;] I do not form, or give, a decided opinion ( لَا أُمْضِى رَأْيًا ) respecting this. (TA.)