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Kh-Dad-Ayn
To be lowly/humble/submissive, to be still, to be soft in speech, to bend/stoop/lower/lower.
khada'a
vb. (1) impf. act.
33:32
يَانِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَد ٍ مِنَ النِسَاء إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلاَ تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِه ِِ مَرَض ٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلا ً مَعْرُوفا ً
Yā Nisā'a An-Nabīyi Lastunna Ka'aĥadin Mina An-Nisā' 'Ini Attaqaytunna Falā TakhĐa`na Bil-Qawli Fayaţma`a Al-Ladhī Fī Qalbihi MaraĐun Wa Qulna Qawlāan Ma`rūfāan
O women of the prophet, you are not like any other women. If you are righteous, then do not speak too softly, lest those with disease in their hearts will move with desire; you shall speak in an honorable manner.
pcple. act.
26:4
إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَة ً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ
'In Nasha' Nunazzil `Alayhim Mina As-Samā'i 'Āyatan Fažallat 'A`nāquhum Lahā KhāĐi`īna
If We wish, We could send down for them from the heavens a sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.
Hans Wehr
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