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Zay-Lam-Fa
draw near/close, advance, nearness/closeness/proximity.
Azlafnaa
(prf. 3rd. p. f. plu. IV)
We brought near, caused to draw near
Uzlifat
(pp. 3rd p.f. sing. IV)
It is brought near
Zulafan
(n. acc.)
Early hours
Zulfatan
(n. acc.)
Night
Zulfaa
(v.n.)
Approach; near
zalafa
vb. (1)
zulfa
n.f. (pl. zulaf)
11:114
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفا ً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ
Wa 'Aqimi Aş-Şalāata Ţarafayi An-Nahāri Wa Zulafāan Mina Al-Layli 'Inna Al-Ĥasanāti Yudh/hibna As-Sayyi'āti Dhālika Dhikrá Lildhdhākirīna
And hold the contact prayer at two parts of the day, and the near part of the night. The good deeds take away the bad. This is a reminder to those who remember.
34:37
وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُكُمْ بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفَى إِلاَّ مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحا ً فَأُوْلَائِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ آمِنُونَ
Wa Mā 'Amwālukum Wa Lā 'Awlādukum Bi-Atī Tuqarribukum `Indanā Zulfá 'Illā Man 'Āmana Wa `Amila Şāliĥāan Fa'ūlā'ika Lahum Jazā'u AĐ-Đi`fi Bimā `Amilū Wa Hum Fī Al-Ghurufāti 'Āminūna
And it is not your money or your children that will bring you closer to Us, but only those who believe and do good work, they will receive double the reward for their works, and they will reside in the high dwellings in peace.
38:25
فَغَفَرْنَا لَه ُُ ذَلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَه ُُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَى وَحُسْنَ مَآب ٍ
Faghafarnā Lahu Dhālika Wa 'Inna Lahu `Indanā Lazulfá Wa Ĥusna Ma'ābin
So We forgave him in this matter. And for him with Us is a near position, and a beautiful abode.
38:40
وَإِنَّ لَه ُُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَى وَحُسْنَ مَآب ٍ
Wa 'Inna Lahu `Indanā Lazulfá Wa Ĥusna Ma'ābin
And he has a near position with Us, and a wonderful abode.
39:3
أَلاَ لِلَّهِ الدِّينُ الْخَالِصُ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ~ِ أَوْلِيَاءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلاَّ لِيُقَرِّبُونَا إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلْفَى إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي مَا هُمْ فِيه ِِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِب ٌ كَفَّار ٌ
'Alā Lillāhi Ad-Dīnu Al-Khālişu Wa Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Min Dūnihi 'Awliyā'a Mā Na`buduhum 'Illā Liyuqarribūnā 'Ilá Allāhi Zulfá 'Inna Allāha Yaĥkumu Baynahum Fī Mā Hum Fīhi Yakhtalifūna 'Inna Allāha Lā Yahdī Man Huwa Kādhibun Kaffārun
Absolutely, to God is the true system. And those who set up allies besides Him: We only serve them so that they may bring us closer to God. God will judge between them in what they dispute. ForGod does not guide him who is a liar, a rejecter.
zulfah
n.f. (adv.)
67:27
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَة ً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُمْ بِه ِِ تَدَّعُونَ
Falammā Ra'awhu Zulfatan Sī'at Wujūhu Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Wa Qīla Hādhā Al-Ladhī Kuntum Bihi Tadda`ūna
So when they see it near, the faces of those who rejected will turn miserable, and it will be proclaimed: This is what you had called for!
azlafa
vb. (IV) perf. act.
26:64
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الآخَرِينَ
Wa 'Azlafnā Thamma Al-'Ākharīna
And We then brought them to the other side.
uzlifa
perf. pass.
26:90
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wa 'Uzlifati Al-Jannatu Lilmuttaqīna
And the Paradise was made near for the righteous.
50:31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيد ٍ
Wa 'Uzlifati Al-Jannatu Lilmuttaqīna Ghayra Ba`īdin
And the Paradise is brought near to the righteous, not far off.
81:13
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Wa 'Idhā Al-Jannatu 'Uzlifat
And when the Paradise is made near.
Hans Wehr
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