Quran glossary · draft

زُلَف، أَزْلَفَ، زُلْفَى، زُلْفَة

proximity

An entity is situated, or caused to become situated, at low distance from a reference point on a contextually fixed dimension.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 10

Roots: زلف

Lemmas: أزلفت · زلفى · زلفة

Forms: أُزْلِفَتِ · زُلْفَىٰٓ · زُلْفَىٰ · زُلَفًا · أَزْلَفْ · زُلْفَةً · أُزْلِفَتْ

Occurrence examples (10 of 10)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 10.

11:114

وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ إِنَّ ٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ يُذْهِبْنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ

26:64

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

26:90

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

34:37

وَمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ

38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

38:40

وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

39:3

أَلَا لِلَّهِ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْخَالِصُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ زُلْفَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِى مَا هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ

50:31

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

67:27

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Where other meanings fail

night segment

26:90

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Alternative: the Garden was made a night segment for the God-conscious

Research rendering: the Garden was brought near to the God-conscious

Night belongs to the partitive construction at 11:114 and cannot substitute into the causative Garden clause.

move physically

38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

Alternative: David has physical movement with Us

Research rendering: David has closeness with Us

The عندنا relation and good return profile standing, with no path or moving body asserted.

divine favor

67:27

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

Alternative: they saw the threatened event as divine favor

Research rendering: they saw the threatened event near at hand

The sight distresses the disbelievers and makes the threatened event imminent; positive evaluation cannot be invariant.