Letter Daal

 

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دبر - Dubur - taDaburr تدبر  - to look behind something to see it's reality.

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا
Do they not
reflect deeply on the Qur'an? (al-Nisa 4:82)


أَدْبَرَ - Idbar - lesser than tadbeer تدبير  , tried to plan something but did not think about it enough, if was given more thought it would have been tadbeer.
Tadbeer
تدبير   : includes the meanings of planning, organization and complete execution.

دَحَا - Dahaa - Dahwah دهوه was used for the egg of an ostrich; ud-hiyah أدحية is the place where the ostrich lays its egg.
Dahaa / yadhoo
يدهو  / dahwun دهون  means to smooth and level out.


دسس  - dassaa - one who completely disregardeds something and gives it no importance.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
And he has failed who
disregards it [his soul] (and fills it with corruption). [Shams 91:10]




دعا - Da'aa - call upon for help.



دعع  Da/'aa - push someone far away, without expecting that they will push you back. Push someone far away. Push someone violently with animosity and intimidation.

To intimidate someone by 'kicking them out' of a gathering. I.e. "get out of here!" = da/'a!

فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ
الْيَتِيمَ
For that is the one who
du/'u [pushes away] the orphan. [Ma'un 107:2]

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا -
(The Day they will be pushed [yuda/'oona] into the fire of the torture chamber of hell, [da/'a!] a forceful violent push!) [at-Toor 52:13]



دَافِقٍ - daafiq - dafaqa دفق - push/break/gush through.

[mentioned in: surah Tariq 86:6,]



دَمْدَمَ - damdama = to pound something on the ground so much so that it becomes flat and one with the ground.
Lisan al arab Dictionary; damdama
- a punishment which you cannot escape from.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ
عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
But they denied him and stabbed/cut
her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal. [Shams 91:14]



دينِ - Deen -  from Daana دان /yadeenu يدين :

Literally
- to give a loan.

A loan which the other person is expected to give back at a certain date/time. Deen refers to Payback.

So Judgment Day is called Yawm al-Deen - the Day of Payback [for good and evil].

 

دنيَا

·                     Feminine form of ادنى Adnaa, which means closer; inferior.

·                     Allah calls this worldly life closer (you get things right away) and He (SWT) also calls it inferior [to the next life].
دنيا  - Dunya - from the word Deen دين  /Daana/yaDeenu [portion/share]. The ي Y -  makes it look like the 'Smaller' Portion.
[This is used for many words i.e. 'Abd is a slave, and 'UbaYd is a small/young slave. UmaYr is the name for a small person called 'Umar etc. Similarly, DunYA is a small portion of the word Deen.]



ذ
Dhaa'iqah ذائقه  - Taste


ذَاتِ - dhaat - Possessor of something.
Characteristics of something/one. Because they Possess those attributes.


ذَٰلِكَ - Dhalik - that..


ذبح - 1  - Dhabaha/Dhibh/Dhabeeha - to slaughter something for religious motives, and a higher agenda.



Similar words
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2 - ذكه - Dhak-kah - to kill an animal quickly and painlessly. (mentioned in surah Ma'idah 5:3)

i.e. An animal is injured and is approaching death, so you quickly sacrifice it before it becomes dead
- that would be halal/permissible for you.

3 - نهر - Nahr (mentioned in surah Kawthar 108:2.)

Literally means - that which is above the chest.

Intihar /Intahara - when someone commits suicide (i.e. Hanging the neck or cutting their neck etc.)


It literally means - to cut in the throat.




ذَرأَ -Zar'an = Animal food/crop.

[similar to; أبا Abba - green pasture for animals, أكل akl - food,
طعام Ta'aam - food suitable for humans.]



ذَرَّةٍ - Dharra - smallest thing imaginable. i.e. an atom, or a speck of dust.
So whoever does an Dharra of good will see it,
And whoever does a Dharra of evil will see it.


[mentioned in; Surah Zalzalah 99:7-8]



ذكر - Dhikr - Remembrance.
تذكير - tadhkeer (taf'eel) - a powerful form of a reminder, but less than tadhkirah.
تَذْكِرَةٌ- tadhkirah - the highest form of a reminder. This Qur'an is a powerfully incredible reminder.

يَتَذَكَّرُ - Yatadhakaru , man will remember thoroughly, stop at every last memory and reflect [on Judgment Day of all that he did].

From Dhikr
ذكر  - Remembrance.

ذكر  - Dhikr = 2 things: Present something on your tongue to remember it, or remembrance in your heart.


ذَنب - dhanb - embarrassing sin.

Dhanb
- dhanab ذنب  = tail of an animal. What comes out of the behind is very bad. i.e. the tail is the behind, where animal excretion comes out from.

The Arabs had poetry where they might call their tribe the Nose of a Lion = honor. But the Tail = embarassment. Because of the location of each body part.

Related words
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Ithm
إثم - an attitude which prevents you from doing good.

 

 

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