أَلْقُ
Appears 7 times in Quran
Derived Words (3)
Words derived from the stem "أَلْقُ".
Occurrences in Quran
Found 7 verses containing "أَلْقُ".
قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
20:67; 26:45.
20:67; 26:45.
Prophets of God never attack first. They wait for an attack on the part of their opponents, for they prefer to defend and look to God for succour.
20:67; 26:45.
Important Words:
سحر عظیم (a great magic). For the meaning of the word سحر see 2:103 & 7:110.
Commentary:
Moses was not slow in availing himself of the opportunity offered and at once replied that they should throw first. The Prophets of God generally wait for an attack on the part of their opponents, for they prefer to defend and then look to God for succour.
h
20:67; 26:45.
a
20:67; 26:45.
1008
Important Words:
سحر عظیم (a great magic). For the meaning of the word سحر see 2:103 & 7:110.
Commentary:
Moses was not slow in availing himself of the opportunity offered and at once replied that they should throw first. The Prophets of God generally wait for an attack on the part of their opponents, for they prefer to defend and then look to God for succour.
g
20:67; 26:45.
1028
Prophets of God never attack first. They wait for an attack on the part of their opponents, for they prefer to defend and look to God for succour.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
Commentary:
This verse, as may be wrongly construed, does not mean that on seeing the sorcerers Moses became prepared to meet them in the contest. He knew that they were mere sorcerers and that whatever they might do would be useless and unworthy of his notice. He therefore treated them with the contempt they deserved by saying, Cast ye what you would cast, hinting that their sorcery was not worthy of notice. He, however, did not think it proper to refuse to accept their challenge outright, knowing that when the actual contest began the hollowness of their work would itself become exposed and it would then be time for him to bring home to them the falsity of their work. This he actually did, as is announced by him in the succeeding verse, What you have brought is mere sorcery. Surely, Allah will make it vain.
d
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
b
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
1354
Commentary:
This verse, as may be wrongly construed, does not mean that on seeing the sorcerers Moses became prepared to meet them in the contest. He knew that they were mere sorcerers and that whatever they might do would be useless and unworthy of his notice. He therefore treated them with the contempt they deserved by saying, Cast ye what you would cast, hinting that their sorcery was not worthy of notice. He, however, did not think it proper to refuse to accept their challenge outright, knowing that when the actual contest began the hollowness of their work would itself become exposed and it would then be time for him to bring home to them the falsity of their work. This he actually did, as is announced by him in the succeeding verse, What you have brought is mere sorcery. Surely, Allah will make it vain.
c
7:117; 20:67; 26:44.
قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ
Reuben (Gen. 37: 22).
Important Words:
غیابة (bottom) is derived from غاب which means, he was or became absent; or distant and remote; or hidden and concealed. غیابة or غیبة means, that part of anything which veils or conceals one; the bottom of a well; covert or place of concealment of birds; a low or depressed piece of land or ground; also a grave (Lane & Aqrab).
جب (deep well) is derived from جب (jabba). They say جبه i.e. he cut it; or cut it off. جب (jubb) means, a well; or a well not cased with stone or the like; or a well containing much water; or a deep well; or a well that people have found, not one that they have dug; or a well that is wide or ample (Lane & Aqrab).
سیارة (travellers) is derived from سار which means, he went or passed along; or he marched, journeyed or departed by night or by day. سیارة means, one who travels or journeys much; a caravan; a company of persons journeying. السیارة is the name of the five planets viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This verse embodies yet one more point of resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as one of the brothers of Joseph opposed the proposal to slay him and suggested instead that he should be disposed of in some other manner, so when the plot to kill the Holy Prophet was mooted and hatched at Mecca, some of the plotters objected. Similarly, when the Meccans made a compact to boycott and starve the Holy Prophet and his followers to death, some of the citizens opposed this compact and finally broke it.
1515
Important Words:
غیابة (bottom) is derived from غاب which means, he was or became absent; or distant and remote; or hidden and concealed. غیابة or غیبة means, that part of anything which veils or conceals one; the bottom of a well; covert or place of concealment of birds; a low or depressed piece of land or ground; also a grave (Lane & Aqrab).
جب (deep well) is derived from جب (jabba). They say جبه i.e. he cut it; or cut it off. جب (jubb) means, a well; or a well not cased with stone or the like; or a well containing much water; or a deep well; or a well that people have found, not one that they have dug; or a well that is wide or ample (Lane & Aqrab).
سیارة (travellers) is derived from سار which means, he went or passed along; or he marched, journeyed or departed by night or by day. سیارة means, one who travels or journeys much; a caravan; a company of persons journeying. السیارة is the name of the five planets viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This verse embodies yet one more point of resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as one of the brothers of Joseph opposed the proposal to slay him and suggested instead that he should be disposed of in some other manner, so when the plot to kill the Holy Prophet was mooted and hatched at Mecca, some of the plotters objected. Similarly, when the Meccans made a compact to boycott and starve the Holy Prophet and his followers to death, some of the citizens opposed this compact and finally broke it.
1364
Reuben (Gen. 37: 22).
ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
مفسرین لکھتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے کرتہ یعقوبؑ کے منہ پر ڈال دیا۔ جس سے وہ دیکھنے لگ گئے۔ مگر اصل بات یہ ہے کہ یوسفؑ کو یقین تھا کہ اب تک میرے باپ نے وہ کرتہ یاد رکھا ہوگا جو میں نے گم شدگی کے وقت پہنا ہوا تھا۔ جب یہ کرتہ اس کے سامنے رکھا جائے گا تو وہ سمجھ جائے گا کہ یوسفؑ زندہ ہے اور یہ اسی کا پرانا کرتہ ہے۔ اس موقعہ پر مثنوی رومیؒ کی وہ حکایت پڑھ لینی چاہیے جس میں ایاز کا ذکر ہے جب اس نے خزانہ میں رات کو جاکر نماز پڑھی۔ اس سے معلوم ہو جائے گا کہ نیک آدمی بُرے وقتوں کے کپڑے اس لئے سنبھال کے رکھتے ہیں تا ان کو خداتعالیٰ کا فضل یاد دلاتے رہیں۔
Important Words:
وجه (before) gives a number of meanings, e.g. face; the part of a thing facing one; direction etc., القی الشیء علی وجھه means, he put or placed the thing before or in front of him.
یات بصیرا (will come to know). بصیر means, seeing; endowed with mental perception; knowing (Lane).
Commentary:
Joseph gave his brothers his shirt to lay before their father, so that the sight of it might please him, as the sight of the first shirt had grieved him, and he might be induced to pray for his brothers and extend to them his pardon.
The words, he will come to know, mean that formerly Jacob had known only by Divine revelation that Joseph was alive and his knowledge was then only a matter of belief. Now, by actually seeing the shirt the belief would become converted into factual knowledge.
2
مفسرین لکھتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے کرتہ یعقوبؑ کے منہ پر ڈال دیا۔ جس سے وہ دیکھنے لگ گئے۔ مگر اصل بات یہ ہے کہ یوسفؑ کو یقین تھا کہ اب تک میرے باپ نے وہ کرتہ یاد رکھا ہوگا جو میں نے گم شدگی کے وقت پہنا ہوا تھا۔ جب یہ کرتہ اس کے سامنے رکھا جائے گا تو وہ سمجھ جائے گا کہ یوسفؑ زندہ ہے اور یہ اسی کا پرانا کرتہ ہے۔ اس موقعہ پر مثنوی رومیؒ کی وہ حکایت پڑھ لینی چاہیے جس میں ایاز کا ذکر ہے جب اس نے خزانہ میں رات کو جاکر نماز پڑھی۔ اس سے معلوم ہو جائے گا کہ نیک آدمی بُرے وقتوں کے کپڑے اس لئے سنبھال کے رکھتے ہیں تا ان کو خداتعالیٰ کا فضل یاد دلاتے رہیں۔
1593
Important Words:
وجه (before) gives a number of meanings, e.g. face; the part of a thing facing one; direction etc., القی الشیء علی وجھه means, he put or placed the thing before or in front of him.
یات بصیرا (will come to know). بصیر means, seeing; endowed with mental perception; knowing (Lane).
Commentary:
Joseph gave his brothers his shirt to lay before their father, so that the sight of it might please him, as the sight of the first shirt had grieved him, and he might be induced to pray for his brothers and extend to them his pardon.
The words, he will come to know, mean that formerly Jacob had known only by Divine revelation that Joseph was alive and his knowledge was then only a matter of belief. Now, by actually seeing the shirt the belief would become converted into factual knowledge.
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ
7:117; 26:44.
7:117.
God’s Prophets never take the offensive. They wait till they are attacked and then they defend themselves.
The cords and staves of the magicians appeared to Moses only as though they ran about. Actually they did nothing of the kind. The forces of evil at first appear to carry the day for a short while, but they soon come to grief.
7:117; 26:44.
7:117.
Important Words:
عصیھم (their staves). عصی is the plural of عصا which means: (1) a piece of wood on which one reclines, a stick, a stave; a party; the tongue (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The words "Nay, cast ye", show that the Prophets of God never take the offensive. They wait till they are attacked and then they defend themselves.
The expression یخیل الیه (appeared to him) clearly indicates that the cords and staves of the magicians only appeared to Moses as though they ran about. Actually they did nothing of the kind. The forces of evil at first appear to carry the day for a short while but they soon come to grief and suffer defeat and destruction.
c
7:117; 26:44.
d
7:117.
b
7:117; 26:44.
c
7:117.
2286
Important Words:
عصیھم (their staves). عصی is the plural of عصا which means: (1) a piece of wood on which one reclines, a stick, a stave; a party; the tongue (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The words "Nay, cast ye", show that the Prophets of God never take the offensive. They wait till they are attacked and then they defend themselves.
The expression یخیل الیه (appeared to him) clearly indicates that the cords and staves of the magicians only appeared to Moses as though they ran about. Actually they did nothing of the kind. The forces of evil at first appear to carry the day for a short while but they soon come to grief and suffer defeat and destruction.
c
7:117; 26:44.
d
7:117.
1832
God’s Prophets never take the offensive. They wait till they are attacked and then they defend themselves.
1833
The cords and staves of the magicians appeared to Moses only as though they ran about. Actually they did nothing of the kind. The forces of evil at first appear to carry the day for a short while, but they soon come to grief.
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
اِلْقَآء کے معنے اس طرح پھینکنے کے ہوتے ہیں کہ دوسرے اسے دیکھنے لگ جائیں۔ پھر عام استعمال میں صرف پھینکنے کے معنے رہ گئے (دیکھئے مفردات) پس اِلْقَآء کے معنے اصل میں یہی ہیں کہ جو کچھ دل میں ہے اسے سامنے لے آؤ تا کہ سب دیکھیں۔
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
h
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
2
اِلْقَآء کے معنے اس طرح پھینکنے کے ہوتے ہیں کہ دوسرے اسے دیکھنے لگ جائیں۔ پھر عام استعمال میں صرف پھینکنے کے معنے رہ گئے (دیکھئے مفردات) پس اِلْقَآء کے معنے اصل میں یہی ہیں کہ جو کچھ دل میں ہے اسے سامنے لے آؤ تا کہ سب دیکھیں۔
e
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
d
7:117; 10:81; 20:67.
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
21:69; 29:25.
21:69; 29:25.
21:69; 29:25.
d
21:69; 29:25.
a
21:69; 29:25.
c
21:69; 29:25.