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و ك ل

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root وكل. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

وَكَلَهُ اـِلَى رَأْيِهِ , inf. n. وَكْلٌ and وُكُولٌ , He left him to his opinion, or judgment. (TA.) And وَكَلْتُهُ اـِلَى نَفْسِهِ , aor. يَكِلُ , inf. n. وُكُولٌ , [I left him to himself;] I did not manage his affair, nor aid him. (Msb.) And كِلْنِى اـِلَى كَذَا Leave thou me to manage such a thing. (TA.) ― -b2- وَكَلْتُهُ اـِلَى دِينِهِ [I left him to his religion, not interfering with him therein]. (S, Msb, K, voce دَيَّنْتُهُ .)

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وَكَّلَهُ بِشَىْءٍ He appointed him, or intrusted him, as his commissioned agent, factor, or deputy, with the management, or disposal, of a thing. ― -b2- وَكَّلْتُ بِفُلَانٍ I associated a وَكِيل [or factor, &c.] with such a one. (T in art. بِ .)

تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ , and عليه ↓ اِتَّكَلَ , He relied upon him; (S, Msb;) and confided in him: (Msb:) he submitted himself to him. (K.) ― -b2- تَوَكَّلَ بِالأَمْرِ He became responsible to him for the management of the affair. (TA.) ― -b3- تَوَكَّلَ لَهُ بِهِ He became responsible to him for it. (TA.) ― -b4- تَوَكَّلَ فِى أَمْرٍ He became وَكِيل in an affair. ― -b5- توكّل بِمَالِ أَحَدٍ He became administrator of one's property.

تَوَاكَلَهُ He deserted him, or it: i. q. تركته : see two exs. voce سَدِرٌ .

اـِوْتَكَلَ see 5. ― -b2- مُتَّكَلٌ is used as an inf. n. of اِتَّكَلَ .

وَكَلٌ and ↓ وُكَلَةٌ and ↓ تُكَلَةٌ An impotent man, (S, K,) who commits his affair to another. (S.)

وُكَلَةٌ : see وَكَلٌ

تُكَلَةٌ : see وَكَلٌ

وَكِيلٌ A witness; syn. شَهِيدٌ . (Jel, ii. 66; and iv. 169.) ― -b2- A commissioned agent; a factor; a deputy.

وَكَالَةٌ , for دَارُ الوَكَالَةِ , A factory: pl. وَكَايءِلُ .

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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Groups 39:38Quranic text

وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّنْخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَلَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُقُلْأَفَرَءَيْتُممَّاتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِإِنْأَرَادَنِىَٱللَّهُبِضُرٍّهَلْهُنَّكَٰشِفَٰتُضُرِّهِۦٓأَوْأَرَادَنِىبِرَحْمَةٍهَلْهُنَّمُمْسِكَٰتُرَحْمَتِهِۦقُلْحَسْبِىَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِيَتَوَكَّلُٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

Reference 39:38

قَدْكَانَتْلَكُمْأُسْوَةٌحَسَنَةٌفِىٓإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَٱلَّذِينَمَعَهُۥٓإِذْقَالُوا۟لِقَوْمِهِمْإِنَّابُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟مِنكُمْوَمِمَّاتَعْبُدُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِكَفَرْنَابِكُمْوَبَدَابَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَكُمُٱلْعَدَٰوَةُوَٱلْبَغْضَآءُأَبَدًاحَتَّىٰتُؤْمِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَحْدَهُۥٓإِلَّاقَوْلَإِبْرَٰهِيمَلِأَبِيهِلَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّلَكَوَمَآأَمْلِكُلَكَمِنَٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍرَّبَّنَاعَلَيْكَتَوَكَّلْنَاوَإِلَيْكَأَنَبْنَاوَإِلَيْكَٱلْمَصِيرُ

Reference 60:4

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