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زلّفهُ , (O, TA,) inf. n. تَزْلِيفٌ , (O,) He did it previously, or beforehand; namely, a thing; (IAar, O, TA;) as, for instance, an evil action; (O, TA;) and so ↓ زَلَفَهُ ; (IAar, TA;) syn. أَسْلَفَهُ , (O, TA,) and قَدَّمَهُ . (IAar, O, TA.) ― -b2- زلّف النَّاسَ , inf. n. as above, He disquieted, or agitated, the people, step by step: (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, O, TA:) accord. to Z, said of a guide. (TA.) ― -b3- زلّف فِى حَدِيثِهِ , (inf. n. as above, K,) He added, or exaggerated, in his discourse, or narration; (IDrd, O, K;) as also ذرّف . (IDrd, O.)

ازلفهُ He made, brought, or drew, him, or it, (namely, a thing, TA,) near. (S, Mgh, Msb, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xxvi. 90 and 1. 30], وَأُزْلِفَتِ ا@لْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ And Paradise shall be brought near to the pious: meaning, accord. to Zj, that their entrance thereinto shall become near, and their view thereof. (TA.) [ بِهِ ↓ ازدلف also signifies the same as ازلفه (agreeably with analogy); as is shown by what here follows:] it is said in a trad. of Mohammad El-Bákir, مَا لَكَ مِنْ عَيْشِكَ اـِلَّا لَذَّةٌ تَزْدَلِفُ بِكَ اـِلَى حِمَامِكَ [i. e. There is not remaining to thee, of thy life, save a pleasure that brings thee near to thy predestined term]. (O, TA.) And ↓ ازدلفهُ means He, or it, brought him near to destruction. (TA.) ― -b2- Also He collected it together; (Msb, TA;) namely, a thing. (Msb.) Hence, in the Kur [xxvi. 64], وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الا=خَرِينَ [And we collected there the others]. (TA.)

تَزَلَّفَ see the next paragraph.

اِزْدَلَفَ , (Mgh, Msb,) originally اِزْتَلَفَ , (Msb,) or اِزْدَلَفُوا , and ↓ تزلّفوا , (S, O, L, K,) He, or they, approached, or drew near: (Mgh, O, L, Msb, TA: in the K, تَفَرَّقُوا is erroneously put for تَقَرَّبُوا : TA:) or (O, accord. to the K “ and ”) advanced; or went forward, or before: (S, O, K:) اـِلَيْهِ [to him, or it], (Mgh, K,) and مِنْهُ [which means the same, as after دَنَا &c.]: (TA, and Har p. 452:) [and ↓ زَلَفَ and زَلَفُوا , inf. n. app. زَلْفٌ and زَلَفٌ , signify the same: for] you say also, اـِلَيْهِ ↓ زَلَفَ He drew near to him, or it: and لَهُ ↓ زَلَفْنَا We advanced, or went forward, to him, or it: (TA:) and زَلْفٌ signifies the act of advancing, or going forward, (A'Obeyd, S, TA,) from place to place; as also زَلَفٌ . (TA.) One says, ازدلف السَّهْمُ اـِلَى كَذَا The arrow approached, or drew near, to such a thing. (Msb.) And it is said in a trad., فَاـِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَا@ْزْدَلِفْ اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ فِيهِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ , meaning تَقَرَّبْ [i. e., When the sun declines from the meridian, then seek thou to draw near unto God therein by means of the prayers of two rek'ahs]. (TA.) -A2- See also 4, in two places.

زَلْفٌ : see زُلْفَةٌ .

زُلْفٌ : see its accus. case voce زُلْفَةٌ , near the end of the paragraph.

زِلْفٌ A meadow; syn. رَوْضَةٌ ; (TS, K;) and so ↓ زَلَفَةٌ : (IB, TA:) thus the latter is expl. as occurring in a trad. relating to Ya-jooj and Ma-jooj, in which it is said, ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ ا@للّٰهُ مَطَرًا فَيَغْسِلُ الأَرْضَ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهَا كَالزَّلَفَةِ [Then God will send rain, and it will wash the earth so that it will leave it like the meadow]: but in this instance, several other meanings are assigned to it: see زَلَفَةٌ below. (TA.)

زَلَفٌ : see زُلْفَةٌ , in two places: -A2- and see also زَلَفَةٌ , in five places.

زُلُفٌ : see its accus. case voce زُلْفَةٌ , near the end of the paragraph.

زُلْفَةٌ i. q. قُرْبَةٌ [i. e. Nearness, with respect to rank, degree, or station]; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ زُلْفَى , (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) and ↓ زَلَفٌ . (IDrd, O, K.) [It would seem that it means also Nearness with respect to place or situation: for SM immediately adds,] hence, in the Kur [lxvii. 27], فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً , [as though meaning But when they shall see it in a state of nearness: but] Zj says that the meaning is, but when they shall see it (i. e. the punishment) near ( قَرِيبًا ): and several authors say that زُلْفَةٌ is sometimes used in the sense of قَرِيبٌ , as is stated in the 'Ináyeh. (TA.) And Station, rank, grade, or degree; as also ↓ زُلْفَى , (S, O, K, TA,) and ↓ زَلْفٌ , (TS, K,) and ↓ زَلَفٌ : (K, TA:) pl. of the first زُلَفٌ : (S, * TA:) or (K) ↓ زُلْفَى is a quasi-inf. n.; (S, K;) and such it is in the saying in the Kur [xxxiv. 36], وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ بِا@لَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدِنَا زُلْفَى , as though meaning ا@زْدِلَافًا [i. e. And neither your riches nor your children are what will bring you near to us in advancement: but here it may be well rendered, in station]: (S:) accord. to Ibn- 'Arafeh, زُلْفَى signifies the bringing very near: (TA:) the saying of Ibn-El-Tilimsánee that it is pl. of زُلْفَةٌ is very strange, and unknown; the correct pl. of this last word being زُلَفٌ . (MF, TA.) ― -b2- Also A portion (S, K) of the first part (S) of the night, (S, K,) whether small or large: so accord. to Th: or, accord. to Akh, of the night absolutely: (TA:) pl. زُلَفٌ and زُلَفَاتٌ (S, K) and زُلُفَاتٌ and زُلْفَاتٌ : or زُلَفٌ signifies the hours, or periods, ( سَاعَات ,) of the night, commencing from the daytime, and the hours, or periods, of the daytime, commencing from the night: (K:) and its sing. is زُلْفَةٌ . (TA.) وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ , in the Kur [xi. 116], means And at sunset and nightfall (the مَغْرِب and the عِشَا=ء ): (Zj, TA:) some read ↓ زُلُفًا , with two dammehs; which may be a sing., like حُلُمٌ ; or a pl. of زُلْفَةٌ , like as بُسُرٌ is of بُسُرَةٌ , with damm to the س in each: [but this is not a parallel instance; for بُسُرٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which بُسُرَةٌ is the n. un., and the latter is not of the same measure as زُلْفَةٌ :] and some read ↓ زُلْفًا , which is a pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of زُلْفَةٌ , like as دُرٌّ is of دُرَّةٌ ; (K, TA;) or pl. of ↓ زَلِيفٌ , like as قُرْبٌ is of قَرِيبٌ , and غُرْبٌ of غَرِيبٌ : (TA:) and some read ↓ زُلْفَى , in which the alif [written ى ] is a denotative of the fem. gender. (K, TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

زَلَفَةٌ A full [reservoir of water such as is called] مَصْنَعَة : (S, K:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ زَلَفٌ : (S:) so, accord. to Sh, in the trad. mentioned voce زِلْفٌ : (TA:) or ↓ زَلَفٌ signifies full watering-troughs, (K,) as pl. [or coll. gen. n.] of زَلَفَةٌ : (TA:) or a full watering-trough. (K.) Also A [bowl such as is called] صَحْفَة : (K;) and so ↓ زُلْفَةٌ ; (Ibn-'Abbád, K;) of which the pl. is زُلَفٌ : (TA:) or a full صَحْفَة ; and its pl. [or coll. gen. n.] is ↓ زَلَفٌ . (Lth, TA.) Also A green [vessel of the kind called] اـِجَّانَة : (K:) so says AO: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] ↓ زَلَفٌ ; and ↓ مَزَالِفُ likewise signifies green أَجَاجِين [app. as an anomalous pl. of زَلَفَةٌ or of زَلَفٌ , like as مَشَابِهُ is of شَبَهٌ ]; both, also, mentioned on the authority of AO. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A mother-of-pearl-'shell, or an oyster-shell; syn. صَدَفَةٌ : (K:) Kt says that الزَّلَفَة in the trad. mentioned above voce زِلْفٌ has been expl. as meaning the مَحَارَة , i. e. the صَدَفَة ; but he adds, I know not this explanation, unless a pool of water be called محارة because the water returns ( يَحُورُ ) to it and collects in it. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A smooth rock: (K:) so, too, said to mean in the same trad.: and some read الزلقة . (TA.) And Rugged ground. (K.) And Swept ground. (K.) And An even part of a soft mountain. (K.) Pl. (K) [or rather coll. gen. n.] in all these senses (TA) ↓ زَلَفٌ . (K.) ― -b4- See also زِلْفٌ . ― -b5- Also A mirror: (O, K: [in the CK, المَرْأَةُ is put in the place of المِرْا=ةُ :]) [like زَلَقَةٌ :] mentioned by IB on the authority of Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, and by Sgh on that of Ks: and so, too, it is said to mean in the trad. mentioned above; the earth being likened thereto because of its evenness and cleanness: (TA:) or the face thereof; (K;) as is said by IAar. (TA.)

زُلْفَى : see زُلْفَةٌ , in four places.

عُقْبَةٌ زَلُوفٌ [A stage of a journey] far-extend- ing: (O, K:) so says IF. (O.) [In the CK, عَقَبَةٌ is erroneously put for عُقْبَةٌ .]

زَلِيفٌ Advancing; or going forward, or before. (O, K. [It is said in the TA that المُتَقَدِّمُ as the explanation of الزَّلِيفُ is erroneously put in the copies of the K for التَّقَدُّمُ : but this assertion is app. itself erroneous.]) See زُلْفَةٌ , near the end of the paragraph.

[ أَزْلَفُ expl. by Golius as on the authority of the KL, and by Freytag after him, as meaning Parvo naso præditus ejusque recto ac parvo mucrone, is a mistake for أَذْلَفُ , thus written in my copy of the KL.]

[ أَزْلَفَةٌ and أَزْلَفَى expl. by Freytag as meaning Copia parva, cœtus hominum parvus, as on the authority of El-Meydánee, are app. mistakes for أَزْفَلَةٌ and أَزْفَلَى .]

مَزْلَفَةٌ Any town ( قَرْيَةٌ ) that is between the desert and the cultivated land: pl. مَزَالِفُ : (S, * K:) the latter is syn. with بَرَاغِيلُ , signifying the towns ( بِلَاد ) that are between the cultivated land and the desert; (S;) or, between the desert and the بَحْر [i.e. sea or great river]; such as El-Ambár and El-Kádiseeyeh. (M, TA.) ― -b2- [The pl.] مَزَالِفُ also signifies Places of ascent; or steps, or stairs, by which one ascends: (K:) because they bring one near to the place to which he ascends. (TA.) -A2- For the pl. مَزَالِفُ , see also زَلَفَةٌ .