عنف

عُنْفٌ ذ (S, Mgh, O, K, &c.) and ↓ عَنْفٌ and ↓ عِنْفٌ [the first of which is an inf. n.] Ungentleness, roughness, harshness, rigorousness, severity, violence, or vehemence; (TA;) contr. of رِفْقٌ. (S, Mgh, O, K, TA.) It is said of God, in a trad., يُعْطِى عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِى عَلَى العُنْفِ [ He gives on account of gentleness in the petitioner, what He will not give on account of ungentleness ]. (O.)