نزل

مَنْزِلَةٌ ذ A space which one traverses in journeying. (TA, art. سير.) ― -b2- مَنْزِلَةٌ, used unrestrictedly, Station, standing, footing, or grade; honourable station or rank; a place of preferment. ― -b3- A predicament in which one stands. ― -b4- كَلِمَةٌ بِمَنْزِلَةِ كَلِمَةٍ أُخْرَى A word equivalent, or similar, to another word. ― -b5- [You say] يُسْتَعْمَلُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ كَذَا It (a word) is used in the manner of such [ another word ]; generally with respect to government, not necessarily with respect to meaning. (The lexicons passim.) ― -b6- النَّازِلُ مِنَ الدِّينِ والدُّنْيَا مَنْزِلَةَ النُّورِ مِنَ العَيْنِ Who is, in respect to religion and the world, as light to the eye.