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رذل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استرذلهُ ذ [ He reckoned him or esteemed him, or he found him to be, or he desired that he might be, low, base, vile, mean, or contemptible: or he reckoned it or esteemed it, or found it to be, or desired that it might be, bad, corrupt, vile, base, abominable, or disapproved: ] contr. of اِسْتَجَادَهُ. (O, K.) Hence the trad., مَا ا@سْتَرْذَلَ ا@للّٰهُ عَبْدًا اـِلَّا حَظَرَ عَنْهُ العِلْمَ وَالأَدَبَ [ God desires not that a servant (meaning a man ) may be low, base, vile, mean or contemptible, but He withholds from him knowledge, or science, and discipline of the mind, or good qualities and attributes of the mind or soul, &c.]. (O, TA.)

Derived headwords

استرذلهُverb
  1. 1.
مَا ا@سْتَرْذَلَ
ا@للّٰهُ عَبْدًا اـِلَّا حَظَرَ عَنْهُ العِلْمَ وَالأَدَبَ