وقف

2 وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ ذ [ He made him to pause, or wait, at the thing, or affair ]. (K, TA, in art. ثبط.) See the quasi-pass. تَوَقَّفَ: and see ثَبَّطَهُ. ― -b2- وَقَّفَهُ, inf. n. تَوْقِيفٌ He taught him the places of pausing, in reading. (Mgh.) And hence, He made him to know a thing. (Mgh.) ― -b3- وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, meaning عَرَّفَهُ اـِيَّاهُ, He made him acquainted with the thing; informed him of it; gave him notice of it; though often occurring, for وَقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ, seems to be post-classical. It is used in this sense, or as meaning He (God) revealed to him the thing, in many places in the Mz, 1st نوع: as, for ex, in the following instance, cited from IF, وَقَّفَ ا@للّٰهُ اآدَمَ عَلَى مَا شَاآءَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ اـِيَّاهُ [ God taught, or revealed to, Adam what He pleased to teach him ]. ― -b4- وَقَّفَ الحَدِيثَ, (JK,) inf. n. تَوْقِيفٌ, (K,) He explained the tradition; syn. بَيَّنَهُ. (JK, K. *) ― -b5- تَوْقِيفٌ, as a legal term: see نَصَّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مَّا. ― -b6- See 1