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“And indeed I feared that whoever follows guidance
will dwell in the gardens with the Prophet Muḥammad.”
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**(Khaṭaʾ)**
**“Khāṭiʾīn” (sinners)**: Abū ʿUbaydah said that *khaṭiʾa* and *akhṭaʾa* have the same meaning. Others say: *khaṭiʾa* refers to error in religion, while *khaṭaʾ* applies to anything when someone follows a path of error, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
It is also said: **khaṭiʾa** means deliberate action, while **akhṭaʾa** means it was not deliberate.
**“A great error”** means a great sin. One says: *khaṭiʾa* when he commits a sin, and *akhṭaʾa* when he misses the correct course.
It is also said that **khaṭaʾ** means deviation from the right path intentionally, whereas **akhṭaʾa** means deviation from the right path through forgetfulness or mistake. Thus **khaṭaʾ** carries sin, while **ikhṭāʾ** carries no sin.
When a man commits a sin deliberately, he is **khāṭiʾ** (with hamzah). God says:
**“None will eat it except the sinners (al‑khāṭiʾūn).”**
**“Khaṭīʾah”**: the distance of a step between the two feet of one who steps.
**“Khaṭwah” (a step)**: a single instance of stepping.
**“Follow his footsteps and tread upon his track”** means to imitate him and follow his example.
**“The footsteps of Satan”**: it is said they mean his deeds, and it is also said they mean his sins. Another opinion says they are the thoughts that pass through the mind. It is also read with the **ṭāʾ** either with a ḍammah or with sukūn.
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**(Khafā)**
**“I conceal it (ukhfīhā)”**: I hide it; or it can mean *I reveal it*. It is one of the words with opposite meanings.
**“Khufyah”**: the noun from *concealment*. God says:
**“In humility and secretly.”**
It is also read with the **khāʾ** pronounced with kasrah.
Something is said to be **khafiya** when it becomes hidden. God says:
**“Nothing of you will remain hidden.”**
It is also read with **yāʾ** because the feminine form here is not real (grammatical only).
**“Akhfā al‑shayʾ”**: when someone conceals something. God says:
**“No soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for the eyes.”**
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**(Khalā)**
**“Takhallat”**: slipped away into seclusion.
When a man **khalā** with another man, it means they meet privately. God says:
**“And when some of them meet privately with others.”**
And: **“When they withdraw to their devils.”**
**“The generations have passed away (qad khalat al‑qurūn)”**: meaning they have gone by.
**“Ways have passed before you.”**
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**(Khawā)**
**“Khāwī”**: fallen, from *khawā al‑najm* when a star falls; or *empty*, from *khawā al‑manzil* when a dwelling becomes empty of its inhabitants.
Every elevated structure that shades you—such as a roof, house, canopy, or trellis—is called an **ʿarsh**.
In the phrase: **“upon its roofs”** in the verse **“fallen upon its roofs”**, the phrase relates to **khāwiyah**.
The meaning is that it collapsed when its roofs fell to the ground, then its walls fell upon them.
If it is taken as one statement after another, the meaning is: it is fallen while still standing over its roofs—meaning the roofs fell to the ground while the walls remained leaning over them.
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**Section Eight: Words beginning with the letter Dāl**
**(Daḥā)**
**“Daḥāhā”**: He spread it out.
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**(Darā)**
**“Fa‑dāraʾtum”**: its original form is **tadāraʾtum**, meaning you pushed against one another or disputed regarding the killing—each casting the blame upon the other.
The **tāʾ** was assimilated into the **dāl** because they share the same articulation point; when assimilated it became silent, so an **alif of connection** was added at the beginning for pronunciation.
The same occurs in words such as **iddārakū**, **iththāqaltum**, **iṭṭayyarnā**, and similar forms.
**“Fa‑daraʾū ʿan anfusikum”**: repel it from yourselves.
**“Yadraʾūn”**: they repel or ward off.
**“Nor did I make you know of it (wa lā adrākum bih)”**: meaning I did not inform you of it.
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**(Daʿā)**
**“Adʿiyāʾakum”**: those whom you have adopted. A man cannot be both a **claimant son (daʿī)** and a true son, because a real son is known through lineage. The **daʿī** is only attached by name, not by true descent. Something cannot be both genuine and not genuine at the same time.
**“It calls the one who turned away.”**
Al‑Mubarrad said it means **it punishes**, rejecting the opinion of Thaʿlab that it means **it calls out**, because he believed that it (Hell) does not literally speak.
Al‑Khalīl said: an Arab Bedouin said…
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If you want, I can also **polish this into smoother academic English** (useful for publication or citation), since the original is a **classical lexicographical explanation of Qurʾānic vocabulary**.
