LEMMA

رَجَعَ

Appears 2 times in Quran

📖 Lane's Lexicon

Classical definitions for root رجع

[1] رَجَعَ , aor. رَجِعَ , inf. n. رُجُوعٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and رَجْعٌ, (M, Msb,) but the former is that which commonly obtains and is agreeable with analogy as inf. n. of the intrans. v., and the latter as inf. n. of the trans. v., (MF, TA,) and مَرْجَعٌ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) which is anomalous, because inf. ns. [of this kind] of verbs of the measure فَعَلَ having the aor. of the measure يَفْعِلُ are [by rule] only with fet-h [to the medial radical], (S, K,) and مَرْجِعَةٌ, which is in like manner anomalous, (K,) and رُجْعَى, (S, Msb, K,) [not رُجْعًى as in the Lexicons of Golius and Freytag,] and رُجْعَانٌ, (K,) He returned; he went, or came, back [to the same place, or person, or (assumed tropical:) state, or (assumed tropical:) occupation, or (assumed tropical:) action, or (assumed tropical:) saying, &c.]; he reverted; contr. of ذَهَبَ; (ISk, Msb;) i. q. انْصَرَفَ: (K:) رُجُوعٌ signifies the returning to a former place, or (assumed tropical:) quality, or (assumed tropical:) state; (Kull p. 196;) the returning to that from which was the commencement, or from which the commencement is supposed to have been, whether it be a place, or (assumed tropical:) an action, or (assumed tropical:) a saying, and whether the returning be by the [whole] person or thing, or by a part thereof, or by an action thereof. (Er-Rághib.) Hence the saying in the Kur [lxiii. 8], لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى المَدِينَةِ [Verily if we return to the city]. (Er-Rághib.) And [in the same, xii. 63,] فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ [And when they returned to their father]. (Idem.) And in the same, [vi. 164, and xxxix. 9,] ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ مَرْجِعُكُمْ [Then unto your Lord shall be your return]: (S:) the like of which occurs in the same, vi. 60: but it may be either from [the intrans. inf. n.] رُجُوعٌ or from [the trans.] رَجْعٌ: (Er-Rághib:) it cannot be a n. of place, because it is made trans. by means of إِلَى, and also because it occurs in the Kur [v. 53, &c.], followed by جَمِيعًا, as a denotative of state: (L:) in like manner الرُّجْعَى also occurs in the Kur xcvi. 8. (TA.) You say also, رَجَعَتِ المَرْأَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا The woman returned to her family by reason of the death of her husband or by reason of divorcement. (Msb.) ― 2-b2- رَجَعَ إِلَى الصِّحَّةِ (assumed tropical:) [He returned to soundness, or health], or المَرَضِ [disease, or sickness]; and إِلَى حَالَةِ الفَقْرِ (assumed tropical:) [to the state of poverty], or الغِنَى (assumed tropical:) [wealth, or competence, or sufficiency]. (Kull p. 196.) ― 2-b3- رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ He returned in the way by which he had come. (Kull ibid.) ― 2-b4- رَجَعَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ He returned from his journey. (Msb.) ― 2-b5- رَجَعَ عَنِ الأِمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He returned [or reverted] from the affair. (Msb.) ― 2-b6- رَجَعَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ (assumed tropical:) He left, or relinquished, the thing. (Kull p. 197.) ― 2-b7- رَجَعَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ (assumed tropical:) [He relinquished sin; i. e.] he repented; and so رَجَعَ alone, agreeably with the usage in the Kur iii. 65, &c. (Er-Rághib.) ― 2-b8- [Several other phrases, in which this verb occurs, will be found in other arts.: as رَجَعَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ in art. ظهر: رَجَعْتُ القَهْقَرَى in art. قهقر: رَجَعَ دَرَجَهُ, and variations thereof, in art. درج: &c.] ― 2-b9- رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ [sometimes signifies the same as رَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ] He returned against him; he returned to attack him. (TA.) ― 2-b10- صَرَمّنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَكَلِّمُنِى (tropical:) [He cut me, or ceased to speak to me; then he returned to speaking to me]. (TA.) ― 2-b11- خَالَفَنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى قَوْلِى (tropical:) [He opposed me, or disagreed with me; then he returned, or had regard, to my saying]. (TA.) ― 2-b12- مَا رُجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فِى خَطْبٍ إِلَّا كَفَى (tropical:) [Re course was not had to him in an affair, or an affliction, but he sufficed.] (TA.) [رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ often means He had recourse, or he recurred, to him, or it.] ― 2-b13- رَجَعَ بِهِ عَلَى شَرِيكِهِ (assumed tropical:) He made a claim for restitution of it upon his co-partner. (IAth, TA in art. خلط.) And [in like manner you say,] اِرْتَجَعَ ↓ عَلَى الغَرِيمِ, and المُتَّهَمِ, (assumed tropical:) He sued, prosecuted, or made a demand upon, the debtor, and the suspected, for his right, or due. (TA: [in which it is said, immediately before this, that ارتجع is like رَجَعَ.]) ― 2-b14- رَجَعَ الكَلْبُ فِى قَيْئِهِ The dog returned to his vomit, (Msb, TA,) and ate it. (Msb.) ― 2-b15- Hence, رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ (tropical:) He took back his gift; repossessed himself of it; restored it to his possession; (Msb;) as also ↓ ارتجعها, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) and ↓ استرجعها. (Msb, TA.) And استرجع ↓ مِنْهُ الشَّىْء (assumed tropical:) He took back from him the thing which he had given to him. (S, K.) ― 2-b16- [Hence also, رَجَعَ فِى قَوْلِهِ, and فِى حُكْمِهِ (assumed tropical:) He retracted, or revoked, his saying, and his judgment, or sentence.] ― 2-b17- هُوَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَنْصِبِ صِدْقٍ (assumed tropical:) He traces back his lineage to an excellent origin. (TA in art. نصب.) ― 2-b18- [يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَعْنَى كَذَا (assumed tropical:) It (a word used in a certain sense) is referrible, or reducible, to such a meaning. And يُرْجِعُ إِلَى كَذَا, said of a word, also means (assumed tropical:) It relates to such a thing; i. e., to such another word, in grammatical construction.] ― 2-b19- رَجَعَ إِلَى قَدْرِ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) It (wine when cooked) became reduced to such a quantity; syn. آلَ. (S in art. اول.) ― 2-b20- رَجَعَ الحَوْضُ إِلَى إِزَائِهِ The water of the trough, or tank, became much in quantity [so that it returned to the height of the place whence it poured in]. (TA.) ― 2-b21- ↓ رِجَاعٌ, also, is an inf. n. of this verb, (L,) and is used as signifying The returning of birds after their migrating to a hot country. (S, L, K.) You say, رَجَعَتِ الطَّيْرُ القَوَاطِعُ, inf. n. رِجَاعٌ and رَجْعٌ, The migratory birds returned. (L.) ― 2-b22- Also inf. n. of رَجَعَتْ said of a-she camel, and of a she-ass, signifying (assumed tropical:) She raised her tail, and compressed her two sides (قُطْرَيْهَا), and cast forth her urine in repeated discharges, so that she was imagined to be pregnant, (S, K,) and then failed of fulfilling her [apparent] promise: (S: [in some copies of which, as is said in the TA, the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is written رُجُوع:]) or she conceived, and then failed of fulfilling her promise; because she who does so goes back from what is hoped of her: (TA:) or, said of a she-camel, she cast forth her fœtus in an imperfect state: (AZ, TA,) or, as some say, her embryo in a fluid state: (TA:) or in an unformed state; inf. n. رِجَاعٌ. (Msb in art. خدج.) [See also رَاجِعٌ, below.] ＝ 1-A2- , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَجَعَهُ, (Mgh,) inf. n. رَجْعٌ and مَرْجَعٌ and مَرْجِعٌ, (K,) He made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent back, turned back, or returned, him, or it; syn. رَدَّهُ; (Mgh, Msb, K;) and صَرَفَهُ; (K;) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing; and إِلَيْهِ to it; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ ارجعهُ; (S, Msb, K;) but the former is the more chaste word, and is that which is used in the Kur-án, in ix. 84 [and other places]: (Msb:) the latter is of the dial. of Hudheyl; (S, Msb;) and is said by MF to be of weak authority, and bad; but [SM says,] I do not find this asserted by any of the leading authorities: (TA:) ↓ ارتجعهُ, also, signifies [the same, i. e.] the same as رَدَّهُ in like manner followed by إِلَى. (TA.) Thus in the Kur ix. 84, referred to above, فَإِنْ رَجَعَكَ ٱللّٰهُ [And if God make thee to return, or restore thee]. (Msb.) ― 2-b2- رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ عَلِى أَنْفِ بَعِيِرهِ Such a one put back, or restored, the nose-rein [الخِطَامَ being understood] upon the nose of his camel; it having become displaced. (TA.) ― 2-b3- رَجَعَ إِلَىَّ الجَوَابَ, aor. رَجِعَ , inf. n. رَجْعٌ and رُجْعَانٌ, He returned to me the answer. (S, TA: [in the latter of which, this is said to be tropical; but when a written answer is meant, it is evidently not so.]) ― 2-b4- رَجَعْتُ الكَلَامَ (assumed tropical:) I returned the speech; or I repeated it; or I rebutted, or rejected, or repudiated, it, in reply, or replication; syn. رَدَدْتُهُ. (Msb.) [In like manner,] يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ القَوْلَ, in the Kur [xxxiv. 30], means (assumed tropical:) Holding a colloquy, or a disputation, or debate, one with another: (Bd:) [or it means (assumed tropical:) rebutting one another's sayings:] or (assumed tropical:) blaming one another. (S.) ― 2-b5- الرَّجْعُ, (K,) or رَجْعُ الدَّابَّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ, (S,) (tropical:) The stepping of the beast, (S, K,) or her returning her fore legs, [drawing the fore feet backwards towards the body, by lifting them high,] in going; (K;) and ↓ التَّرْجِيعُ, (K,) or تَرْجِيعُ الدَّابّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ, (S,) signifies the same: (S, K:) or رَجْعٌ signifies a beast's elevating, or lifting high, the fore foot and hind foot, in going. (KL.) You say, رَجَّعَتِ ↓ الدَّابَّةُ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ (tropical:) [The beast stepped, &c.; like as you say, رَجَعَت]. (TA.) ― 2-b6- رَجْعُ الوَاشمَةِ, and ↓ تَرْجَيعُهَا, (assumed tropical:) The female tattooer's making marks or lines [upon the skin]: (S, K: *) [or rather, as the former phrase is explained in the EM p. 143, “ her retracing ” those marks or lines, and renewing their blackness; for] you say also, رَجَّعَ ↓ النَقْشَ, and الوَشْمَ, [and رَجَعَهُ,] (assumed tropical:) He retraced the marks, or lines, of the variegated work, and of the tattooing, and renewed their blackness, one time after another. (TA.) And رَجَّعَ ↓ الكِتَابَةَ, [and رَجَعَهَا,] (assumed tropical:) He retraced, or renewed, the writing. (TA.) ― 2-b7- رَجَعَ نَاقَةً, and ↓ ارتجعها, and ↓ ترجّعها, He purchased a she-camel with the price of another that he sold: (S, TA:) or he purchased a she-camel with the price of a he-camel that he sold; and ↓ رِجَعٌ, which is app. an inf. n., signifies the selling males and purchasing females: (TA:) or ارتجع ↓ مَالًا signifies he sold the aged and the younglings of his came's, and purchased such as were in a state of youthful vigour: or, as some say, he sold the males, and purchased females: (Lh:) or ↓ اِرْتِجَاعٌ signifies the selling a thing, and purchasing in its place what one imagines to be more youthful, and better: (Lh in another place:) regard is bad, therein, to the meaning of a return, virtual, or understood, though not real: (Er-Rághib:) also ارجع ↓ إِبِلًا he sold old and weak camels, and purchased such as were in a state of youthful vigour: or he sold male camels, and purchased females: (TA:) and ارتجع ↓ إِبِلًا بِإِبِلِهِ he took camels in exchange for his camels: or, as some say, ↓ اِرْتِجَاعٌ signifies the taking one in the place, and with the price, of two. (Mgh.) ― 2-b8- رَجَعَ العَلَفُ فِى الدَّابَّةِ (tropical:) The fodder, or food, produced an effect, or showed its effect, upon the beast. (K, * TA.) And رَجَعَ كَلَامِى فِيهِ (tropical:) My speech produced a beneficial effect upon him. (K, * TA.)

Derived Stems (522)

Derived Words (25)

Words derived from the lemma "رَجَعَ".

يَرْجِعُونَ

may turn back
might turn
return
return to them
they may come back
they return
turn
turn back

تُرْجَعُ

brought back
referred

ٱرْجِعْ

Go back

تُرْجَعُونَ

have you been brought back
shall you be brought back
shall you be made to return
shall you be returned
will you all be brought back
will you be brought back
you all be brought back
you be brought back
you will be brought back

ٱرْجِعِ

again

يَرْجِعَ

return

يَرْجِعُ

bring back
it returned
throwing back

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ

You cannot bring

فَٱرْجِعْنَا

send us back

فَٱرْجِعُوا۟

then go back
turn back

فَرَجَعَ

returned

فَرَجَعْنَٰكَ

So We restored thee

Occurrences in Quran

Found 2 verses containing "رَجَعَ".

7:151

وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And when Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved, he said, ‘Evil is that which you did in my place in my absence. Did you hasten to devise a way for yourselves without waiting for the command of your Lord?’ And he put down the tablets, and caught hold of his brother’s head, dragging him towards himself. He (Aaron) said, ‘Son of my mother, the people indeed deemed me weak, and were about to kill me. Therefore make not the enemies rejoice over me, and place me not with the unjust people.’

English - Five Volume Translation

And [a]when Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved, he said, ‘Evil is that which you did in my place in my absence. Did you hasten to devise a way for yourselves without waiting for the command of your Lord?’ And he put down the tablets, and [b]caught hold of his brother’s head, dragging him towards himself. He (Aaron) said, ‘Son of my mother, the people indeed deemed me weak, and were about to kill me. Therefore make not the enemies rejoice over me, and place me not with the unjust people.’[1040]

20:87.

20:95.

Important Words:

فلاتشمت (make not rejoice). تشمت is formed from اشمت which is derived from شمت. They say شمت or شمت به i.e. he (an enemy) rejoiced; or he (someone) rejoiced at his enemy’s affliction. اشمته الله به means, God made him (the enemy) rejoice at his affliction. شمت علی العاطس means, he prayed for the sneezer that he might not be in a state in which his enemy might rejoice at his affliction (Lane).

Commentary:

When the return of Moses was delayed owing to the ten additional nights, his followers became impatient and thought that he was lost. They expressed their impatience in the words "we wot not what is become of him" (Exod. 32:1).

According to the Bible, Moses cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them beneath the Mount, so that they had to be renewed (Exod. 32:19; 34:1). But this is not borne out by the Quran which simply states, And he put down the tablets and this is more in harmony with the dignity of a Prophet.

Moses caught hold of Aaron’s head, not because the latter had abetted calf-worship, as he is represented to have done in the Bible (Exod. 32:2-4), but because he did not successfully prevent the people from worshipping the calf. As Moses’ representative, he should have effectively prevented the people from idol-worship, but he failed to do so. So the display of anger on the part of Moses was due not to any religious or legal offence committed by Aaron, but to his failure to manage affairs properly in the absence of Moses. Aaron had hoped that Moses would set things right on his return. That was only an error of judgement or lack of proper control, not a legal or religious offence.

The way in which Moses treated Aaron also shows that the latter was subordinate to the former. The treatment, however, should not be taken as a display of rough manners on the part of Moses. The anger of Moses was justified because a great sacrilege had been committed and the very work of his life was jeopardized; and Aaron being subordinate to Moses, the latter was entitled to take disciplinary action.

The words, Son of my mother, were used by Aaron not because Moses was a half-brother to him but because he wished to make an effective appeal to his feelings of tenderness and affection, and in this he succeeded.

The meaning of the particle مع (with) in the clause, and place me not with the unjust people, helps to explain its real sense in 4:70. Here, as well as there the particle gives the meaning of "among".

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

20:87.

20:95.

1040

Important Words:

Commentary:

20:87

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

So Moses returned to his people indignant and sad. He said, ‘O my people, did not your Lord promise you a gracious promise? Did, then, the appointed time appear too long to you, or did you desire that wrath should descend upon you from your Lord, that you broke your promise to me?’

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