[1]
خَلْقٌ signifies The act of
measuring; or
determining the measure, proportion, or
the like, of
a thing; and the
making a thing
by measure, or
according to the measure of another thing; or
proportioning a thing
to another thing; syn.
تَقْدِيرٌ: (S, Msb, K, TA, and Bd in ii. 19:) this
is the primary meaning. (Msb, TA, and Bd ubi
suprà.) You say,
خَلَقَ الأَدِيمِ, (S, Msb, K,)
aor.
خَلُقَ , (S, TA,) inf. n.
خَلْقٌ (JK, S, Msb, K)
and
خَلْقَةٌ, (K,)
He measured, or
proportioned,
(
قَدَّرَ,)
the hide, and sewed it: (K:) or
he measured, or
proportioned, (
قدّر,)
the hide, (JK, S,
Msb, K,)
لِمَا يُرِيدُ [
for, or
to, that which he desired to make of it], (JK, * TA,) or
لِلسِّقَآءِ [
for,
or
to, the skin for water or milk that he desired
to make], (Msb,)
before cutting it; (S, K, TA;)
he measured it (
قَاسَهُ)
to cut from it a water-bag,
or
a water-skin, or
a boot: (TA:) and in like
manner,
خَلَقَ النِّطَعَ he measured, &c.,
the نطع
[q. v.]: when one cuts it, one says,
فَرَاهُ. (K.)
And
خَلَقَ النَّعْلَ He determined the measure of
the sandal, or
proportioned it; (
قَدَّرَهَا;) and
made it by measure. (Ksh and Bd in ii. 19.)
Hence the saying of Zuheyr, (S,) praising Herim
Ibn-Sinán, (TA,)
وَلَأَنْتَ تَفْرِى مَا خَلَقْتَ وَبَعْ(??)
(??)ضُ القَوْمِ يَخْلُقُ ثُمَّ لَا يَفْرِى
[(assumed tropical:)
And thou indeed cuttest what thou hast measured; but some of the people measure, then will
not cut]: (S, TA:) i. e., when thou determinest
upon a thing thou executest it; but others determine upon that which they do not execute. (TA.)
And El-Hajjáj said,
مَا خَلَقْتُ إِلَّا قَرَيْتُ وَعَدْتُ
إِلَّا وَفَيْتُ [(assumed tropical:)
I have not measured unless I have
afterwards
cut, and I have not promised unless
I have afterwards
performed]. (S.)
أَخْلُقُ لَكُمْ
مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ, in the Kur iii. 43, means
I will form for you, (Jel,) or
I will make according to its proper measure (
أُقَدِّرُ)
for you,
(Ksh, Bd,) and
will form, (Bd,)
of clay, a thing like
the form of the bird, or
of birds. (Ksh, Bd, Jel.)
―
2-b2- [Hence,] it signifies also The
bringing a thing
into existence according to a certain measure, or
proportion, and so as to make it equal [
to another
thing], or
uniform [
therewith]: (Ksh and Bd in
ii. 19:) or the
originating, or
producing, [a
thing]
after a pattern, or
model, which one has
devised, not after the similitude of anything preexisting: this is another meaning which it has in
the [classical] language of the Arabs. (TA.) As
the act of God, it signifies The
originating, or
bringing into being or
existence, anything,
not
after the similitude of anything pre-existing:
(TA:) [and the
creating a thing; and thus it is
generally best rendered; as meaning the
bringing
into existence from a state of non-existence: for]
خَلَقَ ٱللّٰهُ الشَّىْءَ, inf. n.
خَلْقٌ, means
God brought
the thing into existence (Mgh, * TA)
after it had
not been: (TA:) [or
خَلْقٌ, as the act of God,
signifies the
creating out of nothing: for it is said
that]
أُعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ, in the Kur ii. 19,
means [
Serve ye your Lord]
who brought you
into existence when ye were nothing. (Jel. [But
in other passages of the Kur (vi. 2 &c.) it is said
that God created (
خَلَقَ) mankind of clay.])
Accord. to the A,
خَلَقَ ٱللّٰهُ الخَلْقَ is a tropical
phrase, meaning (tropical:)
God brought into existence the
creation, or
created beings, or
mankind, according
to a predetermination (
تَقْدِير)
required by wisdom. (TA.) You say,
هٰذِهِ خَلِيقَتُهُ الَّتِى خُلِقَ عَلَيْهَا
and
خُلِقَهَا and
الَّتِى خُلِقَ: see
خُلُقٌ. (Lh.) ―
2-b3-
[Hence, also,]
خَلَقَ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) inf. n.
خَلْقٌ, (TA,) (tropical:)
He fabricated speech, or a saying
or sentence, &c.: (K, * TA:) (tropical:)
he forged (S,
Msb, K, TA) a saying, (Msb,) or a lie, or a
falsehood; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓
اختلق (S, Msb,
K) and ↓
تخلّق. (S, K.) The Arabs say,
حَدَّثَنَا
فُلَانٌ بِأَحَادِيثِ الخَلْقِ (tropical:)
Such a one related to us
fictitious tales or
stories, such as are deemed
pretty, or
such as are told by night [
for entertainment]. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur
[xxvi. 137], accord. to one reading,
إِنْ هٰذَا إِلَّا
خَلْقُ الأَوَّلِينَ, meaning (tropical:)
This is nought but the
lying, and forging, of the ancients. (TA.) And
in the same [xxxviii. 6], ↓
إِنْ هٰذَا إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَاقٌ
(tropical:)
This is nought but forging, and lying. (TA.)
―
2-b4-
خَلَقَهُ, (K,) inf. n.
خَلْقٌ, (TA,) also signifies
He made it smooth; (K;) and so ↓
خلّقهُ;
namely, an arrow, (S,) [and any other thing; for]
of anything that has been made smooth one says,
خُلِّقَ: (TA:)
he made it equable, or
even;
namely, wood, or a stick; and so ↓
خلّقهُ, (K,)
inf. n.
تَخْلِيقٌ. (TA.) ＝
1-A2-
خَلُقَتْ, inf. n.
خَلَاقَةٌ,
said of a woman, (JK, K,)
She had [
a goodly]
body and make: (JK:) or
she was, or
became,
goodly in make, or
well made. (K. [In the CK,
instead of
حَسُنَ خَلْقُهَا, is put
حَسُنَ خُلُقُها, meaning
She was, or
became, good in nature, &c.])
―
2-b2- And
خَلِقَ, aor.
خَلَقَ , (JK, K,) inf. n.
خَلَقٌ;
(JK, S; *) and
خَلُقَ, aor.
خَلُقَ , (K,) inf. n.
خُلُوقَةٌ
(TA) [and
خَلَاقَةٌ, and perhaps
خُلْقَةٌ q. v. infrà];
It (a thing)
was, or
became, smooth, (JK, K,
TA,) and
equable, or
even. (TA.) [See also 12.
And it seems that one says,
خَلِقَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ, inf. n.
خَلَقٌ, q. v. infrà, meaning
The rock was free from
crack or fracture.] ―
2-b3- And
خَلُقَ, (JK, S, Msb,
K,) aor.
خَلُقَ ; (K;) and
خَلِقَ, aor.
خَلَقَ ; and
خَلَقَ,
aor.
خَلُقَ ; (K;) inf. n. (of the first, JK, S)
خُلُوقَةٌ
(JK, S, K) and
خَلَاقَةٌ (JK, TA) and [of the
second]
خَلَقٌ (K) and [of the third]
خُلُوقٌ; (JK,
TA;)
It (a garment)
was, or
became, old, and
worn out; as also ↓
اخلق, (JK, S, Msb,) inf. n.
إِخْلَاقٌ; (JK, TA;) and ↓
اخلولق. (TA.)
[Hence,]
اخلق ↓
دِيبَاجُهُ [lit.]
His face became
worn out; meaning (tropical:)
it became used for mean
service [
so that it lost its grace, or
was disgraced,]
by his begging. (Har p. 476. [See also 4 below.])
[Hence also,]
اخلق ↓
شَبَابَهُ (assumed tropical:)
His youth declined,
or
departed. (TA.) ―
2-b4- And
خَلُقَ, (S, K,) aor.
خَلُقَ ,
(K,) inf. n.
خَلاقَةٌ, (Ham p. 522,)
He was, or
became, خَلِيق, i. e.
جَدِير [meaning
adapted or
disposed by nature, apt, meet, &c.: see
خَلِيقٌ,
below]. (S, K.) You say,
خَلُقَ لذٰلِكَ [and
بِذٰلِكَ
(see
خَلِيقٌ)
He was, or
became, adapted, disposed, &c.,
for that]; as though he were one of
those in whom that was reckoned to be, and in
whom the symptoms, signs, or tokens, thereof
were seen. (S.) [And
خَلُقَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ and
بِأَنْ يفعل ذلك and
لِأَنْ يفعل ذلك and
مَنْ أَنْ
يفعل ذلك He was, or
became, adapted, &c.,
to do
that: see
خَلِيقٌ. And
خَلُقَ may signify also
It
was, or
became, probable; or
likely to happen or
be, or
to have happened or
been: see, again,
خَلِيقٌ.]