Rizwan Zubair

Root ع د ل ʿ-d-l

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ع د لʿ-d-l

(ض) عَدَلَ يَعْدِلُ عَدْلًاʿadala yaʿdilu ʿadlan: to treat equally; to act justly; also (with the preposition bi) to set someone up as the equal of another, and (with the preposition عَنْʿan) to turn away.

عَدْلٌʿadl (also a noun, ism dhāt): justice; an equivalent thing, a ransom. ﴿اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَاْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:90); ﴿اِعْدِلُوْا هُوَ اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰى﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:8); ﴿الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكَ فَسَوّٰىكَ فَعَدَلَكَ﴾ (Al-Infiṭār 82:7); ﴿ثُمَّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:1)

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِعْتَدَلَ يَعْتَدِلُ اِعْتِدَالًاiʿtadala yaʿtadilu iʿtidālan: to be straight and even; to keep balanced between two extremes (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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