Rizwan Zubair

Root ع ل ن ʿ-l-n

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ع ل نʿ-l-n

(ن) عَلَنَ يَعْلُنُ عَلَانِيَةً وَعُلُوْنًاʿalana yaʿlunu ʿalāniyatan wa-ʿulūnan: to become manifest, to come into the open — the opposite of سِرّsirr (concealment).

عَلَانِيَةʿalāniyah: openly, publicly.

Form IV (ifʿāl) أَعْلَنَ يُعْلِنُ إِعْلَانًاaʿlana yuʿlinu iʿlānan: to make manifest, to proclaim. 16 times in the Quran, and تقريبًاtqryban every time in contrast with "سِرّsirr" or "إِسْرَارisrār": ﴿سِرًّا وَّعَلَانِيَةً﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:274) and, in the context of ﴿فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفٰى﴾, ﴿ثُمَّ إِنِّيْۤ أَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا﴾ (Nūḥ 71:9).

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