Rizwan Zubair

Root ب ل س b-l-s

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

ب ل سb-l-s

— The bare triliteral (thulāthī mujarrad) is not in use.

Form IV (ifʿāl) أَبْلَسَ يُبْلِسُ إِبْلَاسًاablasa yublisu iblāsan: to fall silent in despair, to be struck dumb with bewilderment and hopelessness. ﴿وَيَوْمَ تَقُوْمُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:12)

مُبْلِسmublis (active participle, ism fāʿil): one whose hope is broken, dumbfounded. Five times in the Quran, each time in form ifʿāl: ﴿فَإِذَا هُمْ مُّبْلِسُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:44)

إِبْلِيْسiblīs: the lexicographers derive this too from the same root (i.e. one despairing of God's mercy), though some have called it of non-Arabic origin. ﴿اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَ اَبٰى وَاسْتَكْبَرَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:34)

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