Rizwan Zubair

Root ر ف ع r-f-ʿ

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ر ف عr-f-ʿ

(ف) رَفَعَ يَرْفَعُ رَفْعًاrafaʿa yarfaʿu rafʿan: to raise something up — whether physically (a building). ﴿اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ رَفَعَ السَّمٰوٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا﴾ (Ar-Raʿd 13:2); or figuratively (in rank and honour). ﴿وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ﴾ (Ash-Sharḥ 94:4) اَنْ تُرْفَعَan turfaʿa: passive imperfect (muḍāriʿ majhūl) in the accusative (manṣūb) after the maṣdar-forming اَنِani; here, according to the exegetes, veneration and purification are meant, and al-Qurṭubī glosses it as «i.e. تُعَظَّمtuʿaẓẓam». ﴿فِيْ بُيُوْتٍ اَذِنَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ تُرْفَعَ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:36)

رَافِعٌrāfiʿ feminine رَافِعَةٌrāfiʿah (active participle, ism fāʿil): that which raises up. ﴿خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ﴾ (Al-Wāqiʿah 56:3)

رَفِيْعٌrafīʿ (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): high, exalted in rank. ﴿رَفِيْعُ الدَّرَجٰتِ ذُو الْعَرْشِ﴾ (Ghāfir 40:15)

مَرْفُوْعٌmarfūʿ (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): raised up. ﴿وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوْعِ﴾ (Aṭ-Ṭūr 52:5)

Form II (tafʿīl) رَفَّعَ يُرَفِّعُ تَرْفِيْعًاraffaʿa yuraffiʿu tarfīʿan: to raise very high.

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِرْتَفَعَ يَرْتَفِعُ اِرْتِفَاعًاirtafaʿa yartafiʿu irtifāʿan: to rise up oneself.

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