Rizwan Zubair

Root س ل ط s-l-ṭ

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

س ل طs-l-ṭ

(س، ک) سَلِطَsaliṭa / سَلُطَ يَسْلَطُsaluṭa yaslaṭu / يَسْلُطُ سَلَاطَةًyasluṭu salāṭatan: to gain mastery over someone, to hold sway over.

سُلْطَانٌsulṭān (intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah, on the pattern of فُعْلَانٌfuʿlān): (1) overwhelming power (2) authority, dominion (3) a decisive proof, warrant. ﴿اِنَّ عِبَادِيْ لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌ﴾ (Al-Ḥijr 15:42); ﴿هَلَكَ عَنِّيْ سُلْطٰنِيَهْ﴾ (Al-Ḥāqqah 69:29)

Form II (tafʿīl) سَلَّطَ يُسَلِّطُ تَسْلِيْطًاsallaṭa yusalliṭu taslīṭan: to give someone authority over another, to set over. ﴿وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:90)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَسَلَّطَ يَتَسَلَّطُ تَسَلُّطًاtasallaṭa yatasallaṭu tasalluṭan: to gain mastery over someone; to take control (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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