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آجِلٌ

Root: اجل

Full Definition

آجِلٌ Delayed; postponed; kept back; syn. مُتَأَخِّرٌ; [but in some copies of the K, for آجِلٌ, we find أَجِلٌ ;] as also أَجِيلٌ , of which the pl. is أُجْلٌ: and therefore, not present; future; to come; contr. of عَاجِلٌ: and مُتَأَجِّلٌ , also, signifies delayed, deferred, or postponed, to the time of the end of a period; originally, contr. of مُتَعَجِّلٌ. [See also أَجِيلٌ.]
2 [Hence,] الآجِلَةُ The [future,] latter, ultimate, or last, dwelling, or abode, or life; the world to come; syn. الآخِرَةُ; contr. of العَاجِلَةُ.

def.2 Committing a crime; or a committer of a crime.


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