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ى1 أَلِىَ, (S, K,) aor. ـْ inf. n. أَلًى, (S,) He (a man, S) was, or became, large in the أُلْيَة, q. v. (S, K. *) A2: أَلَيْتَ: see 1 in art. الو.

أَلْىٌ: see إِلًى: A2: and see also أَلَيَانٌ.

أَلًى: see إِلًى: A2: and see also أَلَيَانٌ.

أُلْىٌّ: see إِلًى.

أُلَى, (so in some copies of the S and in the M,) accord. to Sb, or أُلَا, (so likewise in the M, in which it is mentioned in art. الى, [and thus it is always pronounced,]) or أُولَى; (so in several copies of the S and in the K, in the last division of each of those works, [and thus it is generally written;]) and with the lengthened ا, [and this is the more common form of the word, i. e. ↓ أُلَآءِ, as it is always pronounced, or أُولَآءِ, as it is generally written, both of which modes of writing it I find in the M.,] (S, M, K,) of the same measure as غُرَاب, (M,) indecl., with a kesreh for its termination; (S;) [These and those,] a pl. having no proper sing., (S, K,) or a noun denoting a pl., (M,) or its sing. is ذَا for the masc. and ذِهْ for the fem., (S, K,) for it is both masc. and fem., (S,) and is applied to rational beings and to irrational things. (M.) [Thus,] هُمْ أُولَآءِ عَلَى أَثَرِى, in the Kur xx. 86, means [They are these, following near after me; or] they are near me, coming near after me. (Jel, and Bd says the like.) And in the same, iii. 115, هَاأَنْتُمْ أُولَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ Now ye, O ye these believers, love them, and they love not you. (Jel.) b2: The particle (M) هَا (S, K) used as an inceptive to give notice of what is about to be said is prefixed to it, [i. e., to the form with the lengthened ا,] (S, M, K,) so that you say, ↓ هؤُلَآءِ [meaning These, like as هذَا means “this”]. (S, K.) And Az says that some of the Arabs say, هؤَلَآءِ قَوْمُكَ [These are thy people], (S, M, *) and ↓ رَأَيْتُ هؤُلَآءٍ [I saw these], (M,) with tenween and kesr (S, M) to the hemzeh; (S;) and this, says IJ, is of the dial. of Benoo-'Okeyl. (M.) b3: And the ك of allocution is added to it, so that you say, أُولئِكَ, [or آُولَآئِكَ, which is the same, and أُولئِكُمْ, or أُولَآئِكُمْ, &c.,] and أُولَاكَ, (S, K,) and أُولَالِكَ, (so in some copies of the S and in the K,) or أُلَالِكَ, (so in some copies of the S and in the M,) in which the [second] ل is augmentative, (M,) and ↓ أُلَّاكَ, with teshdeed, (K,) [all meaning Those, like as ذَاكَ and ذلِكَ mean “that” and hence] Ks says that when one says أُولَآئكَ, the sing. is ذلِكَ; and when one says أُولَاكَ, the sing. is ذَاكَ; (S;) or أُلَالِكَ [or أُولَالِكَ, each with an augmentative ل, like ذلِكَ, (and this, I doubt not, is the correct statement,)] is as though it were pl. of ذلِكَ: (M:) but one does not say هَاؤُلَالِكَ, or هأُولَالِكَ, (M,) [nor هَؤُلَائِكَ, or the like.] [Thus it is said in the Kur ii. 4, أُولَآئِكَ عَلَ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَآئِكَ هُمُ المُفْلِحُونَ Those follow a right direction from their Lord, and those are they who shall prosper.] And sometimes أُولَآئِكَ is applied to irrational things, as in the phrase بَعْد أُولَآئِكَ الأَيَّامِ [After those days]; and in the Kur [xvii. 38], where it is said, إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَآئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُولًا [Verily the ears and the eyes and the heart, all of those shall be inquired of]. (S.) b4: The dims. are ↓ إُلَيَّا and ↓ أُلَيَّآءِ (S, M) and ↓ هؤُلَيَّآءِ: (M:) for the formation of the dim. of a noun of vague application does not alter its commencement, but leaves it in its original state, with fet-h or damm, [as the case may be,] and the ى which is the characteristic of the dim. is inserted in the second place if the word is one of two letters, [as in the instance of ذَيَّا, dim. of ذَا,] and in the third place if it is a word of three letters. (S.) A2: الأُلَى, (as in some copies of the S and T,) of the same measure as العُلَى; (S; [wherefore the author of the TA prefers this mode of writing it, which expresses the manner in which it is always pronounced;]) or الأُلَا; (ISd, TA;) or الأُولَى; (so in some copies of the S and T;) is likewise a pl. having no proper sing., [meaning They who, those which, and simply who, and which,] its sing. being الَّذِى; (S;) or is changed from being a noun of indication so as to have the meaning of الَّذِينَ; as also ↓ الأُلَآءِ; wherefore they have the lengthened as well as the shortened alif, and that with the lengthened alif is made indecl. by terminating with a kesreh. (ISd.) A poet says, وَإِنَّ الإُولَى بِالطَّفِّ مِنْ آلِ هَاشِمٍ

تَآسَوْا فَسَنُّوا لِلْكِرَامِ التَّآسِيَا [And they who are in Et-Taff, of the family of Háshim, shared their property, one with another, and so set the example, to the generous, of the sharing of property]. (T, and S in art. اسو, where, in one copy, I find الأُلَى in the place of الأُولَى.) And another poet says, وَإَنَّ الإُلَآءِ يَعْلَمُونَكَ مِنْهُمُ [And verily they who know thee, of them]: which shows what has been said above, respecting the change of meaning. (ISd.) Ziyád El-Aajam uses the former of the two words without ال, saying, فَأَنْتُمْ أُولَى جِئْتُمْ مَعَ البَقْلِ وَالدَّبَى

فَطَارَ وَهذَا شَخْصُكُمْ غَيْرُ طَائِرِ [For ye are they who came with the herbs, or leguminous plants, and the young locusts, and they have gone away, while these, yourselves, are not going away]: (T:) he means that their nobility is recent. (Ham p. 678; where, instead of فأنتم and اولى, we find وَأَنْتُمُ and أُلَا.) b2: In the phrase العَرَبُ الأُولَى, (as in the L, and in some copies of the S and K,) or الأُلَى, (as also in the L, and in other copies of the S and K, [and thus it is always pronounced,]) الاولى or الالى may also signify الَّذِينَ, the verb سَلَفُوا being suppressed after it, because understood; [so that the meaning is, The Arabs who have preceded, or passed away;] so says Ibn-EshShejeree: (L:) or it is formed by transposition from الأُوَلُ, being pl. of أُولَى [fem. of أَوَّلُ], like as أُخَرُ is pl. of آخَ: and it is thus in the phrase, ذَهَبَتِ العَرَبُ الأُولَى or الأُلَى [The first Arabs have passed away]. (S, K.) 'Obeyd Ibn-ElAbras uses the phrase, نَحْنُ الأُلَى [as meaning We are the first]. (TA.) إِلْىٌ: see إِلًى.

إِلَى: see إِلًى: A2: and see also art. الو.

إِلَى (T, S, M, K) and ↓ أَلًى, (S, M, K,) the latter said by Zekereeyà to be the most common, and the same is implied in the S, but MF says that this is not known, (TA,) and ↓ إِلْوٌ, (T,) or ↓ أَلْوٌ, (Es-Semeen, K,) like دَلْوٌ, (Es-Semeen, TA,) [belonging to art. الو,] and ↓ إِلْىٌ (T, M, K) and ↓ أَلْىٌ (M, K) and ↓ أُلْيٌ (Es-Sakháwee, Zekereeyà, TA) and ↓ إِلَى, (the same,) or إِلَا, occurring at the end of a verse, but it may be a contraction of إِلَّا, meaning عَهْدًا, (M,) A benefit, benefaction, favour, boon, or blessing: pl. آلَآءٌ. (T, S, M, K, &c.) IAmb says that إِلًى and أَلًى are originally وِلًا and وَلًا. (TA.) أَلْيَةٌ The buttock, or buttocks, rump, or posteriors, syn. عَجِيزَةٌ, (K,) or [more properly] عَجُزٌ, (M,) of a man &c., (M,) or of a sheep or goat, (Lth, T, S,) and of a man, (Lth, T,) or of a ewe: (ISk, T:) or the flesh and fat thereon: (M, K:) you should not say ↓ إِلْيَةٌ, (T, S, K,) a form mentioned by the expositors of the Fs, but said to be vulgar and low; (TA;) nor لِيَّةٌ, (T, S, K,) with kesr to the ل, and with teshdeed to the ى, as in the S, [but in a copy of the S, and in one of the T, written without teshdeed,] a form asserted to be correct by some, but it is rarer and lower than إِلْيَةٌ, though it is the form commonly obtaining with the vulgar: (TA:) the dual. is ↓ أَلْيَانِ, (Az, T, S,) without ت; (S;) but أَلْيَتَانِ sometimes occurs: (IB:) أَلَصُّ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ is an epithet applied to the Zenjee, (K in art. لص,) meaning having the buttocks cleaving together: (TA in that art.:) the pl. is أَلْيَاتٌ (T, M, K) and أَلَايَا; (M, K;) the latter anomalous. (M.) Lh mentions the phrase, إِنَّهُ لَذُو أَلْيَاتٍ [Verily he has large buttocks]; as though the term إَلْيَةٌ applied to every part of what is thus called. (M.) b2: Fat, as a subst.: (M:) and a piece of fat. (M, K.) b3: The tail, or fat of the tail, (Pers\. دُنْبَهٌ,) of a sheep. (KL.) [Both of these significations (the “tail,” and “fat of the tail,” of a sheep) are now commonly given to لِيَّة, a corruption of أَلْيَةٌ mentioned above: and in the K, voce طُنْبُورٌ, it is said that the Pers\. دُنْبَهْ بَرَّهْ signifies أَلْيَةُ الحَمَلِ.] b4: أَلْيَةُ السَّاقِ The muscle of the shank; syn. حَمَاةُ السَّاقِ [which see, in art. حمو]. (AAF, M, K.) b5: أَلْيَةُ الإِبْهَامِ The portion of flesh that is at the root of the thumb; (S, M;) and which is also called its ضَرَّة; (M;) or the part to which corresponds the ضَرَّة; (S;) and which is also called أَلْيَةُ الكَفِّ; the ضَرَّة being the portion of flesh in فِى, [app. a mistranscription for مِنْ from]) the little finger to the prominent extremity of the ulna next that finger, at the wrist: (TA:) or the portion of flesh in the ضَرَّة of the thumb. (K.) b6: أَلْيَةُ الخَنْصِرِ The portion of flesh that is beneath the little finger; [app. what is described above, as called the ضَرَّة, extending from that finger to the prominent extremity of the ulna, at the wrist;] also called أَلْيَةُ اليَدِ. (Lth, T.) b7: أَلْيَتَا الكَفِّ The أَلْيَة of the thumb [described above as also called by itself أَلْيَةُ الكَفِّ] and the ضَرَّة of the little finger [respecting which see the next preceding sentence]. (TA, from a trad.) b8: القَدَمِ أَلْيَةُ The part of the human foot upon which one treads, which is the portion of flesh beneath [or next to] the little toe. (M.) b9: أَلْيَةُ الحَافِرِ The hinder part of the solid hoof. (S, M.) إِلْيَةٌ: see أَلْيَةٌ.

أَلْيَانُ: see أَلَيَانٌ.

أَلْيَانِ an irreg. dual of أَلَيَانٌ, q. v.

أَلَيَانٌ (T, S, M, K) and ↓ أَلْيَانُ (M, K) and ↓ آلَى, (T, S, K,) of the measure أَفْعَلُ, (S,) and ↓ آلٌ, (M,) or ↓ أَلًى, (so in some copies of the K, and so accord. to the TA,) or ↓ أَلْىٌ, (so in a copy of the K,) or ↓ أَلِىٌ, (accord. to the CK,) and ↓ آلٍ, (M, K,) applied to a ram, Large in the أَلْيَة, q. v.: (T, * S, M, * K, * TA:) and so, applied to a ewe, أَلَيَانَةٌ, (T, M, K, [in the CK اَلْيَانَةٌ,]) fem. of أَلَيَانٌ; (T;) and ↓ أَلْيَآءٌ, (T, S, M, K,) fem. of آلَى: (T, S:) and in like manner these epithets [masc. and fem. respectively, آلَى, however, being omitted in the M,] are applied to a man and to a woman; (M, K;) or, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, (M,) آلَى is applied to a man, and عَجْزَآءُ to a woman, but not أَلْيَآءُ, (S, M,) though [it is asserted that] some say this, (S,) Yz saying so, accord. to A 'Obeyd, (IB,) but A 'Obeyd has erred in this matter: (M:) the pl. is أُلْىٌ, (T, S, M, K, [in the CK erroneously written with fet-h to the ا,]) pl. of آلَى, (T, S, M,) or of آلٍ; of the former because an epithet of this kind is generally of the measure أَفْعَلُ, or of the latter after the manner of بُزْلٌ as pl. of بَازِلٌ, and عُودٌ as pl. of عَائِدٌ; (M;) applied to rams (T, S M) and to ewes, (T, S,) and to men and to women; (M, K) and أَلَيَانَاتٌ, (S, M, K, [in the CK اَلْيانات,]) pl. of أَلَيَانَةٌ, (TA,) [but] applied to rams (S) [as well as ewes], or to women, (M, K,) and, also applied to women, إِلَآءٌ, (M, and so in a copy of the K, [in the CK اَلآء,]) or آلَآءٌ, (so in some copies of the K, and in the TA,) with medd, pl. of أَلًى, (TA,) and أَلَايَا, (K,) pl. of أَلْيَانُ. (TA.) أُلَآءِ and هؤُلَآءِ and هؤُلَآءٍ and الأُلَآُءِ: see أُلَى.

أَلِىُ, mentioned in this art. in the K: see art. الو: A2: and see also أَلَيَانٌ.

أُلَيَّا and أُلَيَّآءِ and هؤُلَيَّآءِ: see أُلَى.

أَلَّآءٍ A man who sells fat, which is termed الأَلْيَةُ. (M.) أُلَّاكَ: see أُلَى.

آلٌ: see أَلَيَانٌ.

آلٍ: see أَلَيَانٌ.

آلَى, and its fem. أَلْيَآءُ: see أَلَيَانٌ, in two places.

وَفد
: (} وَفَدَ إِليه وعَلَيْهِ {يَفِدُ} وَفْداً) ، بِفَتْح فَسُكُون، ( {ووُفُوداً) ، بالضَّمّ، (} ووِفَادَةً) ، بِالْكَسْرِ، ( {وإِفَادَةً) ، على البَدَلِ (: قَدِمَ) ، فَهُوَ} وافِدٌ، قَالَ سِيبويهِ: وسمعناهم يُنْشِدُونَ بَيت ابنِ مُقْبِلٍ.
إِلاَّ {الإِفَادَةَ فَاسْتَوْلَتْ ورَكائِبُنَا
عِنْدَ الجَبَابِيرِ بِالْبَاسَاءِ والنِّعَمِ
كَذَا نَصّ المُحْكَمِ، وَقَالَ الأَصْمَعِيُّ: وَفَدَ فُلاَنٌ} يَفِدُ {وِفَادَةً، إِذَا خَرَج إِلى مَلِكٍ أَو أَميرٍ. (و) فِي الصّحاح والأَساس:} وَفَدَ فُلانٌ علَى الأَمِيرِ، أَي (وَرَدَ) رَسُولاً، فَهُوَ {وَافِدٌ، وهاكذا أَورَدَه المُصَنِّففي البصائر، (} وأَوْفَدَه علَيْه) ، وَهِي بَقِيَّةُ عِبَارَةِ المُحْكَم، ومثلُه فِي الأَساس، (و) {أَوْفَدَه (إِلَيْه) . من عبارَة الجوهَرِيِّ، ونَصُّها:} وأَوْفَدْتُه أَنا إِلى الأَمِيرِ: أَرْسَلْتُه، واقْتَصَرَ على هاذِه المُصَنِّفُ فِي البَصَائِر، وأَوْرَدَه ابنُ سِيدَه أَيضاً بَعْدَ سِياقِ الكلامِ، (فَهُمْ {وُفُودٌ) ، بالضمِّ، جَمْعُ} وَافِدٍ، ( {ووَفْدٌ) ، هُوَ اسمٌ للجَمْعِ، وَقيل جمْع} وافِدٍ، كصَحْبٍ وصَاْبٍ، ( {وأَوْفَادٌ) ، قَالَ شيخُنَا: تَسَامَحُوا فِيهِ لأَنه مُعْتَلُّ الأَوَّلِ، (} ووُفَّدٌ) ، كرُكَّع، وَزَاد الزَّمخشريُّ فَقَالَ: {ووُفَّادٌ.
(و) من المَجاز (} الوَافِدُ) هُوَ (: السابقُ من الإِبلِ) ، وَعَلِيهِ اقتصرَ فِي اللسانِ، وَزَاد غيرُه: (والقَطَا) ، وَفِي الأَساس: الطَّيْرِ، قَالَ: وَهُوَ الَّذِي يتقَدَّم (سائِرَها) فِي السَّيْرِ والوُرُودِ.
(و) من المَجازِ: {الوافِد: هُوَ (المُرْتَفِع) الناشِزُ (مِن الحدِّ عِنْد المَضْغِ) . وَفِي البصائر:} والوافِدَان فِي قَوْلِ الأَعْشَى:
رَأَتْ رَجُلاً غَائِبَ {الوَافِدَيْنِ
مُخْتَلِفَ الخَلْقِ أَعْشَى ضَرِيرَا
هُمَا النَّاشِزَانِ مِن الخَدَّيْنِ عِنْد المَضْغِ، (و) من ذالك قَوْلهم: (مَنْ شَابَ غَاب} وافِدَاهُ) .
( {ووافِدٌ: حَيٌّ) من العَرَب.
(} والإِيفادُ الإِشرَافُ) على الشيْءِ، وأَنشد فِي البصائر لِحُمَيْدِ بن ثَوحرٍ الهلاليِّ رَضِي الله عَنهُ:
تَرَى العِلاَفِيَّ عَلَيْهَا {مُوفِدَا
كَأَنَّ بُرْجاً فَوْقَهَا مَشَيَّدَا
أَي مُشْرفاً، وَيُقَال للفرسِ: مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا أَوْفَدَ حَارِكُه، أَي أَشْرَفَ، وَهُوَ مَجاز، (} كالتَّوفُّدِ. و) {الإِيفادُ أَيضاً (: الإِرْسالُ) ، وَقد} أَوْفَده عَلَيْهِ وإِليه، كَمَا تقدَّم، ( {كالتَّوْفِيدِ) ، يُقَال: وفَّدُه الأَمِيرُ إِلى الأَمِيرِ الَّذِي فَوْقَه، إِذا أَرْسَلَه.
(و) } الإِيفاد (: رَفْعُ الرِّيمِ رَأْسَه ونَصْبُه أُذُنَيْهِ) ، قَالَ تَمِيمُ بن مُقْبِل:
تَرَاءَتْ لَنَا يَوْمَ السِّيَارِ بِفَاحِمٍ
وسُنَّةِ رِيمٍ خَافَ سَمْعاً {فَأَوْفَدَا
(و) } الإِيفاد (: الأَسراعُ) ، وَهُوَ فِي شعر ابنِ أَحْمَر (و) من الْمجَاز: الإِيفاد (: الارْتِفَاعُ) ، يُقَال:! أَوْفَدَ الشيءُ، إِذا ارتَفَعَ، كَمَا فِي الأَساس، وَفِي اللِّسَان أَوْفَدَ الشيءَ: رَفَعَه، وأَوْفَدَ هُوَ: ارْتَفع. ( {والوَفْدُ: ذِرْوَةَ الحَبْلِ) بالحاءِ الْمُهْملَة وسْمون الموحَّدة (من الرَّمْلِ المُشْرِفِ) ، هاكذا فِي نُسْختنا، وَمثله فِي اللِّسَان، وَفِي بعض النُّسخ: ذِرْوَةَ الجَبَلِ، وَمن الرَّمْل: المُشْرِف.
(و) من الْمجَاز (} المُسْتَوْفِدُ: المُسْتَوْفِزَ) ، يُقَال: فُلانٌ {مُسْتَوْفدٌ فِي قِعْدَته، أَي مُنْتَصِبٌ غيرُ مُطْمَئِنَ، كمُسْتَوْفزِ، وَفِي الأَسَاس:} اسْتَوْفَد فِي قِعْدَتِه: ارْتَفَع وانْتَصَبَ، ورأَيْتُه {مُسْتَوْفِداً.
(وبَنُو وَفْدَانَ) ، بالفَتْح (: حَيٌّ) من الْعَرَب، أَنشد ابنُ الأَعْرَابِي:
إِنَّ بَنِي وَفْدَانَ قَوْمٌ شُكُّ
مِثْلُ النَّعَامِ والنَّعَامُ ضُكُّ
(} والأَوْفَاد: قومٌ) .
(و) يُقَال (هُمْ على {أَوْفَادٍ) ، أَي (على سَفَرٍ) قد أَشْخَصَنَا، أَي أَقْلَقَنا، كأَوْفَازٍ.
وَمِمَّا يسْتَدرك عَلَيْهِ:
هُوَ كثير الوِفَاءِ على المُلُوك. وَمَا أَوْفَدَكَ عَلَيْنَا،} - واسْتَوْفَدَني، وتَوَافَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ.
وَمن المَجاز: الحَاجُّ وَفْدُ الله. وَبَيْنَا أَنا فِي ضِيقٍ إِذْ أَوْفَد الله عَلَيَّ بِرَجُلٍ فأَخْرَجَني مِنْهُ. بمعنَى جاءَني بِهِ.
وَرَكَبُ {مُوفِد: مُرْتَفِع، وَكَذَا سَنَامٌ مُوفِدٌ.
} وتَوَفَّدت الإِبلُ والطَّيْرُ: تَسابَقَت، كَذَا فِي اللسانِ، وعِبَارة الأَساس: {تَوَفَّدَت الأَوْعَالُ فوقَ الجَبَلِ: أَشْرَفَت. وَفِي التكملة: تَشَوَّفَتْ. وكلّ ذالك مَجَازٌ.
} والأَوْفَاد: قَوْمٌ مِن العَربِ، أَنْشَد ابنُ الأَعْرَابيّ:
فَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ مِنَّا أَخَذْتُمْ بِأَخْذِنَا
ولاكِنَّمَا! الأَوْفَادُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِ {وَوَافِدُ بنُ سَلاَمَةَ، رَوَى حَدِيثَه ضَمْرَةُ بن رَبِيعةَ.
ووافِدُ بنُ مُوسَى الذَّارِع، يُقَال فِيهِ بِالْقَافِ أَيضاف.
وأَبُو وَافِدٍ، روى عَنهُ عبدُ الجبَّار بن نافِعٍ الضَّبِّيّ، ومحمّد بن يُوسُف بن وافِد، وأَبو بكر يحيى بن عبد الرحمان بن وافِدٍ اللَّخْمِيّ قَاضِي قُرْطَبَةَ، وأَبو المَرَجَّا سالِمُ بن ثِمَالِ بن عَفَّانَ بن وافِدٍ، كَذَا فِي التبصير لِلْحَافِظِ.
تَكْمِيل:
قد تَكَرَّر لَفْظُ الوَفْدِ فِي الحديثِ، وهم القَوْمُ يَجْتَمِعُون فَيَرِدُون البلادَ، واحدُهُم وافدٌ، وكاذلك يَقْصِدُونَ الــأُمراءَ لِزيارَةٍ واسْتِرْفادٍ وانْتِجاعٍ وايرِ ذالك، وَفِي الحَدِيث (وَفْدُ الله ثَلاَثَةٌ) وَفِي حَدِيث الشَّهِيد ((فإِذا قُتلَ) فَهُوَ وافِدٌ لِسَبْعِينَ يَشْعِدُ لَهُم. وَقَوله: (أَجِيزُوا الوَفْدَ بِنَحْوِ مَا كُنْتُ أُجِيزُهم) . وَقَالَ النَّوَوِيُّ: الوَفْدُ: جَمَاعَةٌ مُخْتَارَةٌ للتقَدُّم فِي لِقَاءِ العُظماءِ. وَقَالَ الزّجَّاج فِي تَفْسِير قَوْله تَعَالَى: {يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ الْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى الرَّحْمَانِ وَفْداً} (سُورَة مَرْيَم، الْآيَة: 85) قيل الوَفْدُ: الرُّكْبَانُ المُكَرَّمُونَ. وَفِي تَفْسِير ابنِ كَثِير، وَمِنْه أَخَذَ أَحَدُ الجَلالَيْنِ، أَنَّ الوَفْدَ القَادِمُونَ رُكْبَاناً. وَفِي العِنَايَةِ للخَفَاجِيّ أَنَّ أَصْلَ الوُفودِ القُدُومُ على العظماءِ للعَطَايَا والاسْتِرْفَادِ. وَفِي شرْحهِ للشفاءِ أَثْنَاءَ إِعجازِ القرآنِ: أَصْلُ مَعْنَى الوَفْدِ الإِشْرَافُ. هاذه أَقوالهم، وظاهرُ كلامِ المُصَنّف كغيرِه من الأَئمَّةِ أَن} الوَفْد! والوُفُودَ هم القَوْمُ القادِمُون مُطلَقاً، مُشاةً أَو رُكْبَاناً، مُخْتَارِين للقاءِ العُظَماءِ أَوْلاَ، كَمَا هُوَ ظاهِرٌ، وَيُمكن أَن يُقَال إِن كلامَ النَّوَوِيّ وغيرِه استعمالٌ عُرْفِيٌّ، وكلامَ المُصَنِّف وغيرِه استعمالٌ لُغَويّ، وَالله أَعلم.