What does Isti'ana mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Isti'ana (استعانة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Isti'ana

Isti'ana according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

In badi’: the author citing another’s verse, to aid him completing his aim.

Isti'ana according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

In at-Taj (helping, seeking): their word that the prepositional ba is for seeking aid means it yields the actor’s aid for his act by its genitive, as I wrote with the pen. The act, that is, the event, attached to the ba, deed or its sense.

Isti'ana according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Lexically and terminologically: seeking aid. Use meets istiana in each holding a kind of help, but istikhdam is by the slave. In al-Mousou’a: the verbal noun of ista’an, seeking help; said: I sought him in aid and relied on him, he aided me; the terminological sense leaves not the lexical. Istiana: seeking help; I relied on so-and-so: sought his help, he aided and assisted; of servants in what they can, and of Allah: « You we worship, You we seek help from ».

Isti'ana according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

The verse’s insertion and what exceeds.

Isti'ana according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Lexically seeking another’s aid; by usage, citing another’s verse to aid completing one’s aim, in verse or prose.

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