أَجَّلَ الأَجَلَ

, (TA,) verbal noun تَأْجِيلٌ, (K, TA,) He defined the term, or period; (K, * TA;) assigned, appointed, or specified, it. (TA.) It is said in the Qur'an, 6:128, وَ بَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا [And we have reached our term which Thou hast assigned, or appointed, for us;] meaning, the day of resurrection; (Bd, * Jel;) or the term of death; or, as some say, the term of extreme old age. (TA.) And أَجَّلْتُهُ, verbal noun as above, signifies I assigned, or appointed, for him, or it, a term, or period. (Msb.)

أَجَّلَنِى He granted me a delay, or postponement. (TA.) You say, فَأَجَّلَنِى أِلَي مُدَّةٍ ↓ اِسْتَأْجَلْتُهُ (S, K, TA) I desired, asked, demanded, or requested, of him a term, or period, [of delay, or postponement,] and he granted me a delay, or postponement, to a certain term, or period. (TA.)

See also 1.