عَجِبَ مِنْهُ
1.
, (S, O, Msb, K,) [and لَهُ, as shown by what follows,] aorist
عَجَبَ
, verbal noun عَجَبٌ; (Msb, TA;) and منه
تعجّب, and
استعجب
منه, (S, O, Msb, K,) which two are synonym each with the other, (S, O, K,) and with the first also; (S, K;) all signify He wondered at it; i. e. he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable, said of a thing occurring, or presenting itself, to him; (K, TA;) on account of his being little accustomed to it: (TA:) or the first signifies [as above, i. e.] he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable: and
تَعَجُّبٌ is of two kinds; one is [the wondering] at a thing which one commends, and it means the accounting (a thing) good or goodly, or approving [it], and expressing one's approval of a thing; and the other is at a thing that one dislikes, and it means the deeming [a thing] strange, extraordinary, or improbable, and discommending [it]: (Msb:) or, according to some of the grammarians, it signifies the mind's becoming affected, or acted upon, by some excessive quality in the thing by which it is so affected; [so that it may be rendered the becoming affected with wonder;] as when one says مَا أَشْجَعَهُ [“ how courageous is he! ”] and أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ [“ how clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see! ”]: (Msb, MF, TA:) or it is [the wondering] at a thing of which the cause, or reason, is hidden, and not known: or it is when one sees a thing that pleases him, and thinks that he has not seen the like of it: (L, TA:) [therefore تَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُ may be rendered he wondered at it, and he admired it:] according to some, it peculiarly relates to what is deemed good or goodly, or approved; [though this is inconsistent with the application of the grammatical term فِعْلُ التَّعَجُّبِ
the verb of wonder;] and the subst. derived from it is
عَجْبٌ: and
استعجب relates to what is good or goodly or approved, and to what is otherwise; and the subst. is
عَجَبٌ [which is also the verbal noun of عَجِبَ]: or according to the A and L,
استعجب signifies he wondered at a thing intensely; or became affected with intense wonder. (TA.)
2.
[عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا, a phrase of common occurrence, (mentioned in the K voce وَيْبٌ, &c.,) is for أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا
I wonder greatly, lit. with wondering, at this. See also an example voce عَجَبٌ, last sentence but two.]
3.
Of the words in the Qur'an, 37:12, there are two readings, بَلْ
عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ and بل عَجِبْتُ ويسخرون: according to the former, the meaning is, Nay, thou wonderest at their conduct, or deemest it extraordinary, [O Mohammad,] and they mock: respecting the latter reading, [which may be rendered Nay, I wonder, &c.,] it is observed that عَجَبٌ when attributed to God has a meaning different from that which it has when attributed to men: IAth says that, when attributed to God, it is used in a tropical manner, as the causes of things are not hidden from Him: or, according to IAmb, the verb here meams I have recompensed them for their wondering at the truth, or their deeming it strange or improbable: and in like manner it is said [in the Qur'an, 8:30, يَمْكُرُونَ
وَيَمْكُرُ اللّٰهُ [lit. “ They plot and God plotteth ”], meaning, “ God recompenseth them for their plotting. ” (L, TA.)
4.
It is also said that عَجَبٌ when attributed to God [sometimes] means The being well pleased, content, or satisfied. (K, TA.) The saying, in a tradition, عَجِبَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ
إِلَى الجَنَّة فِى السَّلَاسِلِ means Thy Lord wonders at a people who will be led to Paradise in chains [because of their deeming themselves unworthy thereof]; the verb عجب being here used in a tropical sense: or the meaning is, thy Lord is well pleased with, and will reward, a people &c.: and there are other trads. of the same kind. (L, TA.)
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6.
عَجِبَتْ, verbal noun عَجَبٌ; and عَجُبَتْ; said of a she-camel, She was, or became, such as is termed
عَجْبَاء (TA.)