الأول
(الأوَّل) كلمةٌ تدل على الترتيب، وهو اسمٌ من أسماء الله الحسنى،...
Tool
(الآلَةُ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
A tool that is used to do work, such as a knife for slaughtering, a sword for fighting and exacting retribution, etc.
الشرح المختصر
"Ālah" (tool) is any tool that is used to take care of his needs, such as a tool for slaughtering, which can be anything that cuts meat by pressing its lower part against it, like glass, and metal tools, like knives and the like.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Ālah" (pl. ālāt): a tool that is used to do work.
التعريف
Any instrument a person uses to do what is needed.