• It can also mean “language,” as in: “We have not sent any messenger except with the lisān (language) of his people” (Ibrāhīm 4) and “in a clear Arabic lisān” (al-Shuʿarāʾ 195).
• And it can mean “praiseworthy remembrance,” as in: “Grant me a truthful lisān among later generations” (al-Shuʿarāʾ 84).

• istawā (to rise/settle): The verb appears in the Qur’an in three constructions:
  • When it is followed by ʿalā, it signifies exalted rising or elevation, as in: “Then He istawā ʿalā the Throne” (al-Aʿrāf 54); “that you may istawā ʿalā their backs” (al-Zukhruf 13).
  • When it is followed by ilā, it conveys purposeful turning, as in: “Then He istawā ilā the heaven and fashioned them into seven heavens” (al-Baqarah 29).
  • When it occurs without a preposition, it denotes perfection or completion, as in: “When he reached his full strength and istawā” (al-Qaṣaṣ 14), meaning he became complete in intellect and in every aspect of his state.

• taʾwīl (outcome/interpretation):
  • Its most frequent Qur’anic sense is the ultimate outcome of a matter—what it finally leads to and the moment it occurs. Thus: “Are they waiting for anything except its taʾwīl? The Day its taʾwīl comes, those who had forgotten it before will say…” (al-Aʿrāf 53), i.e., the actual coming of the threatened punishment; and: “This is the taʾwīl of my dream of before” (Yūsuf 100), meaning: this is what it has come to—its realization.
  • It can also mean “explanation” or “interpretation,” though this is rare. One example—on one of the two readings—is: “None knows its taʾwīl except Allah” (Āl ʿImrān 7), meaning: its explanation. On the other reading, the verse carries the first meaning, that none knows the true reality of what is foretold except Allah alone. According to this latter meaning one must pause at “Allah.” According to the former, where taʾwīl means “explanation,” the following phrase is conjunct to it: “and those firmly grounded in knowledge,” meaning: