Qaf-Lam-Dal at IslamAwakened.com

General Root Meaning

twisted/wound/wreathed a thing, rope, necklace, garland, collar, bracelet, to hang up (e.g. sword on belt), piece of skin, sandal.
Irrigated, irrigated land.
Lane's Lexicon on 5:2 - prefects or the like with offices of administration, permanent badge (of favour), authority, mode of order-giving, impose upon a thing.
Management.
Drown, to seize, close upon, cover.
Key, phrase: "I threw to him the keys of the affairs" meaning "I committed to him disposal/management of the affairs", treasure, repository/store-room/treasury/magazine, the place of the suspended thing (e.g. neck, belt), a chief upon whom are imposed the affairs of the people.

l-qalāida
(Word Translations: 1)
- the garlanded
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 5:2 O you who believe! (Do) not violate (the) rites (of) Allah, and not the month sacred and not the sacrificial animals and not the garlanded and not (those) coming (to) the House Sacred seeking Bounty of their Lord and good pleasure. And when you come out of Ihram then (you may) hunt. And not let incite you (the) hatred (for) a people as they stopped you from Al-Masjid Al-Haraam that you commit transgression. And help one another in [the] righteousness and [the] piety, but (do) not help one another in [the] sin and [the] transgression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah (is) severe (in) [the] punishment.

maqālīdu
(Word Translations: 2)
- (are the) keys
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 39:63 For Him (are the) keys (of) the heavens and the earth. And those who disbelieve in (the) Verses (of) Allah, those - they (are) the losers.
- (the) keys
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 42:12 To Him (belongs) (the) keys (of) the heavens and the earth. He extends the provision for whom He wills and restricts. Indeed, He of every thing (is) All-Knower.

wal-qalāida
(Word Translations: 1)
- and the garlands
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 5:97 has made Allah the Kabah, the House, the Sacred, an establishment for mankind and the month(s) [the] sacred and the (animals) for offering and the garlands. That (is) so that you may know that Allah knows what (is) in the heavens and what (is) in the earth, and that Allah of every thing (is) All-Knowing.

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