لذذ

Core meaning

What is delicious: the pleasure one tastes, in drinking or in seeing.

Uses

1. لَذَّةٍۢ, لَّذَّةٍۢ → "delightful", "delicious" : the drink of the Garden, delicious for whoever drinks it.

   • «لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ» — "delightful for those who drink it" (37:46)
   • «وَأَنْهَٰرٌۭ مِّنْ خَمْرٍۢ لَّذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ» — "rivers of wine delicious to those who drink" (47:15)

2. وَتَلَذُّ → "to delight" : the pleasure of the eyes.

   • «وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ» — "and whatever the eyes relish" (43:71)

Evidence from the text

The same formula twice qualifies the drink of the Garden: the cup "delightful for those who drink it", without headache or intoxication (37:46), and the wine of the rivers "delicious to those who drink" (47:15). In 43:71 the verb passes from the mouth to the eyes: beside what the Self desires, there is what the eyes relish.

Distinctions

• فكه — فكه says fruit and the enjoyment drawn from it ("savoury"); لذذ, the delight of drink and sight.
• فرح — فرح says joy; لذذ, the pleasure one tastes.