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مَجَلَّةٌ مجله مجلة A صَحِيفَة [or book, volume, writing, or written paper or the like;] in which is science: (S, K:) and any book, or writing, (A' Obeyd, S, K,) is thus called by the Arabs; (A 'Obeyd, S;) as, for instance, that of Lukmán, and one of poetry: (TA:) and so in the phrase used by En-Nábighah (Edh-Dhubyánee, TA) مَجَلَّتُهُمْ ذَاتُ الإِِلٰهِ [Their book is that of God]: or, as some recite it, he said مَحَلَّتُهُمْ, with حاء, meaning, their abode is one of pilgrimage and of sacred sites. (S, TA.) See جُلٌّ ― -b2- [Hence,] Science; and the doctrine, or science, of practical law. (AA, TA.)

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