إِسْتَبَقَ
Root: سبق
Form: 8
Full Definition
إِسْتَبَقَVIII
[استبقهُ and استبق إِلَيْهِ
i. q.
بَادَرَ إِلَيْهِ. Thus] فَٱسْتَبِقُوا الخَيْرَاتِ, in the Kur [ii. 143 and v. 53], means Therefore hasten ye to good acts, &c.; or employ the fulness of your power, or force, in hastening thereto; syn. بَادِرُوا إِلَيْهَا. See also 4.
2 You say also, استبق إِلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ, (K in art. بدر,) or , The thing, or event, came to him, or happened to him, hastily, quickly, or speedily; and beforehand [or before he expected it]; syn. بَدَرَهُ, and بَدَرَ إِلَيْهِ.
3 فَٱسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ, in the Kur xxxvi. 66, in which الصراط is in the accus. case because of إِلَى suppressed before it, or by making الاِسْتِبَاقُ to imply the meaning of الاِبْتِدَارُ, means And they would hasten, make haste, or strive to get first or beforehand, to the road that they were wont to travel: or
4 See also 6, throughout.
2 You say also, استبق إِلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ, (K in art. بدر,) or , The thing, or event, came to him, or happened to him, hastily, quickly, or speedily; and beforehand [or before he expected it]; syn. بَدَرَهُ, and بَدَرَ إِلَيْهِ.
3 فَٱسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ, in the Kur xxxvi. 66, in which الصراط is in the accus. case because of إِلَى suppressed before it, or by making الاِسْتِبَاقُ to imply the meaning of الاِبْتِدَارُ, means And they would hasten, make haste, or strive to get first or beforehand, to the road that they were wont to travel: or
4 See also 6, throughout.
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