الخَطَّافُ

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الخَطَّافُ [lit. He that is wont to seize, &c.: and particularly he that is wont to snatch, or steal, opportunities of hearing the speech of the angels, from the confines of the lowest Heaven: and hence.] applied in a trad. to the Devil, or Satan: or, as some say, it is in this instance , as pl. of خَاطِفٌ, [and therefore meaning the devils,] or as being likened to the hooked iron called خُطَّاف.
2 أَبُو الخَطَّافِ a surname of The حِدَأَة [or kite]. (TA in art. حدأ.)

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