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الرَّجَّافُ

Root: رجف

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الرَّجَّافُ The sea; because of its commotion, or agitation. A poet says, namely, Matrood Ibn-Kaab, lamenting the death of ' Abdel-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet, and eulogizing him, اَلْمُطْعِمُونَ الشَّحْمَ كُلَّ عَشِيَّةٍ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ فِى الرَّجَّافِ [The feeders with fat every evening, until the sun disappeared in the sea].
2 And The day of resurrection: and the congregation [of the risen].
3 And رَجَّافٌ also signifies A certain kind of pace [app. with a jolting motion].
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