رَشَدَ
Root: رشد
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَشَدَI
, Present.T
ـُ; and رَشِدَ, Present.T
ـَ; the former of which is the better known and the more chaste; Verbal.Noun رُشْدٌ, which is of the former, and رَشَدٌ, which is of the latter, and رَشَادٌ, which is also of the latter verb, or this last is a simple subst.; He took, or followed, a right way or course or direction; as to a road, and also as to an affair: [and often relating to religion; meaning he held a right belief; was orthodox:] and
استرشد signifies the same: you say, استرشد لِأَمْرِهِ, meaning He took, or followed, a right way to conduct his affair: and رَشَدَ أَمْرَهُ, meaning He took, or followed, a right course in his affair; this latter being a phrase similar to أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ and سَفِهَ رَأْيَهُ &c. Some say that رَشْدٌ relates to the things of the present life and to those of the life to come; and رَشَدٌ, only to those of the life to come: but this distinction does not accord with what has been heard from the Arabs, nor with readings of the Kur-án, in which some read رُشْد and others رَشَد in several verses. The former also signifies The continuing in the way of truth, or the right way, with self-constraining firmness in so doing. One says to the traveller, رَشِدْتَ [Mayest thou take, or follow, the right way].
2 [See also رُشْدٌ below.]
2 [See also رُشْدٌ below.]
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