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قارضهُ

Root: قرض

Form: 3

Full Definition

قارضهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُقَارَضَةٌ and قِرَاضٌ, [He lent to him, and received from him, a loan: or it signifies, or signifies also,] i. q. أَقْرَضَهُ, q. v.
2 قِرَاضٌ and مُقَارَضَةٌ, with the people of El-Hijáz, also signify i. q. مُضَارَبَةٌ; as though it were a contract for traversing the land [for traffic], from القَرْضُ فِى السَّيْرِ, or, as Z says, from القَرْضُ فِى الأَرْضِ, meaning “ the traversing the land, ” like as مضاربة is from الضَّرْبُ فِى الأَرْضِ; and the form of the contract is what is shown by the following explanation. You say, قَارَضْتُهُ, or قَارَضْتُهُ مِنَ المَالِ, I gave to him property مُضَارَبَةً, [i. e.] that he might traffic with it, on the condition that the gain should be between us, and the loss should fall upon the property. (S, K. [See also ضَارَبَهُ.])
3 قارضهُ, Verbal.Noun مُقَارَضَةٌ, also signifies He requited him; he compensated him; and so قَرَضَهُ , Verbal.Noun قَرْضٌ. Hence the saying of Abu-l-Wardà, إِنْ قَارَضْتَ النَّاسَ قَارَضُوكَ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُمْ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوكَ وَإِنْ هَرَبْتَ مِنْهُمْ أَدْرَكُوكَ [If thou requite men their evil deeds, they will requite thee; and if thou leave them, they will not leave thee; and if thou flee from them, they will overtake thee]: meaning if thou do evil to them, they will do the like thereof to thee; and if thou leave them, thou wilt not be safe from them, for they will not let thee alone; and if thou revile them and injure them, they will revile thee and injure thee: he said this intending thereby to censure them: and it is from the signification of “ cutting. ” [See also قَرْضٌ, below.] You say also, فُلَانٌ يُقَارِضُ النَّاسَ, Verbal.Noun مُقَارَضَةٌ, Such a one accords, or agrees, with men. And قَارَضْتُهُ الزِّيَارَةَ [I interchanged visiting with him].
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