قَاسِطٌ
Root: قسط
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قَاسِطٌ
Declining, or deviating, from the right course; acting unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically: pl. قَاسِطُونَ and قُسَّاطٌ. You say, هُوَ قَاسِطٌ غَيْرُ مُقْسِطٍ
He is declining, or deviating, from the right course; &c.: not acting equitably, or justly. And it is said in the Kur, [lxxii. 15,] أَمَّا ٱلْقَاسِطُونَ
فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا [As for the deviators from the right course, they shall be fuel for hell]. [See also عَادِلٌ.]
2 القَاسِطُونَ is also specially applied to The party of Mo'áwiyeh; the people of Siffeen.
3 [And it has the contr. meaning, i. e. Acting equitably, or justly. See, again, عَادِلٌ.]
2 القَاسِطُونَ is also specially applied to The party of Mo'áwiyeh; the people of Siffeen.
3 [And it has the contr. meaning, i. e. Acting equitably, or justly. See, again, عَادِلٌ.]
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