Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الرَّازِقُ

Root: رزق

Full Definition

الرَّازِقُ and الرَّزَّاقُ , the latter of which has an intensive signification, are epithets applied to God, meaning [The Supplier of the means of subsistence, &c.; or] the Creator of what are termed الأَرْزَاق, and the Giver of their أَرْزَاق to his creatures. [The former epithet is also applicable to a man; but ↓ the latter is not.]
2 رَوَازِقُ [as pl. of رَازِقٌ, agreeably with a general rule relating to epithets of the measure فَاعِلٌ when not applicable to rational beings, and of رَازِقَةٌ,] Dogs, and birds, that prey, or catch game.


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