تسابقا

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تسابقاVI and signify the same: thus the saying [in the Kur xii. 25] البَابَ means تَسَابَقَا إِلَيْهِ, i. e. And they strove, or contended, each with the other, to precede, or get before, to the door. [And both are trans. by means of إِلَى:] you say, تسابقوا إِلَى كَذَا and إِلَيْهِ [They strove, or contended, together, to precede, or be first, in attaining to such a thing: and so : see the Kur lvii. 21, here سَابِقُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ is expl. by Bd as meaning سَارِعُوا مُسَارَعَةَ المُسَابِقِينَ فِى المِضْمَارِ i. e. Strive ye, one with another, in hastening, with the striving of those that contend to outstrip in the hippodrome, to obtain forgiveness]. And you say, فِى العَدْوِ, meaning تَسَابَقْنَا [i. e. We strove, or contended, one with another, to precede, get before or ahead, or outstrip, in running: and in like manner each of these verbs is used in relation to any object of contention for precedence].
2 And تسابقوا and They competed, or contended, together in shooting. ذَهَبْنَا , in the Kur [xii. 17], means We went to compete, or contend, together in shooting: or in running.
3 And ↓ the latter of these verbs, as well as the former, signifies also They laid bets, wagers, or stakes, one with another.

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