تصدّق
Root: صدق
Form: 5
Full Definition
تصدّقV
He gave him what is termed
صَدَقَة, meaning [an alms, or] what is given for the sake of God, or what is given with the desire of obtaining a recompense from God: and عليه signifies the same; and in this sense صدّق is [said by some to be] used in the Kur lxxv. 31. Hence, in the Kur [xii. 88], وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَا: or this means
2 It is said by Ibn-Es-Seed, on the authority of AZ and IJ, and mentioned by IAmb, that تصدّق signifies also He asked, or begged, for what is termed صَدَقَة [or alms]: but Fr and As and others disallow the beggar's being called مُتَصَدِّق: IKt says that the verb is improperly used in this sense by the vulgar: [and accord. to J and Sgh,] one says, مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ يَسْأَلُ, and one should not say يَتَصَدَّقُ.
2 It is said by Ibn-Es-Seed, on the authority of AZ and IJ, and mentioned by IAmb, that تصدّق signifies also He asked, or begged, for what is termed صَدَقَة [or alms]: but Fr and As and others disallow the beggar's being called مُتَصَدِّق: IKt says that the verb is improperly used in this sense by the vulgar: [and accord. to J and Sgh,] one says, مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ يَسْأَلُ, and one should not say يَتَصَدَّقُ.
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