دُعَآءٌ
Root: دعو
Full Definition
دُعَآءٌ
is an Verbal.Noun of 1; as also
دَعْوَى : the former is originally دُعَاوٌ: [both, used as simple substs., signify A prayer, or supplication, to God:] and the pl. of the former is أَدْعِيَةٌ. IF says that some of the Arabs, for
دَعْوَةٌ , say
دَعْوَى , with the fem. alif [written ى]. One says, اَللّٰهُمَّ أَشْرِكْنَا فِى دَعْوَى المُسْلِمِينَ, meaning [O God, make us to share] in the prayer (دُعَآء) of the Muslims. And hence, in the Kur [x. 10], فِيهَا سُبْحَانَك ٱللّٰهُمَّ [Their prayer in it shall be
سبحانك اللّٰهمّ]. [دُعَآءٌ followed by لِ signifies An invocation of good, a blessing, or a benediction: followed by عَلَى, an imprecation of evil, a curse, or a malediction.] سُورَهُ الدُّعَآءِ is a title of The first chapter of the Kur-án.
2 [Hence,] دُعَآءٌ signifies also Adoration, worship, or religious service.
3 And i. q. إِيمَانٌ [i. e. Belief; particularly in God, and in his word and apostles &c.: faith: &c.]: a meaning mentioned by the Expositors of El-Bukháree.
4 [Also A call, or cry; and so دَعْوَى , as in the Kur vii. 4 and xxi. 15.]
5 And [particularly] A calling, or crying, for aid or succour.
2 [Hence,] دُعَآءٌ signifies also Adoration, worship, or religious service.
3 And i. q. إِيمَانٌ [i. e. Belief; particularly in God, and in his word and apostles &c.: faith: &c.]: a meaning mentioned by the Expositors of El-Bukháree.
4 [Also A call, or cry; and so دَعْوَى , as in the Kur vii. 4 and xxi. 15.]
5 And [particularly] A calling, or crying, for aid or succour.
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