رَاصِدٌ

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رَاصِدٌ Sitting [or lying in wait] for one in the road, or way: or watching, or waiting; لِشَىْءٍ for a thing: or one lying in wait, or in a place of watching, or in a road or way, for the purpose of guarding: pl. رَاصِدُونَ, and رَصَدٌ , like as خَدَمٌ is pl. of خَادِمٌ, and حَرَسٌ of حَارِسٌ; or [rather] رَصَدٌ is syn. with رَاصِدُونَ, or with مُرْتَصِدُونَ, [which has the same meaning,] and is a quasi-pl. n., a word like حَرَسٌ and خَدَمٌ, and used alike as sing. and pl. [and masc.] and fem.; and sometimes they said أَرْصَادٌ; and رَصَدَةٌ also is used as a pl. of رَاصَِدٌ, agreeably with analogy; and رُصَّدٌ likewise appears to be a pl. of the same. One says, فُلَانٌ يَخَافُ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِ وَطَلَبًا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ i. e. [Such a one fears] an enemy lying in wait [before him, and pursuers behind him]. By in the Kur lxxii. last verse but one, are meant watchers over an angel sent down with a revelation, lest one of the jinn, or genii, should overhear the revelation and acquaint therewith the diviners, who would acquaint other men therewith, and thus become equal to the prophets.
2 Hence, الرَّاصِدُ is an appellation of The Lion.

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