رَاعِنَا
Root: رعن
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رَاعِنَا
in the phrase لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا, in the Kur [ii. 98, and occurring again in iv. 48], is said to be a word meant to convey a reviling of the Prophet, derived from [the Verbal.Noun] الرُّعُونَةُ: El-Hasan read رَاعِنًا, with tenween: and Th says that the phrase means Say not ye a lie, and mockery, and foolishness. [See also 4 in art. رعى.]
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