راودهُ
Root: رود
Form: 3
Full Definition
راودهُIII
He endeavoured to turn him [to, or from, a thing]; as in the phrase راودهُ عَلَى الإِسْلَامِ
He endeavoured to turn him, or convert him, to El-Islám; occurring in a trad., in which the agent of the verb is Mohammad, and the object is his uncle Aboo-Tálib;. syn. رَاجَعَهُ and رَادَّهُ: or رَاوَدْتُهُ عَلَى كَذَا, or عَلَى الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun مُرَاوَدَةٌ and رِوَادٌ, [primarily] signifies I desired, or sought, of him that he should do such a thing, or the thing; المُرَاوَدَةُ implying contention (المُخَاصَمَة), because he who desires, or seeks, affects gentle, or bland, behaviour, like him who deceives, or beguiles, and, like him, strives, or labours, to attain his object: and [hence,] راودهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, and عَلَيْهِ, He endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, or by deceitful arts, or to entice him to turn, from the thing, and to it; syn. دَارَاهُ, or رَادَاهُ. سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ, in the Kur xii. 61, means [We will endeavour to turn his father from him, by blandishment, or artifice, and to make him yield him to us: or] we will strive, or labour, to obtain him of his father. And رَاوَدَتْهُ عَنْ
نَفْسِهِ [in the Kur xii. 23]
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