رَكْضَةً
Root: ركض
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رَكْضَةً
An impulse: a motion: [pl. رَكَضَاتٌ: see an ex. voce رَفَضَاتٌ.] Hence, it is said in a trad. of I'Ab, that the blood which continues to flow after menstruation is رَكْضَةٌ مِنَ
الشَّيْطَانِ, i. e. An impulse from the devil; whereby he finds a way of putting the woman in doubt respecting the affairs of her religion, and her state of pureness, and her prayer.
2 [Hence also,] one of the names of [the well of] Zemzem is رَكْضَةُ جِبْرِيلَ [The impulse of Gabriel; because it is fabled to have gushed forth on the ground's being struck by Gabriel's wings].
2 [Hence also,] one of the names of [the well of] Zemzem is رَكْضَةُ جِبْرِيلَ [The impulse of Gabriel; because it is fabled to have gushed forth on the ground's being struck by Gabriel's wings].
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