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سَائِقٌ

Root: سوق

Full Definition

سَائِقٌ [Driving, or a driver;] the agent of the verb in the phrase سَاقَ المَاشِيَةَ: as also سَوَّاقٌ in an intensive sense [as meaning Driving much or vehemently, or a vehement driver]: pl. of the former سَاقَةٌ, q. v. مَعَهَا سَائِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ, in the Kur [l. 20], is said to mean Having with it a driver to the place of congregation [for judgment] and a witness to testify against it of its works: i. e. an angel driving it, and another angel testifying of its works: or an angel performing both of these offices: or a writer of evil deeds and a writer of good deeds: or its own person, or its consociate [devil], and its members, or its works.
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