سَابِقٌ
Root: سبق
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سَابِقٌ
[act. part. n. of 1, Preceding, &c.: and sometimes it means one of the first or foremost: as is shown by what here follows]: sometimes what is thus termed has one coming up with it; as [sometimes happens] in the case of the سابق of horses: and sometimes it is like him who obtains the winning-cane (قَصَبَة السَّبْق [see art. قصب]); for he outstrips to it and has none to share with him in it, there being none coming up with him. It is applied to a horse That outstrips; as also
سَبُوقٌ : and the pl. [masc., i. e. pl. of the former,] applied to horses is سُبَّقٌ and [fem., i. e. pl. of سَابِقَةٌ,] سَوَابِقُ: [or] سَوَابِقُ may be pl. of سَابِقٌ regarded as a subst. like كَاهِلٌ and غَارِبٌ of which the pls. are كَوَاهِلُ and غَوَارِبُ.
2 By the سَابِقَات mentioned in the Kur lxxix. 4 are meant The angels that precede the devils with the revelation [that they convey] to the prophets: or the angels that precede the jinn, or genii, in listening to the revelation: or the angels that precede with the souls of the believers to Paradise and with the souls of the unbelievers to Hell: or the horses [that precede in battle]: or the souls of the believers, that go forth with ease: or the stars [that precede other stars].
3 [The pl.] سُبَّقٌ, applied to palm-trees, means
2 By the سَابِقَات mentioned in the Kur lxxix. 4 are meant The angels that precede the devils with the revelation [that they convey] to the prophets: or the angels that precede the jinn, or genii, in listening to the revelation: or the angels that precede with the souls of the believers to Paradise and with the souls of the unbelievers to Hell: or the horses [that precede in battle]: or the souls of the believers, that go forth with ease: or the stars [that precede other stars].
3 [The pl.] سُبَّقٌ, applied to palm-trees, means
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