سِقَايَةٌ
Root: سقى
Full Definition
سِقَايَةٌ
and
سُقَايَةٌ and
مَسْقَاةٌ and
مِسْقَاةٌ
A place for giving to drink or for watering: what is termed سِقَايَةُ المَآءِ is well known: i. e. سِقَايَةٌ signifies a place made, or prepared, for the giving to drink to people: a construction for water: or a place in which beverage is made, or prepared, at the fairs, or festivals, &c.: [and particularly a place in which a beverage made of raisins steeped in water was given at the general assembly of the pilgrims:] and
مَسْقَاةٌ signifies a drinkingplace [in a general sense]: and he who pronounces it with kesr to the م [
2 سِقَايَةٌ also signifies A vessel in which one is given to drink: in the Kur [xii. 70], it means the king's drinking-cup; his صُوَاع, in [or from] which he drank, and with which they measured corn; and it was a vessel of silver.
3 And سِقَايَةُ الحَاجِ means The beverage made of raisins steeped in water which [the tribe of] Kureysh used to give to the pilgrims to drink: it was under the superintendence of El-'Abbás in the Time of Ignorance and in El-Islám: or سِقَايَة in this phrase is an Verbal.Noun; so in the Kur ix. 19; where it is said, أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ ٱلْحَاجِ وَعِمَارَةَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِآللّٰهِ وَٱليَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ; the two words سقاية and عمارة being inf. ns. of سَقَى and عَمَرَ; the meaning being أَجَعَلْتُمْ أَهْلَ سِقَايَةِ الحَاجِ وَ عِمَارَةِ المَسْجِدِ الحَرَامِ [i. e. Have ye made, or pronounced, the authors of the giving to drink to the pilgrims, and of the keeping in repair of the sacred mosque, to be like him who has believed in God and the last day?]; and this is confirmed by another reading, which is, سُقَاةَ الحَاجِ وَعَمَرَةَ المَسْجِدِ: or the meaning is, أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الحَاجِ كَإِيمَانِ مَنْ آمَنَ [&c., i. e. have ye made, or pronounced, the giving to drink to the pilgrims, &c., to be like the belief of him who has believed &c.?]. [See also رِفَادَةٌ.]
2 سِقَايَةٌ also signifies A vessel in which one is given to drink: in the Kur [xii. 70], it means the king's drinking-cup; his صُوَاع, in [or from] which he drank, and with which they measured corn; and it was a vessel of silver.
3 And سِقَايَةُ الحَاجِ means The beverage made of raisins steeped in water which [the tribe of] Kureysh used to give to the pilgrims to drink: it was under the superintendence of El-'Abbás in the Time of Ignorance and in El-Islám: or سِقَايَة in this phrase is an Verbal.Noun; so in the Kur ix. 19; where it is said, أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ ٱلْحَاجِ وَعِمَارَةَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِآللّٰهِ وَٱليَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ; the two words سقاية and عمارة being inf. ns. of سَقَى and عَمَرَ; the meaning being أَجَعَلْتُمْ أَهْلَ سِقَايَةِ الحَاجِ وَ عِمَارَةِ المَسْجِدِ الحَرَامِ [i. e. Have ye made, or pronounced, the authors of the giving to drink to the pilgrims, and of the keeping in repair of the sacred mosque, to be like him who has believed in God and the last day?]; and this is confirmed by another reading, which is, سُقَاةَ الحَاجِ وَعَمَرَةَ المَسْجِدِ: or the meaning is, أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الحَاجِ كَإِيمَانِ مَنْ آمَنَ [&c., i. e. have ye made, or pronounced, the giving to drink to the pilgrims, &c., to be like the belief of him who has believed &c.?]. [See also رِفَادَةٌ.]
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