مُسَارَعَةٌ
Root: سرع
Form: 3
Full Definition
مُسَارَعَةٌIII
signifies The hastening with another; or vying, or striving, with another, in hastening; or hastening to be, or get, before another or others; إِلَى شَىْءٍ
to a thing; as also
; syn. مُبَادَرَةٌ; with which, also, [not, however, as it is expl. above, but in the sense of بُدُورٌ, i. e. simply the hastening to a thing,]
is syn. One says, سَارَعُوا
إِلَى كَذَا and تسارعوا إِلَيْهِ, [They hastened, one with another, &c., to such a thing,] both signifying the same. And [of a single person,] سارع إِلَى الشَّىْءِ
He hastened to the thing; syn. بادر. And it is said in the Kur [iii. 127], وَسَارِعُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ [And vie ye, one with another, in hastening to obtain forgiveness from your Lord]. And again, [iii. 170,] ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِى الكُفْرِ
Who fall into unbelief hastily, or quickly, and eagerly.
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