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Ra-Sad-Dal
to watch, lay in wait, observe, prepare, ambush.
marsadun
place of ambush, military post, place of observation.
mirsad
watch, look out.
irsad
means of preparation or finding out, hiding place, lurking place.
irsad
n.m.
9:107
وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِدا ً ضِرَارا ً وَكُفْرا ً وَتَفْرِيقا ً بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادا ً لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَه ُُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلاَّ الْحُسْنَى وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
Wa Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Masjidāan Đirārāan Wa Kufrāan Wa Tafrīqāan Bayna Al-Mu'uminīna Wa 'Irşādāan Liman Ĥāraba Allāha Wa Rasūlahu Min Qablu Wa Layaĥlifunna 'In 'Aradnā 'Illā Al-Ĥusná Wa Allāhu Yash/hadu 'Innahum Lakādhibūna
And there are those who have taken a temple to do harm and cause rejection, and to divide between the believers, and as an outpost for those who fought God and His messenger before. They will swear that they only wanted to do good, and God bears witness that they are liars.
marsad
n.m.
9:5
فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَد ٍ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُور ٌ رَحِيم ٌ
Fa'idhā Ansalakha Al-'Ash/huru Al-Ĥurumu Fāqtulū Al-Mushrikīna Ĥaythu Wajadtumūhum Wa Khudhūhum Wa Aĥşurūhum Wāq`udū Lahum Kulla Marşadin Fa'in Tābū Wa 'Aqāmū Aş-Şalāata Wa 'Ātaw Az-Zakāata Fakhallū Sabīlahum 'Inna Allāha Ghafūrun Raĥīmun
So when the restricted months have passed, then you may kill the polytheists wherever you find them, and take them, and surround them, and stand against them at every point. If they repent, and they hold the contact prayer, and they contribute towards purification, then you shall leave them alone. God is Forgiving, Merciful.
mirsad
n.m.
78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادا ً
'Inna Jahannama Kānat Mirşādāan
For Hell is in wait.
89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
'Inna Rabbaka Labiālmirşādi
Your Lord is ever watchful.
rasad
n.m.
72:9
وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الآنَ يَجِدْ لَه ُُ شِهَابا ً رَصَدا ً
Wa 'Annā Kunnā Naq`udu Minhā Maqā`ida Lilssam`i Faman Yastami`i Al-'Āna Yajid Lahu Shihābāan Raşadāan
And we used to sit in it in places of listening, but anyone who sits now finds a projectile seeking him.
72:27
إِلاَّ مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِنْ رَسُول ٍ فَإِنَّه ُُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه ِِ رَصَدا ً
'Illā Mani ArtaĐá Min Rasūlin Fa'innahu Yasluku Min Bayni Yadayhi Wa Min Khalfihi Raşadāan
Except to whom He has accepted as a messenger, then He reveals from the past and the future.
Hans Wehr
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