قرء

3 قارأهُ ذ , (O, K.) inf. n. مُقَارَأَةٌ and قِرَاآءٌ, (K,) He read, or studied, with him, each of them teaching the other. (O, K.) ― -b2- It is said of the [ch. of the Kur-án entitled] سُورَةُ الأَحْزَاب, as Ibn-Háshim related that trad., اـِنْ كَانَتْ لَتُقَارِئُ سُورَةَ البَقَرَةِ هِىَ أَطْوَلُ i. e. [ Verily (اـِنْ being here a contraction of اـِنَّ as in the Kur xvii. 75 and 78 &c.)] it was equal as to the time required to read it, or to recite it, to [that which is entitled] the سورة of the بقرة [ or it was longer ]: but most related it as commencing with the words ان كانت لَتُوَازِى. (TA.)