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رعن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَاعِنَا ذ in the phrase لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا, in the Kur [ii. 98, and occurring again in iv. 48], is said to be a word meant to convey a reviling of the Prophet, derived from [the inf. n.] الرُّعُونَةُ: El-Hasan read رَاعِنًا, with tenween: and Th says that the phrase means Say not ye a lie, and mockery, and foolishness. (TA.) [See also 4 in art. رعى.]

Derived headwords

رَاعِنَا
  1. 1.
لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا