رقم

رَقِيمٌ ذ : see مَرْقُومٌ: and رَقْمٌ. It occurs in a trad. of 'Alee, describing the sky, as meaning Figured, or decorated, with the stars. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A book, or writing. (S.) As used in the Kur xviii. 8, الرَّقِيمُ is said to mean A tablet (JK, S, K *) of lead, (K,) whereon were inscribed, (JK, * S,) or engraved, (K,) the names of the People of the Cave [ commonly called the Seven Sleepers ], (JK, S, K,) and their ancestry, (JK, K,) and their story, (S,) and their religion, and what it was from which they fled: (K:) so says Suh, on the authority of Fr: (TA:) or a mass of stone; (Suh, JK, K;) [i. e.] a stone tablet on which were inscribed their names, and which was put upon the entrance of the cave: (Bd:) or the town, or village, from which they came forth: (JK, K:) or their mountain (Zj, K) in which was the cave: (Zj:) or the valley (AO, JK, K) in which was the cave: (AO, JK:) or their dog: (El-Hasán, R, K:) or [in the JK and CK “ and ”] the receptacle for ink: (JK, K, TA:) mentioned by IDrd, but with the expression of uncertainty as to its correctness; (TA;) and said to be of the language of the Greeks: (JK, * TA:) and the tablet: (K:) thus, also, explained as used in the verse of the Kur-án: (TA:) but I'Ab is related by 'Ikrimeh to have said, I know not what is الرَّقِيمُ; whether a book or writing, or a building: (S, TA:) it is [said to be] of the measure فَعِيل in the sense of the measure مَفْعُول. (TA.) ― -b3- رَقِيمَةٌ, applied to a woman, (tropical:) Intelligent; such as is termed بَرْزَةٌ [fem. of بَرْزٌ q. v.]. (Fr, K, TA.) ― -b4- دَاهِيَةٌ رَقِيمٌ (assumed tropical:) A great calamity or misfortune. (JK.)