سءل

سَائِلٌ ذ [i. e. Asking; meaning interrogating, questioning, or inquiring; and demanding, or begging; ] has for its pl. سَأَلَةٌ and سُؤَّالٌ. (TA.) See سُؤَلَةٌ. ― -b2- It also means [ A beggar; i. e.] a poor man asking, or begging, a thing. (Er-Rághib, TA.) So it has been expl. as used in the Kur [xciii. 10], where it is said, وَأَمَّا ا@لسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ [ And as for the beggar, thou shalt not chide him, or address him with rough speech ]: or, accord. to El-Hasan, it here means the seeker of knowledge. (TA.)