سرع

3 مُسَارَعَةٌ ذ signifies The hastening with another; or vying, or striving, with another, in hastening; or hastening to be, or get, before another or others; (S, K;) اـِلَى شَىْءٍ to a thing; (S;) as also ↓ تَسَارُعٌ; syn. مُبَادَرَةٌ; (S, K;) with which, also, [not, however, as it is expl. above, but in the sense of بُدُورٌ, i. e. simply the hastening to a thing,] ↓ اـِسْرَاعٌ is syn. (TA.) One says, سَارَعُوا اـِلَى كَذَا and اـِلَيْهِ ↓ تسارعوا, [ They hastened, one with another, &c., to such a thing, ] both signifying the same. (S.) And [of a single person,] سارع اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ He hastened to the thing; syn. بادر. (Msb.) And it is said in the Kur [iii. 127], وَسَارِعُوا اـِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ [ And vie ye, one with another, in hastening to obtain forgiveness from your Lord ]. (TA.) And again, [iii. 170,] ا@لَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِى الكُفْرِ Who fall into unbelief hastily, or quickly, (Bd, Jel,) and eagerly. (Bd.)