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Form 1سَجَدَ8 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarسُجُودٌ

Core sense — he was lowly, humble, or submissive; he prostrated himself in prayer; he stood erectgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe lowered his head and bent himself down—اسجد

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He was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive; synonymous with خَضَعَ or تَطَامَنَ and ذَلَّ; or he bent himself down towards the ground. (Aboo-Bekr) [And such is often meant by خَضَعَ and by تَطَامَنَ.]

Or it has both meanings at once: he was lowly, humble, or submissive, bending himself down; for the primary meaning of السُّجُودُ is تَذَلُّلً together with تَطَأْمُنٌ [or تَطَامُنٌ].

Said of a man; and he put his forehead on the ground. Said likewise of a camel, and in that case it is figurative.

he lowered his head to be ridden, or to his rider—سَجَدَ
Lane cites “Bd in ii. 32” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1.1he put his forehead on the ground—سَجَدَ

The سُجُود of prayer comes from سَجَدَ in the first of the senses explained above, and means prostrating oneself: putting the forehead on the ground.

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

سُجُود to God denotes a particular manner [of doing this; i.e. prostrating oneself in prayer by dropping gently upon the knees, placing the palms of the hands on the ground a little before the place of the knees, and then putting the nose and forehead on the ground, the nose first, between the two hands].

1.1.2he used to lower himself, or bend himself down, to the arrow that passed beyond the butt—كَانَ يَسْجُدْ لِلطَّالِع

Said of Kisrà in a tradition.

An arrow going over the butt they used to count like one that hit it; the meaning is that he used to concede to the man who shot it.

Az: it means that he used to lower his head when his arrow was aimed too high above the object shot at, so that the arrow might be rightly directed and might hit the circle.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe saluted him—سَجَدَ لَهُ

Since a salutation is often accompanied by a bending of the body, سُجُودٌ also means the act of saluting.

And also: he paid respect, or honour, to him; or he magnified him. See Ham p. 294.

1.1.4figurative · مجازthe palm-tree bent, or inclined, because of the abundance of its fruit—سَجَدَتِ النَّخْلَةُ
the ship bends, or inclines, under the influence of the wind—السَّفِينَةُ تَسْجُدُ لِلرِّيحِ
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred[And the herbs and the trees] turn towards the sun and incline with it until the afternoon shade becomes broken—وَ ٱلنَّجْمُ وَ ٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

In the Kur-án [55:5]; so according to Fr.

Or: the herbs and the trees humbly submit to His will.

I'Ab: the سُجُود of inanimate things to God is understood, in the Kur-án, as obedience to what they are made subservient to, and as a fact to be believed without asking how it happens.

1.2

It also means: he stood erect; so in the dialect of Teiyi.

The K mentions this immediately after the first meaning, saying that the verb thus has two opposite meanings; but it may be said that there is no necessary, or absolute, opposition between الخُضُوع and الاِنْتِصَاب.

1.3figurative · مجازhis leg became inflated, or swollen—سَجِدَتْ رِجْلُهُ

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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 27
15:30
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

38:73
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

53:62
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩

But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)!

55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.

96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

Nay, heed him not: But bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the closer (to Allah)!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) [aor. سَجُدَ ,] inf. n. سُجُودٌ , (Msb,) He was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive; syn. خَضَعَ , (S, A, K, TA,) or تَطَامَنَ , and ذَلَّ : (Msb:) or he bent him-self down towards the ground: (Aboo-Bekr, TA: [and such is often meant by خَضَعَ and by تَطَامَنَ :]) [or it has both of these significations combined; i. e. he was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive, bending himself down; for] the primary signification of السُّجُودُ is تَذَلُّلً together with تَطَأْمُنٌ [or تَطَامُنٌ ]. (Bd in ii. 32.) And اسجد He lowered his head, and bent himself; (AA, S, Mgh, K;) said of a man; (AA, S, Mgh;) and put his forehead on the ground: (Mgh:) and likewise said of a camel; (S, A;) in the latter case tropical; (A;) as also سَجَدَ ; (A, Mgh, Msb;) meaning he lowered his head, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) to be ridden, (S, Mgh,) or to his rider, (A,) or on the occasion of his being ridden, or mounted. (Msb.) The سُجُود of prayer is from سَجَدَ in the first of the senses expl. above; (S;) and means The [prostrating oneself;] putting the forehead on the ground: (S, Mgh:) سَجَدَ , (ISd, Msb, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (ISd, TA,) signifies he put his forehead on the ground: (ISd, Msb, TA:) but سُجُود to God denotes a particular manner [of doing this; i. e. the prostrating oneself in prayer by dropping gently upon the knees, placing the palms of the hands on the ground, a little before the place of the knees, and then putting the nose and forehead on the ground, the former first, between the two hands]. (Msb.) It is said of Kisrà, in a trad., كَانَ يَسْجُدْ لِلطَّالِع , i. e. He used to lower himself, or bend himself down, to the arrow passing beyond the butt, going over it; which they used to reckon like that which hit the butt; meaning that he used to concede to the shooter thereof: or, accord. to Az, it means that he used to lower his head when his arrow was elevated [too high] above the object shot at, in order that the arrow might be rightly directed, and might hit the circle. (TA.) And [as salutation is often accompanied with a bending of the body,] سُجُودٌ also signifies The act of saluting. (L, TA.) [You say, سَجَدَ لَهُ He saluted him. And also He paid respect, or honour, to him; or magnified him; see Ham p. 294.] You say also, سَجَدَتِ النَّخْلَةُ The palm-tree bent, or inclined, (AHn, Mgh, TA,) by reason of the abundance of its fruit. (Mgh.) And السَّفِينَةُ تَسْجُدُ لِلرِّيحِ The ship bends, or inclines, by the influence of the wind. (A, TA.) وَ ٱلنَّجْمُ وَ ٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ , in the Kur [lv. 5], means, accord. to Fr, [And the herbs and the trees] turn towards the sun and incline with it until the afternoon-shade becomes broken: (TA:) or the herbs and the trees humbly submit to his will. (Bd, Jel.) The سُجُود of inanimate things to God we understand, in the Kur, as denoting obedience to that whereto they are made subservient, and as a fact to be believed without inquiry into the manner thereof. (I'Ab, L.) Also He stood erect: (Lth, Msb, K:) so in the dial. of Teiyi. (Msb.) It is said in the K, immediately after the mention of the first signification and this last, that thus the verb has two contr. meanings: but it may be said that there is no [necessary, or absolute,] contrariety between الخُضُوع and الاِنْتِصَاب . (MF.) سَجِدَتْ رِجْلُهُ , aor. سَجَدَ , His leg became inflated, or swollen. (K, TA.)
Form 4اسجد3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِسْجَاد

Core sense — he looked steadily, with languid, lowered eyelidsgenerated

4.1

See form 1, second sentence.

4.1.1figurative · مجازhe looked continuously and calmly—إِسْجَاد

Or: he looked continuously, and lowered the eyelids in a languid, or languishing, manner [the maṣdar being there explained by إِدَامَةُ النَّظَرِ وَ إِمْرَاضُ الأَجْفَانِ]; or he lowered the eyelids, with a look indicative of [amorousness, and feigned coyness or opposition, or] confidence in one's love, and the presumptuousness that comes of it; or he had a languid, or languishing, eye.

4.1.2figurative · مجازshe lowered her eye—اسجدت عَيْنَهَا
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: see 1, second sentence. Also, (K,) inf. n. إِسْجَاد , (S,) He looked continuedly and tranquilly: (TA:) or he looked continuedly, (S, K,) and lowered the eyelids in a languid, or languishing, manner, (S, [the inf. n. being there expl. by إِدَامَةُ النَّظَرِ وَ إِمْرَاضُ الأَجْفَانِ ,]) or lowering the eyelids [&c.], (K, * TK,) with a look indicative of [amorousness, and feigned coyness or opposition, or] confidence in one's love, and consequent presumptuousness: (TA:) or he had a languid, or languishing, eye. (L.) And اسجدت عَيْنَهَا She lowered her eye. (A, TA.)

Derived nouns 11

Nounسَجْدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single prostration of oneself in prayergenerated

1I performed a prostration of myself—سَجَدْتُ سَجْدَةً

A single act of سُجُود [as meaning prostrating oneself in prayer or the like]; plural سَجَدَاتٌ.

I recited, or read, the chapter of the prostration—قَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ السَّجْدَةِ

This is chapter 32 of the Kur-án.

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A single act of سُجُود [as meaning prostrating oneself in prayer or the like: pl. سَجَدَاتٌ ]: so in the phrase سَجَدْتُ سَجْدَةً [I performed a prostration of myself]: (Msb:) and قَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ السَّجْدَةِ [I recited, or read, the chapter of the prostration; which is the thirty-second chapter of the Kur-án]. (S, * Msb.)
Nounسِجْدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a kind, or sort, of prostration of oneself in prayergenerated

1I performed a long kind of prostration of myself—سَجَدْتُ سِجْدَةً طَوِيلَةً

A noun from سَجَدَ: a species, or sort, or kind, of سُجُود [as meaning prostration of oneself in prayer or the like].

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a subst. from سَجَدَ ; (S;) A species, or sort, [or kind,] of سُجُود [as meaning prostration of oneself in prayer or the like]: so in the phrase سَجَدْتُ سِجْدَةً طَوِيلَةً [I performed a long kind of prostration of myself]. (Msb.)
Nounرَجُلٌ سَجَّادٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who prostrates himself much in prayergenerated

1

[A man who prostrates himself much, or frequently, in prayer or the like.]

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[A man who prostrates himself much, or frequently, in prayer or the like]. (A, TA.)
Nounسَجَّادَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a small mat or carpet for prostration; the mark of prostration on the foreheadgenerated

1he spread his prayer-mat, or prayer-carpet—بَسَطَ سَجَّادَتَهُ

A [small mat, such as is termed] خُمْرَة [of an oblong shape, and a small oblong carpet,] upon which one prostrates himself [and stands and sits in prayer]; also called سُجَّادَةٌ and مِسْجَدَةٌ.

The same is said with the other names as well.

1.1

And the mark of سُجُود [or prostration in prayer] on the forehead, when dust sticks to it.

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A [small mat, such as is termed] خُمْرَة , (S, Mgh, L, TA,) [of an oblong shape, and a small oblong carpet,] upon which one prostrates himself [and stands and sits in prayer]; (L, TA;) also called سُجَّادَةٌ , (A, TA,) and مِسْجَدَةٌ . (A, L, TA.) You say, بَسَطَ سَجَّادَتَهُ &c. [He spread his prayer-mat, or prayer-carpet]. (A.) And The mark of سُجُود [or prostration in prayer] upon the forehead [when dust adheres to it]. (S, A, Mgh.)
Nounسُجَّادَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small mat or carpet on which one prostrates himself in prayergenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounسَاجِدٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lowly, submissive, bending down; prostrating himself in prayer; inclining, said of a treegenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of سَجَدَ: [being lowly, humble, or submissive; bending himself down towards the ground; and hence, prostrating himself in prayer, putting his forehead on the ground].

Plural سُجَّدٌ and سُجُودٌ.

1.1And enter the gate bending down your heads—وَ ٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا

In the Kur-án [2:55 and 7:161]; so I'Ab.

I'Ab: it was a narrow, or low, gate.

1.2figurative · مجازhumbling themselves to God, with subservience—سُجَّدًا لِلّٰهِ

In the Kur-án 16:50.

Qur’ān 16:48 approximate — somewhere between 16:34 and 16:84 Lane cites “Kur xvi. 50”
Qur’ān 16:48 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

Do they not look at Allah's creation, (even) among (inanimate) things,- How their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the left, prostrating themselves to Allah, and that in the humblest manner?Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda tree bending, or inclining—شَجَرَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ
trees bending, or inclining—شَجَرٌ سَاجِدٌ
trees bending, or inclining—سَوَاجِدُ

This last word is the plural of سَاجِدَةٌ.

palm-trees bending, or inclining—نَخْلٌ سَوَاجِدُ
a palm-tree bent by its fruit—نَجْلَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ
firmly-rooted [tall] palm-trees—عُلْبٌ سَوَاجِدُ

But it is said that this is the meaning of the word as it occurs in a verse of Lebeed.

1.4figurative · مجازsuch a one is abject, low, humble, or submissive—فُلَانٌ سَاجِدُ المَنْخِرِ
1.5figurative · مجازa languid, or languishing, eye—عَيْنٌ سَاجِدَةٌ
Qur’ānic occurrences سَاجِد 5 shown of 23
7:120
وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.

15:98
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.

25:64
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَـٰمًا

Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing;

26:46
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

26:219
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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act. part. n. of سَجَدَ : (L:) [Being lowly, humble, or submissive: bending himself down towards the ground: &c.: and hence, prostrating himself in prayer; putting his forehead on the ground: &c.:] pl. سُجَّدٌ (S, A, L) and سُجُودٌ . (L.) وَ ٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا , in the Kur [ii. 55 and vii. 161], means And enter ye the gate bending down your heads: (I'Ab, K:) it was a narrow [or low] gate. (I'Ab.) And سُجَّدًا لِلّٰهِ , in the Kur xvi. 50, means Humbling themselves to God, with subserviency. (TA.) You say also شَجَرَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ , and شَجَرٌ سَاجِدٌ and سَوَاجِدُ , [this last word being pl. of سَاجِدَةٌ ,] A tree, and trees, bending, or inclining: (A:) and نَخْلٌ سَوَاجِدُ palm-trees bending, or inclining: (AHn:) and نَجْلَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ a palm-tree bent by its fruit. (K.) [But it is said that] عُلْبٌ سَوَاجِدُ , occurring in a verse of Lebeed, means Firmly-rooted [tall] palm-trees. (IAar.) And فُلَانٌ سَاجِدُ المَنْخِرِ Such a one is object, low, humble, or submissive. (A, TA.) And عَيْنٌ سَاجِدَةٌ A languid, or languishing, eye. (A, K.)
Nounأَسْجَدُ1 sense

Core sense — having his leg inflated, or swollen, said of a mangenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Having his leg inflated, or swollen; applied to a man.

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Having his leg inflated, or swollen: (K, TA:) applied to a man. (TA.)
Nounدَرَاهِم الأَسْجَاد1 sense

Core sense — dirhems bearing effigies to which people bowed themselves downgenerated

1

Or الإِسْجَاد, as some relate it, with kesr to the ء, in the saying of El-Aswad Ibn-Yaafur: [Of the wine of one with earrings, having a nasal twang, girded with a waist-belt, i.e. of a foreigner: he brought it for what are termed دراهم الاسجاد]

shāhid
مِنْ خَيْرِ ذِى نَطَفٍ أَغَنَّ مُنَطَّقٍوَافَى بِهَا لِدَرَاهِمِ الإِأَسْجَادِ

In the copies of the K it is كَدَرَاهِم, which I think a mistranscription.

The phrase means dirhems on which were effigies to which people performed the act of سُجُود.

It is said that on them was the effigy of Kisrà, and whoever saw them lowered his head to them and showed humility [as the Persians in the present day do to the picture of their King].

Or الأَسْجَاد means the tax called جِزْيَة; so says AO, or A 'Obeyd. Or it means the Jews and the Christians: some say the former and some say the latter.

IAar reads it with kesr to the ء and explains it as meaning the Jews.

[Whatever the last word means, the verse plainly means, “of wine of a foreigner, sold by him for foreign money.”]

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, (O, K,) or الإِسْجَاد , (S, O, K,) thus some relate it, with kesr to the ء , (O, K,) in the saying of El-Aswad Ibn-Yaafur. 1 [Of the wine of one with earrings, having a nasal twang, girded with a waist-belt, i. e., of a foreigner: he brought it for what are termed دراهم الاسجاد ], (S, * O, K, but in the copies of the K كَدَرَاهِم , [which I think a mistranscription,]) means dirhems whereon were effigies to which people performed the act of سُجُود : (S, O, K:) it is said that upon them was the effigy of Kisrà, and he who beheld them lowered his head to them and showed humility [as the Persians in the present day do to the picture of their King]: (IAmb, TA:) or الأَسْجَاد means the tax called جِزْيَة : (O, K:) so says AO, (O,) or A 'Obeyd: (TA:) or the Jews and the Christians: (O, K:) some say the former and some say the latter: (O:) and it is read with kesr to the ء , and expl. as meaning the Jews, (O, K,) by IAar. (O.) [Whatever be the signification of the last word, the verse plainly means, “ of wine of a foreigner, sold by him for foreign money. ”] مِنْ خَيْرِ ذِى نَطَفٍ أَغَنَّ مُنَطَّقٍ | وَافَى بِهَا لِدَرَاهِمِ الإِأَسْجَادِ
Nounمَسْجَدٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the forehead, bearing the mark of prostration; a part that touches the ground in prostrationgenerated

1

The forehead, where the mark made by the سُجُوَد [or prostration in prayer] is. [Said in the TA to be figurative; but not so according to the A.]

Also the singular of مَسَاجِدُ, which means the parts of a man that are the places of سُجُود: المَسَاجِدُ meaning the forehead, the nose, the hands, the knees, and the feet; or the forehead, the hands, and the knees; or the seven آرَاب, namely the forehead, the hands, the knees, and the feet.

According to some, this is its meaning in the Kur-án 72:18.

Lane cites “Kur lxxii. 18” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.1

See also the following entry, in two places.

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The forehead, (S, K,) where is the mark made by the سُجُوَد [or prostration in prayer]. (S.) [Said in the TA to be tropical; but not so accord. to the A.] And sing. of مَسَاجِدُ which signifies The parts of a man that are the places of سُجُود ; (Lth, Mgh, Msb, L;) المَسَاجِدُ meaning the forehead, the nose, the hands, the knees, and the feet: (Mgh, L:) or the forehead, the hands, and the knees: (Mgh:) or the seven آرَاب ; (S, K;) namely, the forehead, the hands, the knees, and the feet: (TA in art. ارب :) such, accord. to some, is its meaning in the Kur lxxii. 18. (L.) See also the next paragraph, in two places.
Nounمَسْجِدٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a mosque; any place where one prostrates oneself in prayergenerated

1

[Any place in which one performs the act of سُجُود or acts of worship or devotion; and particularly a mosque; a Muslim temple; an oratory;] a house in which one performs the act of سُجُود; a house of prayer; any place in which one performs acts of worship or devotion. A word of well-known meaning; singular of مَسَاجِدُ.

It is also pronounced مَسْجَدٌ. IAar says that this latter word means the مِحْرَاب [here meaning oratory, or place of private prayer] of a house, and the place of prayer of the congregations; or it means any of the parts of the ground, as well as of the body, that are the places of سُجُود, or the place of the forehead [on the ground in the act of prostration in prayer].

Fr says: the مَفْعل of every verb of the class of فَعَلَ whose muḍāriʿ is of the measure يَفْعُلُ has fet-h on the middle radical letter, whether it is a noun or a maṣdar, without any difference, so that one says دَخَلَ مَدْخَلًا and هٰذَا مَدْخَلُهُ; except some words among nouns, as مَسْجِدٌ and مَطْلِعٌ and مَغْرِبٌ and مَشْرِقٌ and مَسْقِطٌ and مَفْرِقٌ and مَجْزِرٌ and مَسْكِنٌ and مَرْفِقٌ from رَفَقَ, and مَنْبِتٌ and مَنْسِكٌ from نَسَكَ: these have kesr on the middle radical letter as a sign that they are nouns. But sometimes some of the Arabs pronounce it with fet-h in the noun: مَسْكِنٌ and مَسْكَنٌ have been transmitted, and we have heard المَسْجِدُ and المَسْجَدُ and المَطْلِعُ and المَطْلَعُ.

He further says that fet-h is allowable in all of these, even if we have not heard it.

But when the verb is of the class of فَعَلَ, with its muḍāriʿ of the measure يَفْعِلُ, the noun of place or time has kesr and the maṣdar has fet-h, to distinguish the one from the other; so one says نَزَلَ مَنْزَلًا meaning نُزُولًا, and هٰذَا مَنْزِلُةُ meaning دَارُهُ.

1.1a congregational mosque—مَسْجِدٌ جَامِعٌ
the sacred mosque of Mekkeh—المَسْجِدُ الحَرَامُ

That is, a mosque in which a congregation assembles to perform the Friday prayers.

So in the Msb, in the article حرم.

the furthest mosque—المَسْجِدُ الأَقْصَى

This is in Jerusalem. So in the Msb, in the article قصو.

the mosque of the خَيْف, in Minè—مَسْجِدُ الخَيْفِ

So in the S and elsewhere, in the article خيف.

the two mosques—المَسْجِدَانِ

That of Mekkeh and that of El-Medeeneh; so in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. ثرو.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَسْجِد 2 shown of 27
7:31
يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.

72:18
وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[Any place in which one performs the act of سُجُود , or acts of worship or devotion; and particularly a mosque; a Muslim temple; an oratory;] a house in which one performs the act of سُجُود ; (IB;) a house of prayer; (Mgh, Msb;) any place in which one performs acts of worship or devotion: (Zj:) a word of well-known meaning; (K;) sing. of مَسَاجِدُ ; (S, Mgh, K;) and also pronounced مَسْجَدٌ : (S, K:) this latter word signifies, accord. to IAar, the مِحْرَاب [here meaning oratory, or place of private prayer,] of a house; and the place of prayer of the congregations; (TA;) or it signifies any of the parts of the ground, as well as of the body, that are the places of سُجُود : (Lth, L:) or the place of the forehead [on the ground in the act of prostration in prayer]. (IB.) Fr says, (S,) the مَفْعل of every verb of the class of فَعَلَ having its aor. of the measure يَفْعُلُ is with fet-h to the medial radical letter, whether it be a subst, or an inf. n., (S, K,) without any difference, so that you say, دَخَلَ مَدْخَلًا , and هٰذَا مَدْخَلُهُ ; (S;) except some words (S, K) among substs., (S,) as مَسْجِدٌ and مَطْلِعٌ (S, K) and مَغْرِبٌ (S) and مَشْرِقٌ and مَسْقِطٌ and مَفْرِقٌ and مَجْزِرٌ and مَسْكِنٌ and مَرْفِقٌ (S, K) from رَفَقَ , aor. يَرْفُقُ , (S,) and مَنْبِتٌ and مَنْسِكٌ (S, K) from نَسَكَ , aor. يَنْسُكُ ; (S;) these being with kesr (S, K) to the medial radical letter (K) as a sign of their being substs.; but sometimes some of the Arabs pronounce it with fet-h in the subst.: مَسْكِنٌ and مَسْكَنٌ have been transmitted; and we have heard المَسْجِدُ and المَسْجَدُ , and المَطْلِعُ and المَطْلَعُ : and he further says, (S,) fet-h is allowable, (S, K,) in all of these, (S,) even if we have not heard it: but when the verb is of the class of فَعَلَ having its aor. of the measure يَفْعِلُ , the n. of place [or time] is with kesr, and the inf. n. is with fet-h, to distinguish the one from the other; so that you say, نَزَلَ مَنْزَلًا , meaning نُزُولًا , and هٰذَا مَنْزِلُةُ , meaning دَارُهُ . (S, K. *) [Hence مَسْجِدٌ جَامِعٌ A congregational mosque; i. e. a mosque in which a congregation assembles to perform the Friday-prayers.] المَسْجِدُ الحَرَامُ [The sacred mosque of Mekkeh]. (Msb in art. حرم .) المَسْجِدُ الأَقْصَى The furthest mosque [which is in Jerusalem]. (Msb in art. قصو .) مَسْجِدُ الخَيْفِ The mosque of the خَيْف [q. v.] in Minè. (S &c. in art. خيف .) And المَسْجِدَانِ The two mosques; that of Mekkeh and that of El-Medeeneh: (S, Mgh:) so in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. ثرو . (S.)
Nounمِسْجَدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a mat or carpet on which one prostrates himself in prayergenerated

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See سَجَّادَةٌ.

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: see سَجَّادَةٌ .