مَدْيَن

madiynN mdyn : see daAy^inN . -A2- [Also Repaid, requited, compensated, or recompensed: and reckoned with. ] A^ay^in~aA lamadiynuwna , in the Kur [xxxvii. 51], means Shall we indeed be requited, and reckoned with? (S, TA.) [See also what follows, in two places.] -A3- Possessed; owned; had, or held, under authority: (TA:) [and hence,] a slave; fem. with p : (S, M, K:) [or] so called because abased by work. (K.) gayora madiyniyna , in the Kur [lvi. 85], accord. to Zj, means Not held under authority: but Fr says, I have also heard [it explained as meaning] not requited [for your deeds]. (T.) [And it is said that] A^ay^in~aA lamadiynuwnna [mentioned above] means Ay^n~A lamamoluwkuwna [i. e. Shall we indeed be held in possession, or under authority, as servants of God?]. (M.)