رَفِيق

rafiyqN * Gentle, soft, tender, gracious, courteous, or civil; (JK, Msb;) as also ↓ raAfiqN . (JK.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb,) Gentle, delicate, nice, neat, or skilful, in work or operation; contr. of A^axoraqu . (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] h`*aA AlA^amoru rafiyqN bika and bika ↓ raAfiqN and raAfiqN Ealayoka (assumed tropical:) [ This affair, or thing, is easy, or convenient, to thee: see A^arofaqu ]. (O.) -A2- Also A companion (JK, S, O, Msb, K) and companions (JK, S, O, K) in travel-ling, or journeying, and afterwards: (Kh, S, O, Msb, K:) used as sing. and pl., (JK, S, O, K,) like SadiyqN (S, O) and xaliyTN : (O:) pl. rufaqaA='u ; (JK, S, O, K;) with which ↓ rufaAqapN is syn., as in the phrase fitoyapN rufaAqapN [ Young men companions &c.]. (JK.) See also rufoqapN . It is said in the Kur [iv. 71], waHasuna A^uwlaAy^ika rafiyqFA , (JK, S, O,) meaning rufaqaA='a [i. e. And good, or very good, will be those as companions after the journey of life] in Paradise! (JK.) And Mohammad is related by 'Áïsheh to have said, [just before his death,] when he had been given his choice between continuance in the present world and what was with God, and had chosen the latter, bali Alr~afiyqa AlA^aEolaY mina Aljan~api [ Nay, rather, the highest companions of Paradise ]; meaning, I desire the company, or congregation, of the prophets. (O.)