سَاعَة

saAEapN * [ An hour; ] one of the divisions of the night and the day; (Lth, K, TA;) both of which together consist of four and twenty of those divisions; each of them, when they are of equal length, consisting of twelve such divisions; (TA;) [also termed saAEapN falakiy~apN ( an astronomical hour; fifteen darajaAt of time; sixty minutes of time; ) because sAEp alone is often used in a vague sense, as meaning what is termed saAEapN zamaAniy~apN ; i. e.] a time of night or of day: but used absolutely by the Arabs as meaning a time; a while; a space, or period; an indefinite [ short ] time; and a little while; (Msb;) a [ short or] little portion, or division, [or space, or period, ] of the night and of the day: (TA:) and Als~aAEapu signifies the pre- sent time: (S, K:) pl. saAEaAtN and ↓ saAEN , (S, Msb, K,) [or the latter is rather a coll. gen. n. of which sAEp is the n. un.,] and siwaAEN . (Msb.) It is used unrestricted in the Kur [vii. 32 and in other places], where it is said, laA yasotaA^oxiruwna saAEapF (Msb) They will not remain behind (Bd) for a time, or any while, (Msb,) or the shortest time: or they shall not seek to remain behind, by reason of intense terror. (Bd.) And so in a trad., where it is said, mano raAHa fiY Als~aAEapi AlA^uwlaY Whoso goeth in the first time; not in the first astronomical sAEp , for then it would necessarily mean that he who should come in the latter part thereof would be on a par with the former person, which is not the case. (Msb.) [ saAEapF signifies, as shown above, For, or during, an hour: and awhile; for a little while; during a short time; as in the phrase,] jalasotu Einodaka saAEapF I sat with thee, or at thine abode, for a little while, or during a short time. (TA.) [And fiY saAEapK , In a short time: in a moment. And Als~aAEapa , Now: just now: this moment. And saAEatay^i*K , Then; at that time: or in that hour. ] And mu*o saAEapNK [ A little while ago; ] in the first time near to us: (K in art. Anf :) or this signifies Als~aAEapa [expl. above]. (Zj, T and M in art. Anf .) [And mino saAEatihi At the moment thereof; instantly. Hence, sam~a saAEapK An instantaneous poison. ] ― -b2- Als~aAEapu also signifies (tropical:) The resurrection; (S, K, TA;) the raising of mankind for the reckoning; also termed Als~aAEapu AlkuboraY : (Er-Rághib, B:) or the time thereof: (K:) because of the quickness with which its reckoning will be accomplished: (TA:) or because it will come suddenly upon mankind, in a moment, and all creatures will die at one cry. (Zj, Az, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [liv. 1], Aiqotarabati Als~aAEapu (tropical:) The resurrection [or the time thereof ] hath drawn nigh. (Jel, TA.) And [in vii. 186 and lxxix. 42,] yasoA^aluwnaka Eani Als~aAEapi (tropical:) They ask thee concerning the resurrection [or the time thereof ]. (Bd, Jel, TA.) And [in xxxi. last verse and xliii. 85,] Einodahu Eilomu Als~aAEapi (tropical:) With Him is the knowledge of the resurrection, (TA,) or of the time thereof. (Bd, Jel.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) The death of one generation; termed, for distinction, Als~aAEapu AlwusoTaY : as in the saying of Mohammad, when he saw 'AbdAllah Ibn-Uneys, A_ino yaTulo Eumoru h`*aA AlgulaAmi lamo yamuto Hat~aY taquwma Als~aAEapu (assumed tropical:) [ If the life of this boy last long, he will not die until the death of the generation shall come to pass ]: accordingly it is said that he was the last that died of the Companions. (Er-Rághib, B.) ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) The death of any man; termed, for distinction, Als~aAEapu AlS~ugoraY : as in the Kur [vi. 31], qado xasira A@l~a*ayna ka*~abuwA biliqaA='i A@ll~`hi Hat~aY A_i*aA jaA='atohumu A@ls~aA`Eapu bagotapF (assumed tropical:) [ They have suffered loss who disbelieved in, or denied as false, the meeting with God until, when death came to them suddenly ]. (Er-Rághib, B) ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) Difficulty, distress, or affliction; and so ↓ Als~aAEu . (TA.) ― -b6- And (assumed tropical:) Distance, or remotene