سَعَىٰ

1 saEaY * , aor. yasoEaY , inf. n. saEoYN (S, Msb, K, &c.) [and masoEFY , agreeably with general analogy], He walked, went, or went along, (Er-Rághib, Msb, K, TA,) quickly: (Er-Rághib, Mgh, TA:) this, accord. to Er-Rághib, is the primary signification: and hence, Als~aEoYu bayona AlS~afaA waAlmarowapi [ The tripping to and fro between Es-Safà and ElMarweh ]: (TA:) and saEaY fiY ma$oyihi [app. meaning He tripped along, or he trudged along, in his walking ]: (Msb:) [or] Als~aEoYu signifies the going along with vigorousness, and with lightness, activity, or quickness. (Ham p. 665.) ― -b2- He (a man, S) ran; syn. EadaA ; (IAar, S, K, TA;) or jaraY : by the former of which is meant [ he went ] a pace below what is termed Al$~ad~u and above what is termed Alma$oYu . (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- I. q. qaSada [as meaning He repaired, or betook himself ]. (K.) The saying, in the Kur [lxii. 9], faA^osoEawoA A_ilaY *ikori A@oll~`hi is expl. as meaning faAqoSiduwA [ Then repair ye to prayer to God ]: (TA:) or then go ye ( faA^omoDuwA ) to prayer [ to God ]: (Jel:) and Ibn-Mes'ood read faA^omoDuwA . (TA.) Or saEaY A_ilaY AlS~alaApi means He went to prayer, in any manner [i. e. whether quickly or not ]. (Msb.) ― -b4- He was active, or busy and bustling, in procuring the means of subsistence: (TA:) he strove, laboured, or exerted himself; employed himself vigorously, strenuously, or with energy; in any affair, whether good or evil; but mostly used in relation to what is praiseworthy, or praised: (Er-Rághib, TA:) he occupied himself according to his own judgment or discretion or free will, in any work, or deed: (Msb:) he worked, or wrought, or did, (S, Msb, K, TA,) any work, or deed, good or evil: (TA:) he earned, or gained. (S, K, TA.) One says, huwa yasoEaY EalaY qawomihi He manages, conducts, orders, regulates, or superintends, the affairs of his people, or party. (Ham p. 771, Msb. *) And saEaY lahumo and Ealayohimo He worked, or wrought, and earned, or gained, for them. (TA.) And Almaro'u yasoEaY ligaArayohi , a prove., meaning The man earns for his belly and his pudendum. (TA.) And saEaY AlmukaAtibu fiY Eitoqi raqabatihi , (S,) or fiY faki raqabatihi , i. e. [ The slave who had made a contract with his master to pay him a certain sum for his emancipation ] laboured to earn the means of releasing himself: (Msb:) the inf. n. of the verb thus used is sEaAyapN : (S, Msb:) and this term is employed when a slave emancipated in part, and in part retained in slavery, labours and earns for the completion of his release. (IAth, TA.) The saying, in the Kur [liii. 40], layosa liloA_inosaAni A_il~aA maA saEaY means [ There is nothing imputable to the man ] but what he hath wrought, or done. (Msb.) And falam~aA balaga maEahu A^ols~aEoYa , in the same [xxxvii. 100], means And when he attained to working with him: or and when he was able to assist him in his working. (TA.) ― -b5- Also He superintended, managed, or conducted, in his own person, the collection of the poor-rates; (K, TA;) he went to exact them, and received them; (TA;) and the inf. n. in this case also is siEaAyapN : (K, TA:) or saEaY EalaY AlS~adaqapi , (S, Msb,) aor. yasoEaY , inf. n. saEoYN , (Msb,) he officiated in the exacting, or receiving, or collecting, of the poor-rate. (S, * Msb.) [And saEaY is trans. without a prep. as meaning He exacted the poor-rate:] a poet says, (namely, 'Amr Ibn-'Addà, TA,) saEaY EiqaAlFA falamo yatoruko lanaA sabadFA fakayofa lawo qado saEaY EamorNw EiqaAlayoni [ He exacted the poor-rate of a year, and left not to us camels' fur, or goats' hair: then how would be the case if 'Amr had exacted the poor-rate of two years? ]. (S.) ― -b6- saEayotu fiY A^amori fulaAnK is said when one rectifies, redresses, or reforms, the affair of such a one, or mars, vitiates, or perverts it, by his saEoY [or striving, or labouring; and may be rendered I strove, or laboured, in respect of the affair of such a one, either to rectify, redress, or reform, it, or to mar, vitiate, or pervert