مُضْعِفٌ
1.
A man whose beast, (S, K, and Mgh in article كفأ,) or whose camel, (O,) is weak, (S, Mgh, O, K,) or untractable. (O.) Hence the saying of ' Omar, المُضْعِفُ أَمِيرٌ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ [He whose beast is weak, or untractable, is ruler over his companions]; (O, K;) i. e. in journeying; (O;) because they go his pace. (O, K.) And the saying, in a tradition, يَرُدُّ مُشِدُّهُمْ عَلَى مُضْعِفِهِمْ [explained in article شد]. (Mgh in article كفأ.)
2.
فَأُولَايءِكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُونَ, in the Qur'an, 30:38, means These are they who shall have their recompense doubled, or multiplied: (Az, Bd, TA:) or those who double, or multiply, their recompense (Bd, Jel) and their possessions, (Bd,) by the blessing of their almsgiving: (Bd, Jel: *) but some read المُضْعَفُونَ. (Bd.)
3.
المُضْعِفُ also signifies مَنْ فَشَتْ ضَيْعَتُهُ وَكَثُرَتْ [He whose property has become wide-spread and abundant]. (Ibn-' Abbád, O, L, K.)