رَهِقَهُ
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, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aorist
رَهَقَ
, (S, Msb, K,) verbal noun رَهَقٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He, or it, came upon, properly as a thing that covered, him, or it; or came to him, or it; synonym غَشِيَهُ: (S, K:) and (K) reached, or overtook, him, or it: (ElFárábee, Msb, K:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (S,) he drew near to, or approached, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) whether he took, or did not take, (S, K,) him, or it: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he followed him, and was near to reaching, or overtaking, him. (JK.) It is said in the Qur'an, 10:27, وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وَجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ, meaning (assumed tropical:) And there shall not come upon, or overspread, their faces [blackness, or darkness, nor abjectness, or ignominy]. (S, TA.) And you say, رَهِقَهُ الدَّيْنُ, (Msb, TA,) or دَيْنٌ, (Mgh,) Debt, or a debt, came upon him. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) And رَهِقَتْنَا الصَّلَاةُ, (verbal noun رُهُوقٌ, Msb, or رَهَقٌ, TA,) (tropical:) The time of prayer came upon us. (Mgh, * Msb, TA.) And it is said in a tradition, إِذَا صَلَّى
أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ فَلْيَرْهَقْهُ, i. e. [When any one of you prays towards the thing,] let him come near to it. (JK, S. [In the Mgh, إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ
فَلْيَرْهَقْهَا, i. e. towards a thing that he has set up for that purpose, &c.]) One says also, طَلَبْتُ فُلَانًا
حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ, verbal noun رَهَقٌ, I sought such a one until I drew near to him, and, as it sometimes means, took him, or, as it sometimes means, did not take him. (S.) And طَلَبْتُ الشَّىْءَ حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ وَكِدْتُ
اخُذُهُ أَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ [I sought the thing until I came near to it, and I almost took it, or I took it]. (Az, Msb.) And رَهَقَ شُخُوصُ فُلَانٍ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) [Such a one's going, or going forth or away,] drew near. (S.)
أَرْهَقْتُهُ also signifies I drew near to it; synonym دَانَيْتُهُ. (Msb.) And one says, اللَّيْلُ
أَرْهَقَكُمُ
فَأَسْرِعُوا, i. e. (tropical:) The night has drawn near [to you, therefore hasten ye]; synonym دَنَا. (TA.)
2.
You say also, رَهِقَهُ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ, verbal noun رَهَقٌ, He did to him that which he disliked, or hated. (JK.)
3.
And رَهِقْتُ إِثْمًا: see 4.
4.
رَهِقَ as an intrans. v.: see رَهَقٌ, which is its verbal noun, below.