مَرْمًى
1.
A place [of throwing, or casting, or] of shooting arrows; (KL;) the place of the butt at which arrows are shot: (TA:) [plural مَرَامٍ.]
2.
[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) i. q.
مَقْصِدٌ [meaning A place, and an object, to, or towards, which one directs his aim or course]: (TA, and Har p. 54:) plural مَرَامٍ: (Har ibid.:) whence the tradition, لَيْسَ وَرَاءَ اللّٰهِ مَرْمًى, i. e. (assumed tropical:) [There is not, beyond God,] any object (مَقْصِد) towards which to direct hopes. (TA.)