مَسْجَدٌ

1.
The forehead, (S, K,) where is the mark made by the سُجُوَد [or prostration in prayer]. (S.) [Said in the TA to be tropical; but not so according to the A.] And singular of مَسَاجِدُ which signifies The parts of a man that are the places of سُجُود; (Lth, Mgh, Msb, L;) المَسَاجِدُ meaning the forehead, the nose, the hands, the knees, and the feet: (Mgh, L:) or the forehead, the hands, and the knees: (Mgh:) or the seven ارَاب; (S, K;) namely, the forehead, the hands, the knees, and the feet: (TA in article ارب:) such, according to some, is its meaning in the Qur'an, 72:18. (L.)
2.
See also the next paragraph, in two places.

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