[1]
خَطِفَهُ , aor.
خَطَفَ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n.
خَطْفٌ; (S, TA;) this is the approved form of
the verb; (T, S;) and خَطَفَهُ, aor.
خَطِفَ , (S, Msb,
K,) inf. n. as above; (Msb;) a form of the verb
mentioned by Akh, (S,) but this is rare, (S, K,)
or (K) bad, (S, K,) scarcely, or not at all, known;
(S;) and ↓ اختطفهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) and
↓ تخطّفهُ; (S Msb, TA;) He seized it; or took
it, or carried it off, by force: (S, K:) or he did
so quickly; snatched it away: (Mgh, Msb, TA:)
and ↓ خطّف has been said to imply repetition of
the action [unless it be a variation of اختطف as
in a case mentioned below]; but this is strange,
and not known on any other authority than that
of the “ Akáneem et-Taaleem ” by El-Khuweiyee,
a disciple of El-Fakhr Er-Rázee. (MF, TA.)
Hence, in the Kur [xxix. 67], وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ↓ النَّاسُ
مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ [And men are carried off by force
from around them]. (TA.) ―
2-b2- [And hence,]
هٰذَا سَيْفٌ يَخْطَفُ الرَّأْسَ (tropical:) [This is a sword that
will strike off the head]. (TA.) ―
2-b3- And خَطِفَ
البَصَرَ and خَطَفَهُ, said of lightning, (K,) and
of a ray of light, and of a [glistening] sword,
and of any polished body, (TA,) (tropical:) It took
away the sight: (K, TA:) and ↓اُخْتُطِفَ
بَصَرُهُ (tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away.
(M and K in art. ملس.) It is said in the
Kur [ii. 19], يَكَادُ البَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ (tropical:) [The
lightning almost taketh away their sight, lit.
sights]: (TA:) Yoo read يَخْطِفُ ابصارهم; (S,
TA;) and so did Aboo-Rejà and Mujáhid: and
some read ↓يِخِطِّفُ, and ↓يَخَطِّفُ, originally
يَخْتَطِفُ, accord. to the opinion of the Basrees,
disputed by Fr, but confirmed by Zj. (TA.) ―
2-b4-
And خَطِفَ السَّمْعَ, (K,) aor.
خَطَفَ , (S,) said of a
devil, (tropical:) He stole [an opportunity of] hearing [the
speech of the angels, from the confines of the
lowest Heaven; or snatched it]; (S, K, TA;)
as also ↓اختطفهُ: (K:) the two verbs being like
نَزَعَهُ and اِنْتَزَعَهُ. (Sb, TA.) Hence, in the Kur
[xxxvii. 10], ↓إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الخَطْفَةَ (tropical:) Except
him who steals the [opportunity of] hearing:
(TA:) or who snatches unawares and by stealth,
(Bd,) or hears and snatches, (Jel,) the speech of
the angels: (Bd, Jel:) EL-Hasan read الّا من
الخطفة ↓خَطَّفَ, originally ٱخْتَطَفَ: (S, TA:)
and another reading, ascribed to him and others,
is ↓خِطِّفَ; but this is very weak. (TA.) ―
2-b5-
خَطِفَ, aor.
خَطَفَ ; and خَطَفَ, aor.
خَطِفَ ; inf. n. خَطَفَانٌ;
(K;) thus in all the copies of the K, but correctly خَطْفٌ, as in the L; (TA;) said of a
camel, (assumed tropical:) He went along quickly. (K, TA.) And
مَرَّ يَخْطَفُ خَطْفًا مُنْكَرًا (assumed tropical:) He went along at a quick
rate [such as was deemed strange, or disapproved].
(TA.) And خَطِفَتِ السَّفِينَةُ, and خَطَفَت, (assumed tropical:) The
ship sailed, or voyaged: you say, خَطِفَتِ اليَوْمَ
مِنْ عُمَانَ (assumed tropical:) She sailed,. or voyaged, to-day, from
'Omán. (TA.)