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(ض) قَصَدَ يَقْصِدُ قَصْدًاqaṣada yaqṣidu qaṣdan: (1) to intend a thing and go straight towards it (2) to adopt moderation and the middle course. ﴿وَاقْصِدْ فِيْ مَشْيِكَ﴾ (Luqmān 31:19)
قَصْدٌqaṣd (verbal noun, maṣdar, also a noun, ism dhāt): the straight path; the middle of a thing. ﴿وَعَلَي اللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيْلِ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:9)
قَاصِدٌqāṣid (adjective on the pattern of فَاعِلٌfāʿil): middling, moderate, easy. ﴿وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا﴾ (At-Tawbah 9:42)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِقْتَصَدَ يَقْتَصِدُ اِقْتِصَادًاiqtaṣada yaqtaṣidu iqtiṣādan: to adopt moderation deliberately.
مُقْتَصِدٌmuqtaṣid (active participle, ism fāʿil): moderate, one who keeps to the middle course. ﴿مِنْهُمْ اُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:66)