إِصْتَنَعَ
Root: صنع
Form: 8
Full Definition
إِصْتَنَعَVIII
see 1, former half.
2 Accord. to Er-Rághib, اِصْطِنَاعٌ signifies The exceeding the usual, or ordinary, bounds, or degree, in putting a thing into a good, sound, right, or proper, state.
3 And hence, he says, the phrase in the Kur [xx. 43], وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى, which means
4 One says also, اصطنع خَاتَمًا He ordered that a signet-ring should be made for him. [See also 10.]
5 And اصطنعهُ [in which the pronoun seems to refer to رِزْق i. e. sustenance, &c.,] also signifies قَدَّمَهُ [app. meaning He offered it].
6 And اصطنع [alone, for اصطنع مَصْنَعَةً,]
2 Accord. to Er-Rághib, اِصْطِنَاعٌ signifies The exceeding the usual, or ordinary, bounds, or degree, in putting a thing into a good, sound, right, or proper, state.
3 And hence, he says, the phrase in the Kur [xx. 43], وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى, which means
4 One says also, اصطنع خَاتَمًا He ordered that a signet-ring should be made for him. [See also 10.]
5 And اصطنعهُ [in which the pronoun seems to refer to رِزْق i. e. sustenance, &c.,] also signifies قَدَّمَهُ [app. meaning He offered it].
6 And اصطنع [alone, for اصطنع مَصْنَعَةً,]
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