ابتلاهُ
Root: بلو
Form: 8
Full Definition
2 Also He asked, or sought, or desired, of him information, or news, or tidings. And ابتلى signifies also He conjured, or adjured, and asked if any had knowledge; syn. اِسْتَحْلَفَ and اِسْتَعْرَفَ [explained by what here follows]. (M, K, TA. [In the CK, both the verb and the explanation are here wrong: the former is written اُبْلِىَ; and the latter, اسْتُحْلِفَ و اسْتُعْرِفَ.]) A poet says,
[She seeks for her father among the travellingcompanions, and conjures, or adjures, and asks. if any have knowledge, when a crocodile has destroyed him in the depth of the great river: تَبَغَّى is for تَتَبَغَّى]: he means that she says to them, “ I conjure you, or adjure you, by God, (نَاشَدْتُكُمْ ٱللّٰهَ,) [tell me,] do ye know any tidings of my father? ” But Aboo-Sa'eed says that تتبلى here means tries, proves, or tests; and that الاِبْتِلَآءُ signifies the trying, proving, or testing, whether by an oath or otherwise.تَبَغَّى أَبَاهَا فِى الرِّفَاقِ وَ تَبْتَلِى وَ أَوْدَي بِهِ فِى لُجَّةِ البَحْرِ تَمْسَحُ
3 [Also He desired it; he sought it.] It is said in a trad., النَّذْرُ مَا ٱبْتُلِىَ بِهِ وَجْهُ ٱللّٰهُ, i. e. [The vow that a man makes to be binding, or obligatory, on himself is that whereby the recompense of God] is desired, or sought.
4 And He chose him, made choice of him, or elected him.
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