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ابصرهُ

Root: بصر

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابصرهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِبْصَارٌ, He saw him, or it, بِرُؤْيَةِ العَيْنِ by the sight of the eye; as also بَصُرَ بِهِ: or he looked at, or towards, him, or it, trying whether he could see him, or it; as also بَصُرَ بِهِ, Verbal.Nounبَصَرٌ and بَصَارَةٌ and بِصَارَةٌ; and به ↓بَصِرَ; and ; and باصرهُ : or, accord. to Sb, بَصُرَ [is used when no object of sight is mentioned, and] signifies he [saw, or] became seeing: and ابصرهُ is said when one mentions that upon which his eye has fallen. You say also, أَبْصِرَ إِلَىَّ Look thou at me: or turn thy face towards me.
2 See also 1.

def.2 And see 2.

def.3 أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَ أَسْمِعْ, in the Kur [xviii. 25], means مَا أَبْصَرَهُ وَ مَا أَسْمَعَهُ How clear is his sight! and how clear his hearing! the pronoun relating to God; and thus used, the phrase is tropical; i. e., nothing escapes his sight and hearing. And أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَ أَبْصِرْ, in the same [xix. 39], means مَا أَسْمَعَهُمْ وَ مَا أَبْصَرَهُمْ (S in art. سمع, and Jel) How clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see! or the meaning is, do thou make them to hear, and make them to see, the threats of that day which is afterwards mentioned, and what shall befall them therein.

def.4 أَبْصَرَ also signifies He relinquished infidelity, and adopted the true belief.

def.5 See also 10.

def.6 He hung upon the door of his dwelling a بَصِيرَة, i. e. an oblong piece of cotton or other cloth.

def.7 See also 2, last sentence.


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