تحرّى

Form: 5

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تحرّىV signifies قَصَدَ الحَرَى; i. e. He sought, or repaired to, the vicinage, quarter, tract, or region, of a people: this is said to be the primary signification: and تحرّاهُ he sought, or repaired to, his vicinage, &c.; (قَصَدَ حَرَاهُ;) as also , Present.T يَحْرِى: he aimed at it; made it his object; sought, endeavoured after, pursued, or endeavoured to reach or attain or obtain, it; intended or purposed it; namely, a thing. Hence, in the Kur [lxxii. 14], فَأُولَائِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدًا Those have aimed at, or sought, &c., a right course. And تَحَرَّيْتُ مَرْضَاتَهُ I aimed at, or sought, &c., his approval. And the trad., تَحَرَّوْا لَيْلَةَ القَدْرِ فِى العَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ Seek ye the Night of القدر in the last ten [nights of Ramadán]. — Also He sought what was most meet, suitable, fit, proper, or deserving, to be done, of two things, according to the opinion predominating in his mind, فِى الأَمْرِ [in the affair, or case]: or he sought, or endeavoured, and strove in seeking, and deciding upon, the singling out of a thing, by deed and by word. — And He tarried, waited, or paused in expectation, بِالمَكَانِ in the place.

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