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تطوّع

Root: طوع

Form: 5

Full Definition

تطوّعV He desired the thing; or sought it; or sought it by artful, or skilful, management: or he constrained himself to do it: or he took it, or imposed it, upon himself submissively. You say, تَطَوَّعْ لِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ حَتَّى تَسْتَطِيعَهُ, and , Constrain thyself to acquire ability to perform this affair until thou shalt be able to perform it. And تطوّع بِالشَّىْءِ He did the thing without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; syn. تَبَرَّعَ بِهِ. مَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا, in the Kur ii. 153 [and 180], means Whoso does good that is not obligatory on him: or does good in obedience, whether obligatory or supererogatory: or does good beyond what is obligatory on him: خَيْرًا being for بِخَيْرٍ: or it is an epithet qualifying an Verbal.Noun suppressed: or the verb is made trans. as implying the meaning of أَتَى or فَعَلَى: and the Koofees, except 'Ásim, read يَطَّوَّعْ, for يَتَطَوَّعْ. [Hence,] طَلَاةُ التَّطَوُّعِ The supererogatory prayer; syn. النَّافِلَةُ. And Az says that تَطَوُّعٌ signifies A thing that one does spontaneously, not made obligatory on him by an ordinance of God; as though it were made a subst.
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