فَوْرٌ
Root: فور
Full Definition
فَوْرٌ
[originally an Verbal.Noun: see 1.] The burning, or heat, and boiling, of Hell. And Intenseness, or vehemence, of heat; as also
فَوْرَةٌ .
2 فَوْرُ الشَّفَقِ The remains of the redness in the western horizon after sunset: as also ثَوْرُهُ. [See also فَوْرَةٌ.]
def.2 And A time: [or rather] the present time in which is no delaying. Thus in the saying, الشُّفْعَةُ عَلَى الفَوْرِ [The right of pre-emption is to be had] in the present time in which is no delaying.
2 And hence, A state in which is no delay. You say, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ فِى حَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ [Such a one came for the object of his want,] then returned immediately, or at once: or, as some say, with the same motion with which he came, not ceasing from motion after it; properly, conjoining what was before the coming with what was after it, without tarrying. And أَتَوْا مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ, meaning مِنْ وَجْهِهِمْ [i. e., app., They came in a headlong manner; like the phrase مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ]; (M, K, TA; but the M has جَاؤُوا instead of أَتَوْا;) and this is said by Zj to be the meaning of مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ in the Kur iii. 121: or قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْكُنُوا [before their resting, or ceasing from motion]: or مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ in the Kur ubi suprà means in the commencement of their procedure: or in, or at, their instant of time; i. e. [in, or at, the same instant, or] immediately: and أَتَيْتُ فُلَانًا مِنْ فَوْرِى, meaning قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْكُنَ [i. e. I came to such a one before my resting, or ceasing from motion]. And you say, فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ فَوْرِى, meaning I did it at once, or instantly.
2 فَوْرُ الشَّفَقِ The remains of the redness in the western horizon after sunset: as also ثَوْرُهُ. [See also فَوْرَةٌ.]
def.2 And A time: [or rather] the present time in which is no delaying. Thus in the saying, الشُّفْعَةُ عَلَى الفَوْرِ [The right of pre-emption is to be had] in the present time in which is no delaying.
2 And hence, A state in which is no delay. You say, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ فِى حَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ [Such a one came for the object of his want,] then returned immediately, or at once: or, as some say, with the same motion with which he came, not ceasing from motion after it; properly, conjoining what was before the coming with what was after it, without tarrying. And أَتَوْا مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ, meaning مِنْ وَجْهِهِمْ [i. e., app., They came in a headlong manner; like the phrase مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ]; (M, K, TA; but the M has جَاؤُوا instead of أَتَوْا;) and this is said by Zj to be the meaning of مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ in the Kur iii. 121: or قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْكُنُوا [before their resting, or ceasing from motion]: or مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ in the Kur ubi suprà means in the commencement of their procedure: or in, or at, their instant of time; i. e. [in, or at, the same instant, or] immediately: and أَتَيْتُ فُلَانًا مِنْ فَوْرِى, meaning قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْكُنَ [i. e. I came to such a one before my resting, or ceasing from motion]. And you say, فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ فَوْرِى, meaning I did it at once, or instantly.
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