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مُبْصِرٌ

Root: بصر

Full Definition

مُبْصِرٌ : see بَصِيرٌ.
2 [Hence,] A watcher, or guard, set in a garden.
3 And المُبْصِرُ The lion, which sees his prey from afar, and pursues it.

def.2 [Making, or causing, to see, or to have sight: and hence, giving light; shining; illumining: and conspicuous; manifest; evident; apparent: also making, or causing, to have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill.] وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا, in the Kur [x. 68, &c. (in the CK والنّهارُ )], means, And the day [causing to see; or] in which one sees; giving light; shining; or illumining. And فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ آيَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً, also in the Kur [xxvii. 13], And when our signs came to them, making them to have sight, or to have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill; expl. by تَجْعَلُهُمْ بُصَرَآءَ: or giving light; shining; or illumining: or being conspicuous, manifest, or evident: or we may read , meaning having become manifest, or evident. And آتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً, also in the Kur [xvii. 61], And we gave to Thamood the she-camel, by means of which they had sight, or mental perception, or knowledge, or skill: or a sign giving light, shining, or illumining; and this is the right explanation: or a manifest, or an evident, sign: and some read , meaning having become manifest, so as to be seen. And جَعَلْنَا آيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً, also in the Kur [xvii. 13], We have made the sign of the day manifest, or apparent.

def.3 One who hangs upon his door a بَصِيرَة, i. e. an oblong piece of cloth of cotton or other material.
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