أَفَكَهُ

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أَفَكَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَفْكٌ, (with fet-h, S, TA, its only form, TA, [in the CK اِفْك,]) He changed his, or its, manner of being, or state; and he turned him, or it, away, or back; عَنِ الشَّىْءِ [from the thing]; or عَنْ وَجْهِهِ [from his, or its, mode, or manner, of being, &c.]: so in the Kur xlvi. 21, أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا Hast thou come to us to turn us away, or back, from our gods? or he turned him away, or back, by lying: or he changed, or perverted, his judgment, or opinion: or he deceived him, or beguiled him, and so turned him away, or back: and simply he deceived him, or beguiled him: and أُفِكَ signifies he was turned from his judgment, or opinion, by deceit, or guile. It is said in the Kur [li. 9], يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ, i. e., He will be turned away from it who is turned away in the foreknowledge of God: or, accord. to Mujáhid, يُؤْفَنُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِنَ [he will be weak in intellect and judgment so as to be thereby turned away from it who is weak in intellect and judgment]. You say also, أُفِكَ الرَّجُلُ عَنِ الخَيْرِ The man was turned away, or back, from good, or prosperity. And أَفَكَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He forbade him what he wished, and turned him away, or back, from it.
2 أَفَكَ, Present.T ـِ; and أَفِكَ, Present.T ـَ; Verbal.Noun إِفْكٌ and أَفْكٌ and أَفَكٌ and أُفُوكٌ; He lied; uttered a falsehood; said what was untrue; as also , Verbal.Noun تَأْفِيكٌ: because a lie is a saying that is turned from its proper way, or mode.
3 أَفَكَ النَّاسَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَفْكٌ, He told the people what was false; أَفَكَ and أَفَكْتُهُ being like كَذَبَ and كَذَبْتُهُ.
4 أَفَكَ فُلَانًا, Verbal.Noun أَفْكٌ; or the verb is آفَكَ ; He, or it, made such a one to lie, or say what was untrue.
5 أُفِكَ He was weak [as though perverted] in his intellect and judgment or opinion. But أَفَكَهُ ٱللّٰهُ as meaning God rendered weak his intellect is not used.
6 It was not rained upon, and had no vegetation, or herbage.

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