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تطهّرV
, Verbal.Noun تَطَهُّرٌ, is sometimes changed into اِطَّهَّرَ, Verbal.Noun اِطَّهُّرٌ, the ت being incorporated into the ط, and this requiring a conjunctive ا, in order that the word may not begin with a quiescent letter: and طَهُورٌ is also an Verbal.Noun [or rather a quasi-Verbal.Noun] of تَطَهَّرَ, like as وَضُوْءٌ is [said to be] of تَوَضَّأَ. The meaning is, [He became cleansed, or purified: or he cleansed, or purified, himself: and] he washed himself. You say, تطهّر بِالمَآءِ [He cleansed, or purified, or washed, himself with water]: he performed the ablution termed
الوُضُوْء: and that termed
الاِسْتِنْجَآء; as also تطهّر alone, as used in the Kur ix. 109: and the same verb, alone, is expl. as signifying he made use of water, or what supplied its place; thus used in the Kur v. 9. In the Kur vii. 80 and xxvii. 57, the verb is used derisively. You say also, تطهّرت, and اِطَّهَّرَتْ, meaning, She cleansed, or purified, herself by washing, from [the pollution of] the menstrual discharge, &c.; as also
2 Also He removed himself far from unclean things, or impurities.
3 He refrained from sin, and from what was not good: he removed himself far from low, or ignoble, habits: and in this sense, accord. to some, it is used in the Kur vii. 80 and xxvii. 57. And تطهّر مِنَ الإِثْمِ He removed himself far from sin.
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