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تيسّر

Root: يسر

Form: 5

Full Definition

تيسّرV It was, or became, facilitated, or easy; contr. of difficult, hard, strait, or intricate; as also . You say, أَخَذْنَا مَا تَيَسَّرَ, and مَا , We took what was easy [of obtainment, or of attainment]. And it is said in a trad., respecting the eleemosinary tax called وَيَجْعَلُ معَهَا شَاتَيْنِ إِنِ, زَكَاة لَهُ أَوْ عِشَرِينَ دِرْهَمًا And he shall put with it, or them, two sheep, or goats, if they be easy to him [to give], or twenty dirhems. And in the Kur, [ii. 192,] فَمَا مِنَ الهَدْىِ What is easy [to give], of camels and kine and sheep or goats: or, as some say, either a camel or a cow or a sheep or goat.
2 Also, تيسّر لَهُ, and له, It was, or became, prepared, or made ready for him: [and he prepared himself for it.] It is said in a trad., قَدْ تَيَسَّرَا لِلْقِتَالِ They had both prepared themselves, or made themselves ready, for fight.
3 تَيَسَّرَتِ البِلَادُ The countries became abundant in herbage, or in the goods, conveniences, or comforts, of life.
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