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طهّرهُ

Root: طهر

Form: 2

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طهّرهُII , Verbal.Noun تَطْهِيرٌ, [He cleansed, or purified, him, or it:] and طهّرهُ بِالمَآءِ he washed him, or it, with water: and signifies the same as طهّرهُ.
2 طَهِّرَا بَيْتِى, in the Kur [ii. 119], Cleanse ye my house [the Kaabeh] of the idols and impurities; and what does not become it: or clear ye it: or cleanse ye my house from [pollution by] disobediences and forbidden actions: or, accord. to some, it means an incitement to purify the heart.
3 وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ, in the Kur [lxxiv. 4], means And cleanse thy clothes from dirt: or shorten thy clothes, to prevent their being rendered dirty by trailing along the ground: or purify thy heart: or thy soul: or make thy conduct right: and see other explanations voce ثَوْبٌ.
4 طهّر وَلَدَهُ He performed the rite of circumcision upon his son [and so purified him].
5 طهّرهُ ٱللّٰهُ [God purified him from sin].
6 طهّرهُ الحَدُّ The prescribed punishment, such as stoning &c., cleansed him from his sin.
7 لَمْ يُرِدِ ٱللّٰهُ أَنْ يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ, in the Kur [v. 45], means God hath not pleased to cleanse their hearts from infidelity: or to direct.
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