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• فَتَنَهُ Form 1

  فَتَنَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun فَتْنٌ, [and quasi-Verbal.Noun, in this and other senses, فِتْنَةٌ,] He burned it in the fire. Hence, [in the Kur li. 13,] يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ i. e. [The day, or on…

• فَتَّنَ Form 2

  فَتَّنَII see the preceding paragraph, former half.…

• فَتْنٌ

  فَتْنٌ A sort, or species; and a state, or condition; syn. ضَرْبٌ, and فَنٌّ, and لَوْنٌ, and حَالٌ. Hence the saying of 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar El-Báhilee, إِمَّا عَلَى نَفْسٍ وَإِمَّا لَهَا وَالعَيْشُ فَتْنَانِ فَحُلْوٌ وَمُرْ …

• فِتْنٌ

  فِتْنٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.…