كفّرهُ
Root: كفر
Form: 2
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كفّرهُII
, Verbal.Noun تَكْفِيرٌ: see 1, first signification, in three places.
def.2 Hence, كَفَّرَ الذَّنْبَ It covered, or concealed, the crime or sin: (or expiated it: or annulled it; for] تكفير with respect to acts of disobedience is like إِحْبَاطٌ with respect to reward. The saying in the Kur [v. 70.] لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ means, We would cover, or conceal, their sins, so that they should become as though they had not been: or it may mean, We would do away with their sins; as is indicated by another saying in the Kur [xi. 116,] “ good actions do away with sins. ” كَفَّرَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الذَّنْبَ signifies God effaced his sin.
2 And كَفَّرَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ [He expiated his oath;] he performed, or gave, what is termed كَفَّارَة [i. e. a fast, or alms, for the expiation of his oath]: تَكْفِيرٌ of an oath is the doing what is incumbent, or obligatory, for the violation, or breaking, thereof: كَفَّرَ يَمِينَهُ is a vulgar phrase.
def.3 كَفَّرَهُ as syn. with أَكْفَرَهُ: see 4.
def.4 كَفَّرَ لَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَكْفِيرٌ, He did
2 تَكْفِيرٌ also signifies The crowning a king with a crown, [because] when he, or it, is seen, obeisance is done to him (إِذَا رُئِىَ كُفِّرَ لَهُ).
3 See also تَكْفِيرٌ below.
def.2 Hence, كَفَّرَ الذَّنْبَ It covered, or concealed, the crime or sin: (or expiated it: or annulled it; for] تكفير with respect to acts of disobedience is like إِحْبَاطٌ with respect to reward. The saying in the Kur [v. 70.] لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ means, We would cover, or conceal, their sins, so that they should become as though they had not been: or it may mean, We would do away with their sins; as is indicated by another saying in the Kur [xi. 116,] “ good actions do away with sins. ” كَفَّرَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الذَّنْبَ signifies God effaced his sin.
2 And كَفَّرَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ [He expiated his oath;] he performed, or gave, what is termed كَفَّارَة [i. e. a fast, or alms, for the expiation of his oath]: تَكْفِيرٌ of an oath is the doing what is incumbent, or obligatory, for the violation, or breaking, thereof: كَفَّرَ يَمِينَهُ is a vulgar phrase.
def.3 كَفَّرَهُ as syn. with أَكْفَرَهُ: see 4.
def.4 كَفَّرَ لَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَكْفِيرٌ, He did
2 تَكْفِيرٌ also signifies The crowning a king with a crown, [because] when he, or it, is seen, obeisance is done to him (إِذَا رُئِىَ كُفِّرَ لَهُ).
3 See also تَكْفِيرٌ below.
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