برأ

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Form 1بَرِئَ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُيَقْرُؤُيَهْنُؤُيَنْعُمُmaṣdarبُرْءٌ بَرْءٌ بَرَآءَةٌ بَرَآءةٌ

Core sense — he became free, or clear, of a thing; he recovered from disease; God createdgenerated

1.1he became free from the disease, sickness, or malady; he recovered from it—بَرِئَ مِنَ المَرَضِ

maṣdar generally بُرْءٌ or بَرَآءَةٌ.

He was, or became, clear, or free, of, or from, a thing, in the ways explained below; he was in a state of freedom or immunity, secure, or safe.

And بَرَأَ, muḍāriʿ بَرَاَ and بَرُؤَ; or بَرِئَ من المرض with damm; and the people of El-Hijāz say بَرَأَ with fet-h.

As: بَرِىَ من المرض belongs to the dialect of Temeem, and بَرَأَ to the dialect of the people of El-Hijāz. Or, according to AZ, the people of El-Hijāz say بَرَأَ and the rest of the Arabs say بَرِئَ.

Or بَرَأَ alone, said of a sick man, muḍāriʿ بَرُاَ and بَرَاَ and بَرِئَ and بَرُؤَ [probably a mistranscription for بُرْءٌ] and بُرُؤٌ.

Or, according to Lh, the people of El-Hijāz say بَرَأَ, maṣdar بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ [i.e. بُرُوْءٌ]; the people of El-ʿĀliyeh, [بَرَأَ], maṣdar بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤُ; and Temeem, بَرِئَ, maṣdar بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ.

Or بَرَأَ, said by IKtt to be the most correct form agreeably with analogy, and بَرُاَ, said by Zj to be the only instance of a verb of the measure فَعَلَ with ء for its last radical letter having its muḍāriʿ of the measure يَفْعُلُ [though others mention also قَرَأَ, and هَنَأَ], and asserted to be a bad form; maṣdar بُرْءٌ and بُرُوْءٌ; and بَرُؤَ, not a good form; and بَرِئَ, a good form [and the most common of all], maṣdar بَرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ, or بُرْءٌ and بُرُوْءٌ.

That is, he became convalescent, sound or healthy at the close of the disease but still weak, or he recovered, but not completely, his health and strength; نِقَهَ: he gained that slight degree of health which comes at the close of disease, with disease still remaining in him.

the wound healed, or was in a healing state—بَرِئَ الجُرْجُ

Also بَرَأَ. Of frequent occurrence.

he was, or became, free from the thing or affair; clear, or quit, of it; guiltless of it—بَرِئَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ

the latter very strange, for IKoot says that نَعِمَ, and فَضِلَ, muḍāriʿ يَفْضُلُ, are the only instances of this kind; maṣdar بَرَآءَةٌ and بَرَآءٌ and بُرُؤٌ, or بُرْءٌ, or بُرُوْءٌ and تبرّأ.

Also: clear of having or taking, or of having had or taken, any part in it; and also irresponsible for it, as in an example given under عِضَاضٌ. Said in relation to [a fault or the like, and] a debt, a claim, and religion.

he was, or became, free from the fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice—بَرِئَ مِنَ العَيْبِ

Or العُيُوبِ; said also of faults in the plural.

he was, or became, clear, or quit, of the debt; irresponsible for it—بَرِئَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ

Or الدُّيُونِ. Said also of debts. Or he was in a state of immunity with respect to it — exempt from the demand of it.

he was, or became, clear, or quit, to you, of your claim, or due, or right—بَرئَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ حَقِّكَ

Maṣdar بَرَآءَةٌ and بَرَآءٌ and بُرُؤٌ; also تبرّأ. Or exempt from the demand of it.

I became clear, to you, of having or taking any part with such a one—بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ

This is the only form of the verb used in this case, and in relation to debt and the like.

. Or: I am not responsible to you for such a one.

AZ, T, S: in one copy of the S the phrase بَرِئْتُ مِنْكَ begins the article, but not in other copies.

1.1.1he removed himself, or kept far, from unclean things—بَرِئَ مِنَ الأَقْذَارِ

He removed himself, or kept far, from unclean things, or things occasioning blame; followed by مِنْ, with which it may be rendered he shunned, or avoided, it. Synonymous with تَنَزَّهُ and تَبَاعَدَ.

1.1.2a manifestation of excuse, and a warning, from God and His apostle—بَرَآءَةٌ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ

He manifested an excuse — or asserted himself to be clear, or quit, or irresponsible, like تبرّأ — and gave warning; synonymous with أَعْذَرَ and أَنْذَرَ.

Hence, in the Qur'ān 9:1.

1.2God created mankind, or the things that are created, after no similitude or model—بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ الخَلْقَ

Or الخَلِيَقَةَ, maṣdar بَرْءٌ and بُرُوْءٌ; synonymous with خَلَقَ.

Properly, though not always meaning so, out of pre-existing matter. Bd says on 2:51 that the primary meaning of the root برء is a thing's becoming clear, or free, of another thing: either by being released from it, as in بَرِئَ المَرِيضُ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ and المَدْيُونُ مِنْ دَينِهِ, both explained above, or by production from it, as in بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ مِنَ الطِّينِ [God produced, or created, Adam out of clay].

before our creating it—مِنْ قبْلِ أَنْ نَبْرَأَهَا

This verb relates to substances and to accidents; hence this, in the Qur'ān 57:22, if ها refers to مُصِيبَة preceding it; but Bd says it may refer to this, or to الأَرْض, or to أَنْفُس.

But البَرْءُ has a more particular application than الخَلْقُ, the former being applied particularly to the creation of animate beings, with few exceptions.

God created man, or the soul, and He created the heavens and the earth—بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ النَّسَمَةَ وَ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ

To this verb, or perhaps to بَرَي, or to both, corresponds the Hebrew equivalent, properly (though not necessarily always) meaning “he created out of pre-existing matter” or “he fashioned”.

Qur’ān 57:22 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lvii. 22”

Qur’ān 57:22 Lane quotes this verse

مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We bring it into existence: That is truly easy for Allah:Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

57:22

No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We bring it into existence: That is truly easy for Allah:

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, [aor. بَرَاَ , inf. n. generally بُرْءٌ or بَرَآءَةٌ ,] He was, or became, clear, or free, of, or from, a thing; in the manners which will be explained below: (Bd ii. 51:) he was, or became, in a state of freedom or immunity, secure, or safe. (T.) [Hence,] بَرِئَ مِنَ المَرَضِ , and بَرَأَ , (T, Msb,) aor. بَرَاَ ; and بَرُؤَ , aor. بَرُاَ ; (Msb;) inf. n. بُرْءٌ : (T, Msb:) or بَرِئَ من المرض , inf. n. بُرْءٌ , with damm; and the people of El-Hijáz say بَرَأَ , inf. n. بَرْءٌ , with fet-h: (S:) accord. to As, بَرِىَ من المرض is of the dial. of Temeem; and بَرَأَ of the dial. of the people of El-Hijáz: or, accord. to AZ, the people of El-Hijáz say بَرَأَ ; and the rest of the Arabs say بَرِئَ : (T:) or بَرَأَ [alone], said of a sick man, aor. بَرُاَ and بَرَاَ ; and بَرِئَ ; and بَرُؤَ ; inf. n. بَرْءٌ [probably a mistranscription for بُرْءٌ ] and بُرُؤٌ : or, accord. to Lh, the people of El- Hijáz say بَرَأَ , aor. بَرُاَ , inf. n. بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ [i. e. بُرُوْءٌ ]; and the people of El-'Áliyeh, [ بَرَأَ ,] aor. بَرَاَ , inf. n. بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤُ ; and Temeem, بَرِئَ , [aor. بَرَاَ ,] inf. n. بُرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ : (M:) or بَرَأَ , (K,) said by IKtt to be the most chaste form, (TA,) aor. بَرَاَ , (K,) agreeably with analogy, (TA,) and بَرُاَ , (K,) said by Zj to be the only instance of a verb of the measure فَعَلَ with ء for its last radical letter having its aor. of the measure يَفْعُلُ , [though others mention also قَرَأَ , aor. يَقْرُؤُ , and هَنَأَ , aor. يَهْنُؤُ ,] and asserted to be a bad form, (TA,) inf. n. بُرْءٌ and بُرُوْءٌ ; and بَرُؤَ , (K,) not a chaste form, (TA,) aor. بَرُاَ ; and بَرِئَ , (K,) a chaste form, (TA,) [and the most common of all,] aor. بَرَاَ , inf. n. بَرْءٌ and بُرُؤٌ , (K, TA,) or بُرْءٌ , (CK,) and بُرُوْءٌ ; (K, TA;) He became free from the disease, sickness, or malady: (T:) or [he recovered from it:] he became convalescent; or sound, or healthy, at the close of disease, but was yet weak; or he recovered, but not completely, his health and strength; syn. نِقَهَ ; (M, K;) i. e., he acquired that slight degree of soundness, or health, which comes at the close of disease, but with disease remaining in him. (TA.) [And بَرِئَ الجُرْجُ , or بَرَأَ , The wound healed; or became in a healing state: of frequent occurrence.] And بَرِئَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ , [the only form of the verb used in this case, and in the other cases in which it is mentioned below,] aor. بَرَاَ and بَرُاَ , the latter extr., (M, K,) or rather it is very strange, for IKoot says that نَعِمَ , aor. يَنْعُمُ , and فَضِلَ , aor. يَفْضُلُ , are the only instances of this kind, (TA,) inf. n. بَرَآءَةٌ (M, K) and بَرَآءٌ (Lh, M, K) and بُرُؤٌ , (M,) or بُرْءٌ , (K, TA,) or بُرُوْءٌ ; (CK;) and تبرّأ ; (S, * M, K, Mgh; *) [He was, or became, free from the thing, or affair; or clear, or quit, thereof; clear of having or taking, or of having had or taken, any part therein; guiltless of it: and also, irresponsible for it; as in an ex. q. v. voce عِضَاضٌ :] said in relation to [a fault or the like, and] a debt, and a claim, and religion [&c.]. (Lh, M.) You say, بَرِئَ مِنَ العَيْبِ , (Mgh, Msb,) or العُيُوبِ , (S,) inf. n. بَرَآءَةٌ , (Mgh,) He was, or became, free (Msb) [from the fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice], (Mgh, Msb,) [or faults, &c.]. (S.) And بَرِئَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ , (T, Mgh, Msb,) or الدُّيُونِ , (S,) aor. بَرَاَ , (T, Msb,) inf. n. بَرَآءَةٌ , (T, Mgh, Msb,) He was, or became, clear, or quit, of the debt; (or debts; S;) irresponsible for it [or them]: or in a state of immunity with respect to it [or them]; i. e., exempt from the demand thereof. (Msb.) And بَرئَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ حَقِّكَ , inf. n. بَرَآءَةٌ and بَرَآءٌ (Lh, M) and بُرُؤٌ , [He was, or became, clear, or quit, to thee, of thy claim, or due, or right; or exempt from the demand thereof;] as also تبرّأ . (M.) And بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ , inf. n. بَرَآءةٌ , [I was, or became, or have become, clear, to thee, of having or taking, or of having had or taken, any part with such a one; or, irresponsible to thee for such a one:] (AZ, T, S: * [in one copy of the S, I find the phrase بَرِئْتُ مِنْكَ , commencing the art.; but not in other copies:]) this is the only form of the verb used in this case, and in relation to debt [and the like]. (AZ, T.) He removed himself, or kept, far, or aloof, [from unclean things, or things occasioning blame; followed by مِنْ , with which it may be rendered he shunned, or avoided;] syn. تَنَزَّهُ and تَبَاعَدَ . (T.) [You say, بَرِئَ مِنَ الأَقْذَارِ He removed himself, or kept, far, or aloof, from unclean things.] He manifested an excuse, [or asserted himself to be clear or quit or irresponsible, like تبرّأ ,] and gave warning; syn. أَعْذَرَ and أَنْذَرَ . (T.) Hence, in the Kur [ix. 1], بَرَآءَةٌ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ A manifestation of excuse, and a warning, from God and his apostle. (T.) بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ الخَلْقَ , (Fr, T, S, M, K,) or الخَلِيَقَةَ , (Msb,) aor. بَرَاَ , (T, M, &c.,) inf. n. بَرْءٌ (T, S, M, K) and بُرُوْءٌ , (AZ, Lh, M, K,) God created mankind, or the beings, or things, that are created, syn. خَلَقَ , (Fr, T, M, Msb, K,) after no similitude, or model, (TA,) [but, properly, though not always meaning so, out of pre-existing matter; for] Bd says [in ii. 51] that the primary meaning of the root برء is to denote a thing's becoming clear, or free, of, or from, another thing; either by being released [therefrom], as in بَرِئَ المَرِيضُ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ and المَدْيُونُ مِنْ دَينِهِ [both sufficiently explained above]; or by production [therefrom], as in بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ مِنَ الطِّينِ [God produced, or created, Adam, from, or out of, clay]. (TA.) This verb relates to substances [as in the exs. given above] and to accidents; and hence, [in the Kur lvii. 22,] مِنْ قبْلِ أَنْ نَبْرَأَهَا [Before our creating it, if ها refer to مُصِيبَة , preceding it; but, as Bd says, it may refer to this, or to الأَرْض , or to أَنْفُس ]: (M:) but البَرْءُ has a more particular application than الخَلْقُ ; the former being particularly applied to the creation of animate beings, with few exceptions: you say, بَرَأَ ٱللّٰهُ النَّسَمَةَ وَ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ [God created, or produced, man, or the soul, and He created the heavens and the earth]. (TA.) [To this verb, or perhaps to بَرَي , or to both, is the Hebrew equivalent, properly (though not necessarily always) signifying “ he created out of pre-existing matter, ” or “ he fashioned. ”]

Form 2برّأهُ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَبْرئَةٌ

Core sense — he pronounced him free, or clear, of a thinggenerated

2.1the negative that denies in a general manner, absolutely, or to the uttermost—لَا التَّبْرِئَةِ

see Form 4, in four places.

That is, the لا, or لا, that is a universal negative.

2.1.1

Also: he verified his being free from a thing, clear or quit of it, guiltless of it, or irresponsible for it.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2

12:53

وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."

33:69

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ ۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًا

O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who vexed and insulted Moses, but Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he was honourable in Allah's sight.

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, inf. n. تَبْرئَةٌ : see 4, in four places. [Hence,] لَا التَّبْرِئَةِ The لا that denies in a general manner, absolutely, or to the uttermost; i. e. the لا that is a universal negative. (Mughnee &c.) Also He verified his being free [from a thing], clear, or quit, [of it,] guiltless [of it], or irresponsible [for it]. (Mgh, TA.)

Form 3بارأهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُبَارَأَةٌ

Core sense — he released him, the other releasing him too; he divorced her for a compensationgenerated

3.1I became free, clear, or quit, to the man, he becoming so to me—بَارَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ

Maṣdar مُبَارَأَةٌ and بِرَآءٌ.

he made a compromise with the woman, or with his wife, for their mutual separation—بارأ المَرْأَةَ

He made his copartner free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, the other doing the same to him; he compounded, or made a compromise, with his hired man for their mutual separation; he separated himself from his copartner, the other doing the same.

Or ٱمْرَأَتَهُ, with the same maṣdar. That is, he divorced her for a compensation she was to make him, such as her giving up a portion of her dowry still due to her, so that each might be clear of the other. It occurs also without ء in the article برى.

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, (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) inf. n. مُبَارَأَةٌ (T, M, Mgh) and بِرَآءٌ , (M,) He made him (his copartner) free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, the latter doing to him the same: (Mgh:) he compounded, or made a compromise, with him (his hired man, T, M) for their mutual separation: (M:) he separated himself from him (his copartner, S, O), the latter doing the same. (S, O, K.) And بَارَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ I became free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, to the man, he becoming so to me. (M.) And بارأ المَرْأَةَ , (T, M, K,) or ٱمْرَأَتَهُ , (S,) inf. n. as above, (M,) He compounded, or made a compromise, with the woman (or his wife, S) for their mutual separation; (M, K;) i. e. he divorced her for a compensation [which she was to make him, such as her giving up a portion of her dowry remaining due to her, in order that they might be clear, each of the other]: it occurs also [without ء ] in art. برى . (TA.)

Form 4ابرأهُ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he pronounced him free, or clear, of a thing; he restored him to healthgenerated

4.1He (God) recovered him, or restored him to health, from the disease or malady—مِنَ المَرَضِ

4.1.1He (God) made you free from the thing or affair, or clear, or quit, of it—أَبْرَأَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ

Also بَرَّأَكَ. Or: He pronounced you, or held you, to be free from it, guiltless of it, or irresponsible for it; He acquitted you of it, or showed you to be free from it. See also Form 2 above. Said in relation to [a fault or the like, and] a debt, a claim, and religion.

I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be free from the fault, defect, blemish, or vice—بَرَّأْتُهُ مِنَ العَيْبِ

but God showed him to be clear of what they said—فَبَرَّأْهُ ٱللّٰهُ مِمَا قَالُوا

I made him, or held him, to be clear, or quit, of the debt; irresponsible for it—أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ

I acquitted him of what he owed me—أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِمَّا لِى عَلَيْهِ

Qur'ān 33:69.

Or in a state of immunity with respect to it — exempt from the demand of it.

Also بَرَّأْتُهُ, maṣdar تَبْرِئَةٌ.

I made him, or held him, to be clear of a claim I had upon him, or a due he owed me—أَبْرَأْتُهُ

Used alone.

4.2he entered upon the night, or day, so called—ابرأ

In the T, on the authority of Aboo-ʿAmr Esh-Sheybānee, أَبْرَى.

That is, البَرَآء: see that word.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

3:49

وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنِّى قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ أَنِّىٓ أَخْلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

"And (appoint him) a messenger to the Children of Israel, (with this message): "'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah's leave: And I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by Allah's leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;

5:110

إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا ۖ وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ ۖ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِى فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَتُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'

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He (God, S, M, K) [recovered him, or] restored him to convalescence, (M, K,) مِنَ المَرَضِ [from the disease, sickness, or malady]. (S.) أَبْرَأَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ and بَرَّأَكَ (M, K *) He (i. e. God, TA) made thee, pronounced thee, or held thee, or hath made thee, &c., or may He make thee, &c., to be free from the thing or affair, or clear or quit thereof, or guiltless thereof, or irresponsible for it; (TA;) [or He acquitted thee, or hath acquitted thee, or may He acquit thee, thereof; or He showed thee, or hath showed thee, or may He show thee, to be free from it, &c.: see also 2, above:] said in relation to [a fault or the like, and] a debt, and a claim, and religion [&c.]. (M.) You say, بَرَّأْتُهُ مِنَ العَيْبِ I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be free from the fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice. (Msb.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 69], فَبَرَّأْهُ ٱللّٰهُ مِمَا قَالُوا (M) But God showed him to be clear of that which they said. (Bd.) You say also, أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be clear, or quit, of the debt; irresponsible for it; or in a state of immunity with respect to it; i. e., exempt from the demand thereof: (Msb:) and أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِمَّا لِى عَلَيْهِ ; and بَرَّأْتُهُ , inf. n. تَبْرِئَةٌ ; [I acquitted him of that which he owed me:] (S:) and أَبْرَأْتُهُ [alone] I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be clear, or quit, of a claim that I had upon him, or a due or right that he owed me. (Mgh.) ابرأ [in the T (as on the authority of Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee) أَبْرَى ] He entered upon [the night, or day, called] البَرَآء , q. v. (K.)

Form 5تَبَرَّاَ1 sense

Core sense — he declared himself clear of it; he renounced himgenerated

5.1he asserted himself to be free from it, or clear, or quit, of it—تبرّأ مِنْهُ

Namely, a fault or the like.

Also: he declared himself to be clear of him, not connected or implicated with him; he renounced him. See the Qur'ān 2:161 and 162.

See Form 1, in three places.

Qur’ān 2:166 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ii. 161”

Qur’ān 2:166 Lane quotes this verse

إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتُّبِعُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَسْبَابُ

Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them): They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 5 1 shown of 4

2:166

Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them): They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.

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see 1, in three places. تبرّأ مِنْهُ also signifies He asserted himself to be free from it; or clear, or quit, of it; namely, a fault, or the like. (Mgh.) [And He declared himself to be clear of him; to be not connected, or implicated, with him; he renounced him: see Kur ii. 161 and 162, &c:]

Form 6تَبَارَأْنَا1 sense

Core sense — we separated ourselves, each from the othergenerated

6.1

We separated ourselves, each from the other. See Form 3.

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We separated ourselves, each from the other. (TA.) [See 3.]

Form 10استبرأ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he cleansed himself thoroughly from urine; he searched out the uttermost of a thinggenerated

10.1he took the utmost pains in cleansing the orifice of his penis from the remains of urine—استبرأ مِنَ البَوْلِ

By shaking it and pulling it and the like, until he knew that nothing remained in it. Or: he purified, or cleansed, himself from urine; synonymous with تَنَزَّهُ عَنْهُ or استبرأ.

he took the utmost pains in cleansing the penis from urine; he cleansed it entirely from urine—استبرأ الذَّكَرَ

And so استبرأ الفَرْجَ.

El-Munāwee: in like manner استبرأتِ الفَرْجَ, said of a woman.

But the lawyers make a distinction between اسْتِبْرَآءٌ and اِسْتِنْقَآءٌ: see the latter word.

10.1.1he abstained from intercourse with the girl he had bought, or taken captive—استبرأ الجَارِيَةَ

Or with the woman: until she had menstruated once at his abode and then become purified. The meaning is that he sought to find her free from pregnancy.

Or المَرْأَةَ.

10.1.2he searched out the uttermost of the thing, or affair, so as to know it and end his doubt—استبرأ الشَّيْءِ

Or الأَمْرَ.

I searched out the uttermost of what you have, of knowledge and the like—اِسْتَبْرَأْتُ مَا عِنْدَكَ

he searched the uttermost of such a land and did not find his stray beast—استبرأ أرْضَ كَذَا فَمَا وَجَدَ ضَالَّتَهُ

It is said in the commentary on the Jāmiʿ eṣ-Ṣagheer that اِسْتِبْرَآءٌ denotes the seeking, or the seeking leisurely and repeatedly, to obtain knowledge of a thing until one knows it; considering it with the effort to gain a clear knowledge of it, and taking, in doing so, the course prescribed by prudence, caution, or good judgment.

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, (T,) or استبرأ مِنَ البَوْلِ , (Msb,) He took extraordinary pains, or the utmost pains, in cleansing the orifice of his penis from the remains of urine, by shaking it and pulling it and the like, until he knew that nothing remained in it: (T:) or he purified, or cleansed, himself from urine; syn. تَنَزَّهُ عَنْهُ : (Msb:) or استبرأ , (M,) or استبرأ الذَّكَرَ , (K, TA,) signifies he took extraordinary pains, or the utmost pains, in cleansing the penis from urine; or he cleansed it entirely from urine; (M, * K, * TA;) and so استبرأ الفَرْجَ : and in like manner, استبرأتِ الفَرْجَ said of a woman: (El-Munáwee, TA:) but the lawyers make a distinction between اسْتِبْرَآءٌ and اِسْتِنْقَآءٌ [which are made syn. in the M and K]: see the latter word. (TA.) And استبرأ الجَارِيَةَ , (T, S, Mgh,) or المَرْأَةَ , (M, Msb, K,) He abstained from sexual intercourse (T, M, K) with the girl whom he had purchased or whom he had taken captive, (T,) or with the woman, (M, K,) until she had menstruated (T, M, K) at his abode, once, and then become purified: (T:) the meaning is, (T,) he sought to find her free from pregnancy. (T, Mgh, Msb.) Hence, (Mgh,) استبرأ الشَّيْءِ , (Z, Mgh, Msb,) or الأَمْرَ , (TA,) He searched, searched out, or sought to find or discover, the uttermost of the thing, or affair, (Z, Mgh, Msb, TA,) in order that he might know it, (Mgh,) to put an end to his doubt. (Z, Mgh, Msb, TA.) You say, اِسْتَبْرَأْتُ مَا عِنْدَكَ [I searched, or sought to find or discover, or I have searched, &c., the uttermost of what thou hast, of knowledge &c.]. (S, TA.) And استبرأ أرْضَ كَذَا فَمَا وَجَدَ ضَالَّتَهُ [He searched the uttermost of such a land and found not his stray beast]. (TA.) It is said in the Expos. of the Jámi' es-Sagheer that اِسْتِبْرَآءٌ is an expression denoting The seeking, or seeking leisurely and repeatedly, to obtain knowledge of a thing, until one knows it; considering it with the endeavour to obtain a clear knowledge of it; taking, in doing so, the course prescribed by prudence, precaution, or good judgment. (Mgh.)

Derived nouns 8

Nounبُرُأَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a hunter's lurking-place, or covertgenerated

A hunter's lurking-place, or covert. Plural بُرَأٌ.

El-Aashà says, of a source of water mentioned in the context: [At it were hunters' lurking-places, like young palm-trees covered over]

shāhid

بِهَا بُرَأٌ مِثْلُ الفَسِيلِ المُكَمَّمِ

Tender young palm-trees are often covered over with a kind of coarse matting.

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A hunter's lurking-place or covert: (T, S, M, K:) pl. بُرَأٌ . (T, S, M.) El-Aashà says, 1 [At it (a source of water mentioned in the context) were hunters' lurking-places, like young palmtrees covered over: for tender young palm-trees are often covered over with a kind of coarse matting]. (T, S, M.) بِهَا بُرَأٌ مِثْلُ الفَسِيلِ المُكَمَّمِ

Nounبَرَآءٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — free, or clear, of a thing; the first night of the lunar monthgenerated

See بَرِىْءٌ, in six places.

1.1the first night of the lunar month—البَرَآءٌ

El-Māzinee. It is called this, or لَيْلَةُ البَرَآءِ, because the moon has then become clear of the sun.

Or the first day of the month; or the last night of it; or the last day of it — a fortunate day, every event happening in it being regarded as a means of obtaining a blessing.

But most hold that the last day of the month is termed النَّحِيرَةٌ, as also اِبْنُ البَرَآءِ; or that this last is the first day of the month. Plural أَبْرِئَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَرَآء

43:26

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: "I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship:

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: see بَرِىْءٌ , in six places. البَرَآءٌ The first night of the [lunar] month; (El-Mázinee, T, S, K;) called thus, (S,) or لَيْلَةُ البَرَآءِ , (M,) because the moon has then become clear of the sun: (S, M:) or the first day of the month: (AA, T, K:) or the last night thereof: (As, T, K:) or the last day thereof; (IAar, T, K;) a fortunate day; every event happening therein being regarded as a means of obtaining a blessing; (IAar, T;) but most hold that the last day of the month is termed النَّحِيرَةٌ ; (TA;) as also اِبْنُ البَرَآءِ : (K:) or this is the first day of the month: (IAar, T, TA:) pl. أَبْرِئَةٌ . (Th, M.)

Nounبُرَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — free, or clear, of a thinggenerated

See بَرِىْءٌ, in two places.

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: see بَرِىْءٌ , in two places.

Nounبَرِىْءٌ1 sense

Core sense — free from a fault; clear, or quit, of a debt or claimgenerated

1free from it—مِنْهُ

clear, or quit, of it; irresponsible for it—مِنْهُ

Namely, a fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice.

Also followed by this preposition: in a state of immunity with respect to it — exempt from the demand of it; namely a debt, or a claim, or due, or right. So also بَارِىٌ and بَرَآءٌ.

I am free from it—أَنَا بَرِىْءٌ مِنْهُ

And بَرَآءٌ, used alike as singular and dual and plural and masculine and feminine, because it is originally a maṣdar; and بُرَآءٌ.

The plural of بَرِىْءٌ is بَرِيؤُونَ and بُرَأءُ and بُرَآءٌ, of the measure فُعَالٌ, like رُخَالٌ, of an irregular measure, disapproved by Suh, who says, in the R, that it is a contraction of بُرَأءُ and has tenween because it resembles [words originally of the measure] فُعَالٌ, and that the relative noun formed from it is بُرَاوِىٌّ; but it is mentioned by AAF as a plural of بَرِىْءٌ and as being like رُخَالٌ; and Fr mentions بُرَآءُ as a plural of the same, imperfectly declinable, with one of the two hemzehs suppressed, and بِرَآءٌ and أَبْرَآءٌ and أَبْرِئَآءُ, the last two irregular.

The feminine of بَرِيْءٌ is بَرِيْئَةٌ, plural بَرِيْآتٌ and بَرِيَّاتٌ and بَرَايَا.

I am free from it; or, more commonly, I am clear, or quit, of it, or of him—أَنَا بَرِىْءٌ مِنْهُ

Also خَلِىٌّ مِنْهُ; and أنَا بَرَآءٌ مِنْهُ and خَلَآءٌ مِنْهُ and أَنَا البَرَآءُ مِنْهُ and نَحْنُ مِنْكَ البَرَآءُ.

we are clear, or quit, of you—الخَلَآءُ

That is, ذَوُو البَرَآءِ, so says Aboo-Is-hāk; and As says the like of what Fr says.

I am clear of what you worship—إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

Qur'ān 43:25. Or بَرِىْءٌ, or بُرَآءٌ, according to different readers.

بَرِىْءٌ occurs in several places in the Qur'ān. According to IAar it means: clear of evil qualities or dispositions; shunning what is vain and false; remote from actions that occasion suspicion; pure in heart from associating any with God. It also means sound in body and intellect.