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Form 1بَصُرَ3 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبَصَرٌ بَصَارَةٌ بَصْرٌ

Core sense — he saw, he became seeing; he perceived it mentally, he knew itgenerated

1.1he saw; that is, he became seeing—بَصِرَ

Muḍāriʿ of the first form بَصُرَ; and for the other.

and بِصَارَةٌ.

Synonym صَارَ مُبْصِرًا, with بِ prefixed to the noun that follows. But see Form 4, in four places.

بَصُرَ is seldom used of the sense of sight unless mental perception is joined to that meaning.

1.1.1he was, or became, endowed with mental perception, or firm belief, or knowledge, intelligence, or skill—بَصُرَ

Also بَصِرَ..

he perceived it mentally; he knew it, or understood it—بَصُرَبِهِ

Also بَصِرَبِهِ, and sometimes بَصُرَهُ and بَصِرَهُ, but more chastely with بِ, and ابصرهُ.

بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِهِ, in the Qur'ān 20:96, means I knew what they did not know.

1.2he put the two hides together and sewed them—بَصَرَ الأَدِيمَيْنِ

The edges are sewed as the two edges of a garment, or piece of cloth, are sewed, one laid upon the other, which is a different way of sewing from that in which a garment is sewed before it is sewed a second time. Or: he put together the two edges of the two hides as they were being sewed, as a garment is sewed.

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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
20:96
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى

He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

28:11
وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

And she said to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him" so she (the sister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.

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, [aor. بَصُرَ ,] (Sb, M, K,) and بَصِرَ , [aor. بَصَرَ ,] (Lh, K, ) inf. n. بَصَرٌ and بَصَارَةٌ and بِصَارَةٌ , (M, K,) [He saw; i. e.] he became seeing; syn. صَارَ مُبْصِرًا ; (Sb, M, K;) with بِ prefixed to the noun following. (K.) But see 4, in four places. بَصُرَ is seldom used to signify the sense of sight unless to this meaning is conjoined that of mental perception. (B.) [Hence,] بَصُرَ , [and بَصِرَ .] inf. n. بَصَارَةٌ [and بَصَرٌ ], He was, or became, endowed with mental perception; or belief, or firm belief; or knowledge, understanding, intelligence, or skill. (S, * M, TA.) And بَصُرَبِهِ , (S Msb, B,) and بَصِرَبِهِ , and sometimes بَصُرَهُ and بَصِرَهُ , but more chastely with بِ , inf. n. [ بَصَارَةٌ and] بَصَرٌ ; (Msb;) and * ابصرهُ ; (B;) He perceived it mentally; (B;) he knew it [or understood it]. (S, Msb.) بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِهِ , in the Kur [xx. 96], means I knew that which they knew not. (S.) بَصَرَ الأَدِيمَيْنِ , aor. بَصُرَ , (T, K,) inf. n. بَصْرٌ , (S, M, K,) He put the two hides together, and sewed them, like as the two edges of a garment, or piece of cloth, are sewed, one being put upon the other; which [mode of sewing] is contrary to, or different from, that in which a garment, or piece of cloth, is sewed before it is sewed the second time: (S:) or he put together the two edges of the two hides, when they were being sewed, (M, K,) like as a garment, or piece of cloth, is sewed. (M.)
Form 2بصّر6 senses · 4 main
maṣdarتَبْصِيرٌ

Core sense — he made him see; he made him know; he went to El-Basrahgenerated

2.1

Said of a whelp: he opened his eyes.

2.2it, or he, made him see, or have sight—بصّرهُ

or ابصرهُ according to some copies of the K; see مُبْصِرٌ as confirming the latter, but both seem to be correct.

Or: made him have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill; synonym جَعَلَهُ بَصِيرًا.

2.2.1I made him know it; I acquainted him with it—بَصَّرْتُهُ بِهِ
he made him understand the affair, or case—بصّرهُ الأَمْرَ

Form 2, with the maṣdar mentioned above: he made him know.

Maṣdar as above, and also تَبْصِرَةٌ.

2.2.2

Also: he made it apparent, conspicuous, manifest, or evident.

2.3they were besmeared—بُصِّرَتْ بِدِمَامٍ

Said of the feathers of an arrow.

بِالبَصِيرَةِ means with blood; or the meaning is that they were strengthened and fastened with glue.

2.4he went, or came, to the city of El-Baṣrah—بصّر

Maṣdar تَبْصِيرٌ and ابصر.

The name of the city is البَصْرَة.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

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He (a whelp) opened his eyes. (M, K.) بصّرهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَبْصِيرٌ ; (TA;) or * ابصرهُ ; (accord. to some copies of the K; [see مُبْصِرٌ , as confirmatory of the latter; but both seem to be correct;]) It [or he] made him [or caused him] to see, or to have sight: or to have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill: syn. جَعَلَهُ بَصِيرًا . (S, K.) And the former, (K,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He made him to know. (S, K) You say, بَصَّرْتُهُ بِهِ , (A, Msb,) inf. n. as above, (Msb,) I made him to know it; acquainted him with it. (A, Msb.) And بصّرهُ الأَمْرَ , inf. n. as above and تَبْصِرَةٌ , He made him to understand the affair, or case. (M.) Also He rendered it apparent, or plainly apparent, conspicuous, manifest, or evident. (S, K.) بُصِّرَتْ بِدِمَامٍ , said of the feathers of an arrow, They were besmeared بِالبَصِيرَةِ , i. e. with blood: (S:) or were strengthened and fastened with glue. (M.) Also بصّر , inf. n. تَبْصِيرٌ ; (S, K) and ابصر ; (K;) He went, (S,) or came, (M, K,) to the city of El-Basrah ( البَصْرَة ). (S, M, K.)
Form 3باصرهُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he looked with another at a thing, trying which of them two would see it before the othergenerated

3.1they two looked, trying which of them would see first—بَاصَرَا

He looked at a thing along with another, each trying to see it before the other.

3.1.1

He raised himself up, or stood up, so as to be higher than the things around him, أَشْرَفَ, looking at him, or towards him, from afar.

3.1.2

See also Form 4.

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He looked with at a thing, trying which of them two would see it before the other. (M.) And بَاصَرَا They two looked, trying which of them would see first. (K.) He elevated himself, or rose up, or stood up, so as to be higher than the surrounding objects, ( أَشْرَفَ ,) looking at him, or towards him, from afar. (S.) See also 4.
Form 4ابصرهُ8 senses · 7 main
maṣdarإِبْصَارٌ بَصَرٌ

Core sense — he saw him, or it, by the sight of the eye; he looked towards himgenerated

4.1he saw him, or it, by the sight of the eye—بِرُؤْيَةِ العَيْنِ

. Also بَصُرَ بِهِ.

Or: he looked at, or towards, him or it, trying whether he could see him or it; also بَصُرَ بِهِ, maṣdar بَصَرٌ, بَصَارَةٌ, بِصَارَةٌ, به, بَصِرَ, تبّصرهُ, and باصرهُ.

According to Sb, بَصُرَ is used when no object of sight is mentioned, and means he saw, or became seeing; while ابصرهُ is said when one mentions the thing on which his eye has fallen.

look at me: or turn your face towards me—أَبْصِرَ إِلَىَّ

Ibn-Buzurj.

4.1.1

See also Form 1.

4.2

And see Form 2.

4.3figurative · مجازhow clear is his sight, and how clear his hearing!—أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَ أَسْمِعْ

In the Qur'ān 18:25; explained as مَا أَبْصَرَهُ وَ مَا أَسْمَعَهُ. The pronoun refers to God, and the usage is figurative: nothing escapes his sight and hearing.

how clearly shall they hear, and how clearly shall they see!—أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَ أَبْصِرْ

In the Qur'ān 19:39; explained as مَا أَسْمَعَهُمْ وَ مَا أَبْصَرَهُمْ, in the article سمع, and by Jel. Or the meaning is: make them hear, and make them see, the threats of that day which is mentioned afterwards, and what will happen to them on it.

4.4he gave up unbelief and adopted the true belief—أَبْصَرَ
4.5

See also Form 10.

4.6

He hung upon the door of his dwelling a بَصِيرَة, that is, an oblong piece of cotton or other cloth.

4.7

See also Form 2, last sentence.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 26
37:175
وَأَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!

37:179
وَأَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ يُبْصِرُونَ

And watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!

68:5
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,

69:38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

So I do call to witness what ye see,

69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And what ye see not,

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, (Lh S M, A, &c.,) inf. n. إِبْصَارٌ , (Msb,) He saw him, or it, (Lh, S, A, Mgh, Msb,) بِرُؤْيَةِ العَيْنِ by the sight of the eye; (Msb;) as also بَصُرَ بِهِ : (A:) or he looked (M, K) at, or towards, him, or it, (M,) trying whether he could see him, or it; (M, K;) as also بَصُرَ بِهِ , inf. n. بَصَرٌ and بَصَارَةٌ and بِصَارَةٌ ; (M;) and به ↓ بَصِرَ ; (Lh, M;) and تبّصرهُ ; (M, K;) and باصرهُ : (M:) or, accord. to Sb, بَصُرَ [is used when no object of sight is mentioned, and] signifies he [saw, or] became seeing: and ابصرهُ is said when one mentions that upon which his eye has fallen. (M.) You say also, أَبْصِرَ إِلَىَّ Look thou at me: or turn thy face towards me. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) See also 1. And see 2. أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَ أَسْمِعْ , in the Kur [xviii. 25], means مَا أَبْصَرَهُ وَ مَا أَسْمَعَهُ (Jel) How clear is his sight! and how clear his hearing! the pronoun relating to God; (Bd, Jel;) and thus used, the phrase is tropical; i. e., nothing escapes his sight and hearing. (Jel.) And أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَ أَبْصِرْ , in the same [xix. 39], means مَا أَسْمَعَهُمْ وَ مَا أَبْصَرَهُمْ (S in art. سمع , and Jel) How clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see! (S, Bd, Jel:) or the meaning is, do thou make them to hear, and make them to see, the threats of that day which is afterwards mentioned, and what shall befall them therein. (Bd.) أَبْصَرَ also signifies He relinquished infidelity, and adopted the true belief. (IAar.) See also 10. He hung upon the door of his dwelling a بَصِيرَة , i. e. an oblong piece of cotton or other cloth. (TA.) See also 2, last sentence.
Form 5تبصّرهُ1 sense

Core sense — he looked at it; he examined it, endeavouring to obtain a clear knowledge of itgenerated

5.1[Consider, or examine, such a one for me, so that you may obtain a clear knowledge of him]—تَبَصَّرْ لِى فُلَانًا

He looked at a thing: or looked long at it: or glanced lightly at it, like رَمَقَهُ: or he sought to see it: or the same as أَبْصَرَهُ in a sense explained above; see Form 4.

he considered a thing, trying to obtain a clear knowledge of it—تبصّر فِى شَىْءٍ
he sought to see, or discover, what would happen to him, of good and evil—تبصّر فِى رَأْيِهِ

He looked into it, examined it, or studied it repeatedly until he knew it; he sought after the knowledge of it, at leisure or repeatedly, until he knew it.

This is the same as استبصر فِيهِ.

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He looked at it; namely, a thing: or looked long at it: or glanced lightly at it: like رَمَقَهُ : (TA:) or he sought, or endeavoured, to see it: (Mgh:) or i. q. أَبْصَرَهُ , in a sense explained above; see 4. (M.) You say also, تَبَصَّرْ لِى فُلَانًا [Consider thou, or examine thou, for me, such a one, that thou mayest obtain a clear knowledge of him]. (TA.) And تبصّر فِى شَىْءٍ He considered a thing, endeavouring to obtain a clear knowledge of it; he looked into it, considered it, examined it, or studied it, repeatedly, until he knew it: he sought, or sought leisurely, or repeatedly, after the knowledge of it, until he knew it. (S, * K, * TA.) And تبصّر فِى رَأْيِهِ signifies the same as استبصر فِيهِ , i. e. He sought, or endeavoured, to see, or discover, what would happen to him, of good and evil. (M.)
Form 6تباصروا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they saw one another; he feigned himself seeinggenerated

6.1

They saw one another.

6.1.1he pretended to see, either with the eyes or with the mind—تباصر

The opposite of تَعَامَى.

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They saw one another. (M, K.) [ تباصر also signifies He feigned himself seeing, either ocularly or mentally; contr. of تَعَامَى .]
Form 10استبصر3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he sought to see, or to perceive mentally; he was endowed with mental perceptiongenerated

10.1

He sought to see, or to perceive mentally.

One says استبصر فِى رَأْيِهِ; see Form 5, last sentence.

10.1.1he had a mental perception, or knowledge, of a thing—استبصر فِى شَىْءٍ

He had, or was endowed with, mental perception, knowledge, understanding, intelligence, or skill.

See مُسْتَبْصِرٌ.

10.2

Said of a road: it was, or became, plain, clear, manifest, or conspicuous; as also ابصر.

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[He sought, or endeavoured, to see, or to perceive mentally]. You say, استبصر فِى رَأْيِهِ : see 5, last sentence. He had, or was endowed with, [mental perception, or] knowledge, (Msb,) [or understanding, intelligence, or skill: as in the phrase,] استبصر فِى شَىْءٍ [He had a mental perception, or knowledge, &c., of, or in relation to, a thing]. (S.) [See مُسْتَبْصِرٌ .] It (a road, TA) was, or became, plain, clear, manifest, or conspicuous; (K, * TA;) as also ابصر . (A.)

Derived nouns 22

Nounبَصْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the thickness of a thing; soft white stonegenerated

1

See بَصْرَةٌ, in four places; and see بُصْرَةٌ.

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: see بَصْرَةٌ , in four places: and see بُصْرَةٌ .
Nounبُصْرٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the thickness of anything; a side, an edge; cottongenerated

1a thick garment, or piece of cloth—ثَوْبٌ جَيِّدُ البُصْرِ

The thickness of anything: of the heaven, or of each of the seven heavens, of the earth, or of each of the seven earths, of a man's skin, and of a garment or piece of cloth.

صُبْرٌ, formed by transposition, means the same; in the article صبر.

1.1

A side; the edge of anything: formed by transposition from صُبْرٌ.

2

Cotton: from this comes بَصِيرَةٌ, meaning an oblong piece of cotton cloth.

3

See also بَصْرَةٌ.

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The thickness of anything; (M;) as of the heaven, (TA,) or of each heaven [of the seven heavens], (S, A, TA,) and of the earth, [or of each of the seven earths,] and of the skin of a man, (TA,) and of a garment, or piece of cloth. (A.) You say ثَوْبٌ جَيِّدُ البُصْرِ A thick garment or piece of cloth. (M.) صُبْرٌ , formed by transposition, signifies the same. (S in art. صبر .) A side: (S, M, K:) the edge of anything: (S, K:) formed by transposition from صُبْرٌ . (M.) Cotton: (K:) whence بَصِيرَةٌ signifying “an oblong piece of cotton cloth.” (TA.) See also بَصْرَةٌ .
Nounبِصْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — soft stones, soft white stonegenerated

1

See بَصْرَةٌ, in five places.

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: see بَصْرَةٌ , in five places.
Nounبَصَرٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the sense of sight, or of the eye; the eyegenerated

1figurative · مجازthe prayer of sunset: or, as some say, of daybreak—صَلَاةُ البَصَرِ

The sense of sight, or of the eye: or the light by which the organ of sight perceives the things seen. Plural أَبْصَارٌ.

So called because it is performed when the darkness becomes mixed with the light; or because it is performed when the stars are seen — it is also called صَلَاةُ الشَّاهِدِ, in the article شهد; or because it is performed at a time when the eyes see bodily forms, after darkness comes on, or before it.

he met him when eyes saw one another—لَقِيَهُ بَصَرًا
I saw him in an empty tract of land, where nothing but it heard or saw me—رَأَيْتُهُ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا

Or: at the beginning of darkness, when enough light remained for objects to be made out. Some say the noun is used in this meaning only as an adverbial noun of time.

See also سَمْعٌ, in two places.

1.1

See also بَصِيرَةٌ, first sentence, in four places.

1.2

Also the eye, and so بَاصِرَةٌ: synonym عَيْنٌ, but of the masculine gender; plural as above (Qur'ān 2:6 and elsewhere).

The singular is also used in a plural sense, like سَمْعٌ; in the article سمع.

See two examples under بَصِيرةٌ.

Qur’ān 2:7 approximate — somewhere between 2:1 and 2:17 Lane cites “Kur ii. 6”
Qur’ān 2:7 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences بَصَر 3 shown of 44
53:17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

(His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!

75:7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

At length, when the sight is dazed,

79:9
أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

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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The sense of sight, (Lth, S,) or of the eye: (M, K:) or the light whereby the organ [of sight] ( الجَارِحَة ) perceives the things seen ( المُبْصَرَات ): (Msb:) pl. أَبْصَارٌ . (M, Msb, K.) [Hence,] صَلَاةُ البَصَرِ The prayer of sunset: or, as some say, of daybreak: because performed when the darkness becomes mixed with the light: (TA:) or because performed when the stars are seen: also called صَلَاةُ الشَّاهِدِ : (TA in art. شهد :) or because performed at a time when the eyes see corporeal forms, after the intervention of darkness, or before it. (JM.) And لَقِيَهُ بَصَرًا He met him when eyes saw one another: or at the beginning of darkness, when there remained enough light for objects to be distinguished thereby: [accord. to some,] the noun is used [in the sense which it here bears] only as an adv. n. [of time]. (M.) And رَأَيْتُهُ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا I saw him in a vacant tract of land, or of the earth, where nothing but it heard or saw me. (A.) [See also سَمْعٌ , in two places.] See also بَصِيرَةٌ , first sentence, in four places. Also The eye; [and so بَاصِرَةٌ ;] syn. عَيْنٌ ; but of the masc. gender: (TA:) pl. as above: (Kur ii. 6, &c.:) but the sing. is also used in a pl. sense [like سَمْعٌ ]. (TA in art. سمع .) See two exs. voce بَصِيرةٌ .
Nounبَصْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — soft stones, soft white stone; rugged ground; tough clay containing gypsumgenerated

1

Soft stones; the same as كَذَّانُ; also بِصْرٌ and بَصْرٌ, though according to Zj this last is not allowable.

Or soft stones in which there is whiteness, or some whiteness; or soft stones inclining to white, as also بِصْرٌ with kesr when without ة, that is, whitish soft stones.

Or soft white stone; as also بِصْرٌ and بَصْرٌ.

Or glistening stones; as also بِصْرٌ, plural بِصَارٌ.

And rugged ground; or stones of rugged ground; as also بِصْرٌ, بَصْرٌ, and بُصْرٌ (Kz). Or these three words, without ة, mean thick, rough, or rugged stone; or hard, strong, and thick or rugged stone.

بَصْرَةٌ also means land that is as though it were a mountain of gypsum; or land whose stones are gypsum; as also بَصَرَةٌ and بَصِرَةٌ (so in a copy of the M, but according to the TA بُصْرَةٌ and بِصْرَةٌ), though the last appears to be an adjective. [See بَصِرَةٌ below; and بُصْرَةٌ.]

Also tough clay containing gypsum; and بَصِرَةٌ means tough clay: or بَصْرَةٌ, or بَصْرٌ, tough good clay containing pebbles.

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Soft stones; (AA, M, Msb;) i. q. كَذَّانُ ; (AA, M;) as also بِصْرٌ (M, Msb) and بَصْرٌ ; or, accord. to Zj, this last is not allowable: (Msb:) or soft stones in which is whiteness: (K:) or in which is some whiteness: (TA:) or soft stones inclining to white; as also بِصْرٌ , with kesr if without ة : (S:) [i. e. whitish soft stones:] or soft white stone; as also بِصْرٌ (M) and بَصْرٌ : (TA:) or glistening stones; as also بِصْرٌ : (Fr:) pl. بِصَارٌ : (M:) and rugged ground: (K:) or stones of rugged ground; (TA;) as also بِصْرٌ and بَصْرٌ and بُصْرٌ : (Kz, TA:) or these three words, without ة , signify thick, or rough, or rugged, stone: (K:) or the same three, hard, or strong, and thick, or rough, or rugged, stone: (Lh, M:) and بَصْرَةٌ signifies, also, land that is as though it were a mountain of gypsum: (ISh, L:) or land of which the stones are gypsum; (M, TA;) as also بَصَرَةٌ and بَصِرَةٌ ; (so in a copy of the M, but accord. to the TA بُصْرَةٌ and بِصْرَةٌ ;) but the last is app. an epithet: (M: [see بَصِرَةٌ , below; and بُصْرَةٌ :]) also tough clay in which is gypsum; (TA;) and بَصِرَةٌ signifies tough clay: (M, TA:) or بَصْرَةٌ , (M,) or بَصْرٌ , (TA,) tough and good clay, containing pebbles. (Lh, M, TA.)
Nounبُصْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — good red landgenerated

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Good red land; written in the TA, on the authority of ISd, as بَصْرَةٌ.

See also بَصْرَةٌ.

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[in the TA, as on the authority of ISd, بَصْرَةٌ ,] Good red land. (M, K.) See also بَصْرَةٌ .
Nounبِصْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — soft stones, soft white stonegenerated

1

See بَصْرَةٌ.

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: see بَصْرَةٌ .
Nounبَصَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — soft stones, soft white stonegenerated

1

See بَصْرَةٌ.

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: see بَصْرَةٌ .
Nounأَرْضٌ بَصِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — land in which are stones that cut the hoofs of beastsgenerated

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Land in which are stones that cut the hoofs of beasts.

See also بَصْرَةٌ, in two places.

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Land in which are stones that cut the hoofs of beasts. (TA.) See also بَصْرَةٌ , in two places.
Nounبَصِيرٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — seeing; endowed with mental perception, knowing, skilfulgenerated

1he is one who sees with both eyes—إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالعَيْنَيْنِ

Seeing; the same as مُبْصِرٌ, the opposite of ضَرِيرٌ; of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعِلٌ, or of the measure فَاعِلٌ, that is, بَاصِرٌ. Plural بُصَرَآءُ.

the All-seeing—البَصِيرُ

As a name of God: he who sees all things, both what is apparent of them and what is hidden, without any organ of vision.

Also the dog, and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ, because it is one of the most sharp-sighted of animals.

1.1I am knowing in it, or about it—أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِهِ
he is knowing, or skilful, in things—إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالأَشْيَآءِ
a man knowing, or skilful, in science—رَجُلٌ بَصِيرٌ بِالعِلْمِ
he is one of those who are knowing, or skilful, in commerce—هُوَ مِنَ البُصَرَآءِ بِالِتّجَارَةِ

on this sense Endowed with mental perception; knowing; skilful; possessing understanding, intelligence, or skill. Plural as above.

1.2

It is also an adjective applied to a blind man, and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ, in the article عور: so applied as meaning endowed with mental perception, or as meaning a believer, or as an adjective of good omen.

And أَبُو بَصِيرٍ is used as meaning الأَعْشَى, the weak-sighted, for this same reason.

2

See also بَصِيرَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَصِير 4 shown of 51
20:35
إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

"For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."

20:125
قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?"

35:19
وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ

The blind and the seeing are not alike;

84:15
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

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Seeing; i. q. مُبْصِرٌ ; (M, K;) contr. of ضَرِيرٌ : (S:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعِلٌ , (M,) or of the measure فَاعِلٌ [i. e. بَاصِرٌ ] : (TA:) pl. بُصَرَآءُ . (M, K.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالعَيْنَيْنِ Verily he is one who sees with the two eyes. (Lh, M.) [Hence,] البَصِيرُ , as a name of God, The All-seeing; He who sees all things, both what are apparent thereof and what are occult, without any organ [of vision]. (TA.) And The dog; (M;) as also أَبُو بَصِيرٍ : (Msb:) because it is one of the most sharp-sighted of animals. (M.) Endowed with mental perception; (B;) knowing; skilful; possessing understanding, intelligence, or skill: (S, M, A, Msb, K:) pl. as above. (A.) One says, أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِهِ I am knowing in it, or respecting it. (Msb.) And إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالأَشْيَآءِ Verily he is knowing, or skilful, in things. (Lh, M.) And رَجُلٌ بَصِيرٌ بِالعِلْمِ A man knowing, or skilful, in science. (M.) And هُوَ مِنَ البُصَرَآءِ بِالِتّجَارَةِ He is of those who are knowing, or skilful, in commerce. (A.) It is also an epithet applied to A blind man; (A'Obeyd, M, B;) and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ : (TA in art. عور :) so applied as meaning endowed with mental perception; (B;) or as meaning a believer; (A'Obeyd, M;) or as an epithet of good omen: (M:) and أَبُو بَصِيرٍ is used as meaning الأَعْشَى [the weaksighted, &c.,] for this last reason. (M.) See also بَصِيرَةٌ .
Nounبَصِيرَةٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — mental perception, the perceptive faculty of the mind; a proof; blood by which one is guidedgenerated

1figurative · مجاز[Blindness of the eyes is a lighter thing than blindness of the perceptive faculties of the mind]—عَمَى الأَبْصَارِ أَهُونُ مِنْ عِمَى البَصَائِرِ

Mental perception; the perceptive faculty of the mind, as also بَصَرٌ; knowledge, as also بَصَرٌ and اِسْتِبْصَارٌ; understanding; intelligence; skill.

البَصِيرَةُ means الاِ سْتِبْصَارُ فِى الشَّىْءِ, which implies all the meanings above; see Form 10. And بَصَرُ القَلْبِ likewise means mental perception, or vision, or view; an idea or opinion occurring to the mind.

The plural of بَصِيرَةٌ is بَصَائرُ, and the plural of بَصَرٌ in the same sense is أَبْصَارٌ.

Sometimes it is opposed to بَصَرٌ, as in the examples that follow.

[O sons of Háshim, you are afflicted in your eyes]—هَاشِمٍ تُصَابُونَ فِى أَبْصَارِكُمْ يَابَنِى
[And you, O sons of Umeiyeh, are afflicted in your perceptive faculties of the mind]—وَأَنْتُمْ يَا بَنِى أُمَيَّةَ تُصَابُونَ فِى بَصَائِرِكُمْ
may God blind his faculties of understanding!—أَعْمَى ٱللّٰهُ بَصَائِرَةُ
he possesses true intuitive perception—لَهُ فِرَاسَةٌ ذَاتُ بَصِيرَةٍ

Said by Mo'áwiyeh to Ibn-'Abbás.

Ibn-'Abbás's reply.

The Arabs say this.

Also بَصَائِرَ.

[I saw impressed upon you the signs of the perceptive faculties of the mind]—رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ ذَاتَ البَصَائِرِ
1.1according to knowledge and assurance; and purposely, intentionally—عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ
without certainty—عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصِيرَةٍ

on this sense Also belief, or firm belief, of the heart or mind.

1.2

Constancy, or firmness, in religion.

1.3

An evidence, a testimony, a proof, an argument, or the like; as also مَبْصَرَةٌ and مَبْصَرٌ.

1.4

And hence: blood, or some of it, by which one is guided to an animal that has been shot, or to knowledge of it; or blood upon the ground — what sticks on the ground, not on the body; what adheres to the body is called جَدِيَّةٌ.

Or a portion of blood the size of a dirhem; or what is of a round form, like a shield; or what is of an oblong form; or what is of the size of the فِرْسِن, the foot, of the camel — in all these explanations blood is meant; or blood that is not flowing; or what flows of it at one single time; or a portion of blood that glistens; and, as some say, the blood of a virgin; and blood-revenge; and a fine for homicide.

Plural بَصَائِرُ as above; and بَصِيرٌ, which occurs in a verse cited by AHn, may also be a plural of بَصِيرَةٌ applied to blood, or rather a collective generic noun of which بصيرة is the ism waḥda, as شَعِيرٌ is of شَعِيرَةٌ; or it may be for بصيرة, the ة being dropped by poetic licence; or it may be a dialectal variant of بصيرة, as one says بَيَاضٌ and بَيَاضَةٌ.

El-Asʿar El-Joafee says: [They went with their blood upon their shoulder-blades; but my blood, a ready and swift and strong horse runs with it]

shāhid
رَاحوا بَصَائِرُهُمْ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْوَبَصِيرَتِى يَعْدُو بِهَا عَتَدٌ وَأَى

— meaning, they neglected their father's blood and left it behind them, that is, they did not take revenge for it, but I have sought my blood-revenge. But see another explanation below.

1.5figurative · مجاز

A witness; an observer and a witness.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَصِيرَة 5 shown of 7
6:104
قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

"Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to open your eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your doings."

12:108
قُلْ هَـٰذِهِۦ سَبِيلِىٓ أَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖ وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah,- on evidence clear as the seeing with one's eyes,- I and whoever follows me. Glory to Allah! and never will I join gods with Allah!"

17:102
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا

Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-opening evidence: and I consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one doomed to destruction!"

45:20
هَـٰذَا بَصَـٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

These are clear evidences to men and a Guidance and Mercy to those of assured Faith.

75:14
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

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Mental perception; the perceptive faculty of the mind; as also بَصَرٌ : (B:) knowledge; (Msb;) as also بَصَرٌ (S, Msb) and اِسْتِبْصَارٌ : (Msb:) understanding; intelligence; skill: (M, K:) البَصِيرَةُ signifies الاِ سْتِبْصَارُ فِى الشَّىْءِ [which implies all the meanings above: see 10]: (S:) and بَصَرُ القَلْبِ [in like manner] signifies mental perception or vision or view; idea, or opinion, occurring to the mind: (M, K:) the pl. of بَصِيرَةٌ is بَصَائرُ ; (M, B;) and the pl. of بَصَرٌ , as syn. therewith, أَبْصَارٌ . (B.) [Sometimes it is opposed to بَصَرٌ , as in the first and second of the following exs.] عَمَى الأَبْصَارِ أَهُونُ مِنْ عِمَى البَصَائِرِ [Blindness of the eyes is a lighter thing than blindness of the perceptive faculties of the mind]. (A.) When Mo'áwiyeh said to Ibn-'Abbás, هَاشِمٍ تُصَابُونَ فِى أَبْصَارِكُمْ يَابَنِى [O sons of Háshim, ye are afflicted in your eyes], the latter replied, وَأَنْتُمْ يَا بَنِى أُمَيَّةَ تُصَابُونَ فِى بَصَائِرِكُمْ [And ye, O sons of Umeiyeh, are afflicted in your perceptive faculties of the mind]. (M.) And the Arabs say, أَعْمَى ٱللّٰهُ بَصَائِرَةُ May God blind his faculties of understanding! And one says, لَهُ فِرَاسَةٌ ذَاتُ بَصِيرَةٍ , and بَصَائِرَ , He possesses true intuitive perception. (A.) And رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ ذَاتَ البَصَائِرِ [I saw impressed upon thee the signs of perceptive faculties of the mind]. (A.) Also Belief, or firm belief, of the heart, or mind. (M, K.) And عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ According to, or agreeably with, knowledge and assurance: (TA:) and purposely; intentionally. (M, TA.) And عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصِيرَةٍ Without certainty. (M, TA.) Constancy, or firmness, in religion. (TA.) An evidence, a testimony, a proof, an argument, or the like; as also مَبْصَرَةٌ (S, K) and مَبْصَرٌ . (K.) [And hence,] Blood, (M,) or somewhat thereof, (As, S, K,) by which one is directed to an animal that has been shot, or to the knowledge thereof: (As, AA, S, M, K:) or blood upon the ground; (AZ, S;) what sticks upon the ground, not upon the body: (M:) what adheres to the body is termed جَدِيَّةٌ : (AZ, S:) or a portion of blood of the size of a dirhem: (TA:) or what is of a round form, like a shield: or what is of an oblong form: or what is of the size of the فِرْسِن [or foot] of the camel: in all these explanations, blood being meant: or blood not flowing: or what flows thereof at one single time: (M:) or a portion of blood that glistens: (B:) and (as some say, M) the blood of a virgin: (M, K:) and blood-revenge: and a fine for homicide: (TA:) pl. بَصَائِرُ , as above: (S, M:) and بَصِيرٌ , which occurs in a verse cited by AHn, may also be a pl. of بَصِيرَةٌ , applied to blood, [or rather a coll. gen. n., of which بصيرة is the n. un.,] like as شَعِيرٌ is of شَعِيرَةٌ ; or it may be for بصيرة , the ة being elided by poetic license; or it may be a dial. var. of بصيرة , like as one says بَيَاضٌ and بَيَاضَةٌ . (M.) ElAs'ar El-Joafee says, 1 [They went with their blood upon their shoulderblades; but my blood, a ready and swift and strong horse runs with it]; meaning, they neglected the blood of their father, and left it behind them; i. e., they did not take revenge for it; but I have sought my blood-revenge: (S, M: *) but see another explanation in what follows. (S. [See also Ham p. 59.]) رَاحوا بَصَائِرُهُمْ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ | وَبَصِيرَتِى يَعْدُو بِهَا عَتَدٌ وَأَى A witness: (Lh, S, * M, Mgh, K:) an observer and a witness. (A.)
Nounبَلِ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a witness against oneself; an example by which one is admonished; a shieldgenerated

1figurative · مجازmake me an observer of them and a witness against them—اِجْعَلْنِى بَصِيرَةً عَلَيْهِمْ

In the Qur'ān 75:14, this means: Nay, the man shall be a witness against himself. Or it means that his arms, or hands, his legs, or feet, and his tongue will be witnesses against him on the day of resurrection.

Akh says that it is like saying to a man أَنْتَ حُجَّةٌ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ; the ة is added because the members of the body are meant by it, or to give intensiveness to the meaning, as in عَلَّامَةٌ and رَاوِيَةٌ; or because the meaning is عَيْنٌ بَصِيرَةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازdo you not have in him an example to be admonished by?—أَمَا لَكَ بَصِيرَةٌ فِيهِ

An example by which one is admonished. Plural بَصَائِرُ, which is said to be used with this meaning in the Qur'ān 28:43.

Qur’ān 28:43 approximate — somewhere between 28:1 and 28:45 Lane cites “Kur xxviii. 43”
Qur’ān 28:43 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the earlier generations, (to give) Insight to men, and guidance and Mercy, that they might receive admonition.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

2

A shield; or a glistening shield; or an oblong shield; and a coat of mail; and any defensive armour; and بَصَائِرُ السِّلَاحِ means any arms that are worn; بِصَارٌ, as well as بَصَائِرُ, is a plural of it.

According to AO, the verse of El-Joafee cited above begins thus: [They bore] their shields [upon their shoulder-blades], or their coats of mail.

shāhid
حَمَلُوا بَصَائِرَهُمْ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ
3I saw on him a garment made of two oblong pieces of cloth joined and sewed together—رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَصِيرَةً

An oblong piece of cloth, of cotton or other material. [See بُصْرٌ.] Such a piece is hung upon the door of a dwelling.

That is, شُقَّةً مُلَفَّقَةً; this is apparently the meaning.

3.1

What is between two of the oblong pieces of cloth of a بَيْت, a tent; and what is between the two pieces of a مَزَادَة and the like; what is sewed of it in the manner called بَصْرٌ, the maṣdar of بَصَرَ — see Form 1, last sentence. Plural بَصَائِرُ.

And بَاصِرٌ likewise means what is joined and sewed together between two oblong pieces of cloth, or two pieces of rag.

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, in the Kur [lxxv. 14], means Nay, the man shall be witness against himself: (S, Mgh:) or it means that his arms, or hands, and his legs, or feet, and his tongue, shall be witnesses against him on the day of resurrection: (M:) Akh says that it is like the saying to a man, أَنْتَ حُجَّةٌ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ : (S:) the ة is added because the members are meant thereby; (B;) or to give intensiveness to the signification, (Mgh, B,) as in عَلَّامَةٌ and رَاوِيَةٌ ; (B;) or because the meaning is عَيْنٌ بَصِيرَةٌ . (Mgh.) You say also, اِجْعَلْنِى بَصِيرَةً عَلَيْهِمْ Make thou me an observer of them and a witness against them. (Lh, * M, * A.) An example by which one is admonished: (K:) pl. بَصَائِرُ ; which is said to be used agreeably with this interpretation in the Kur xxviii. 43. (TA.) You say, أَمَا لَكَ بَصِيرَةٌ فِيهِ Hast thou not an example whereby thou shouldst be admonished in him? (TA.) A shield: (AO, S, M, K:) or a glistening shield: or an oblong shield: (TA:) and a coat of mail: (AO, S, M, K:) and any defensive armour: (M, TA:) and بَصَائِرُ السِّلَاحِ any arms that are worn: and بِصَارٌ , as well as بَصَائِرُ , is a pl. thereof. (TA.) Accord. to AO, the verse of El-Joafee cited above commences thus: 1 and the meaning is, [They bore] their shields [upon their shoulder-blades]; or their coats of mail. (S.) حَمَلُوا بَصَائِرَهُمْ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ An oblong piece of cloth (K, TA) of cotton or other material. (TA.) [See بُصْرٌ .] Such is hung upon the door of a dwelling. (TA.) And you say, رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَصِيرَةً , i. e. شُقَّةً مُلَفَّقَةً [app. meaning I saw upon him a garment composed of two oblong pieces of cloth joined and sewed together]. (TA.) What is between the two oblong pieces of cloth [i. e. between any two of such pieces] of a بَيْت [or tent]; (S, K;) and what is between the two pieces of a مَزَادَة and the like; what is sewed, thereof, in the manner termed بَصْرٌ [inf. n. of بَصَرَ : see 1, last sentence]: (B:) pl. بَصَائِرُ : (S:) and بَاصِرٌ signifies [in like manner] what is joined and sewed together ( مُلَفَّق ) between two oblong pieces of cloth or two pieces of rag. (TA.)
Nounبَاصِرٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — seeing, looking; an intent, or hard, glancegenerated

1

See بَصِيرٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازan intent, or hard, glance: or a very intent or hard glance—لَمْحٌ بَاصِرٌ
I showed him a very intent or hard glance—أَرَيْتُهُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا

باصرا is here used for the augmented adjective مُبْصِرًا; or it is a possessive adjective (Yaakoob), like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ, meaning ذُو بَصَرٍ, from أَبْصَرْتُ, as مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ is from أَمَتُّ; and the phrase means I showed him a severe thing.

he experienced from him a manifest, or evident, thing—لَقِىَ مِنْهُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا

[See also the article لمح.]

such a one beheld a terrible thing—رَأَى فُلَانٌ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا
fortune showed me a terrifying thing—أَرَانِى الزَّمَانُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا
1.2

Said in a proverb: خَيْرُ الغَدَآءِ بَوَاكِرُهُ وَخَيْرُ العَشَآءِ بَوَاصِرُهُ, where بَوَاصِرُ is the plural of بَاصِرَةٌ.

The meaning is: the best morning-meals are the early ones, and the best evening-meals are those in which the food is seen, before night comes on. (Meyd.)

1.3

بَاصِرَةٌ, an adjective in which the quality of a substantive predominates: see بَصَرٌ.

2

See also بَصَيرَةٌ, last sentence.

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: see بَصِيرٌ . لَمْحٌ بَاصِرٌ An intent, or a hard, glance: (M, K:) or a very intent or hard glance. (S.) You say, أَرَيْتُهُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا I showed him a very intent or hard glance: (S, M: *) باصرا being here used for the augmented epithet [ مُبْصِرًا ]; (M;) or it is a possessive epithet, (Yaakoob, M,) like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ , meaning ذُو بَصَرٍ , from أَبْصَرْتُ , like مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ from أَمَتُّ ; and it means I showed him a severe thing. (S.) And لَقِىَ مِنْهُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا He experienced from him a manifest, or an evident, thing. (M. [See also art. لمح .]) And رَأَى فُلَانٌ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا Such a one beheld a terrible thing. (Lth, TA.) And أَرَانِى الزَّمَانُ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا Fortune showed me a terrifying thing. (A.) It is said in a prov., خَيْرُ الغَدَآءِ بَوَاكِرُهُ وَخَيْرُ العَشَآءِ بَوَاصِرُهُ , [the word بَوَاصِرُ being pl. of بَاصِرَةٌ ,] meaning [The best kinds of morning-meal are those thereof that are early; and the best kinds of evening-meal are those thereof] in which the food is seen, before the invasion of night. (Meyd. See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 442.) بَاصِرَةٌ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]: see بَصَرٌ . See also بَصَيرَةٌ , last sentence.
Nounبَاصِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — seeing, lookinggenerated

1

See بَصَرٌ, and see بَاصِرٌ.

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: see بَصَرٌ : and see بَاصِرٌ .
Nounبَاصُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — an oblong piece of cloth of cotton or other materialgenerated

1

See بَاسُورٌ.

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: see بَاسُورٌ .
Nounبِنْصِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the finger next to the little finger, the ring fingergenerated

1

See the article بنصر.

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: see art. بنصر .
Nounأَبْصَرُ1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, sharp-sighted or clear-sightedgenerated

1

More, and most, sharp-sighted or clear-sighted; see an example under حَيَّةٌ.

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[More, and most, sharp-sighted or clearsighted: see an ex. voce حَيَّةٌ ].
Nounمَبْصَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — something plainly seen, something conspicuousgenerated

1

See بَصَيرةٌ.

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: see بَصَيرةٌ .
Nounمُبْصَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — made manifest, seen clearlygenerated

1

This word and its feminine مُبْصَرَةٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places.

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and its fem. مُبْصَرَةٌ : see the next paragraph, in three places.
Nounمُبْصِرٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — one who makes to see; giving light, shining; manifest, evidentgenerated

1

See بَصِيرٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Hence: a watcher, or guard, set in a garden.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe lion—المُبْصِرُ

So called because it sees its prey from afar and pursues it.

2figurative · مجازand the day, causing to see, or in which one sees; giving light, or shining—وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا

Making, or causing, to see, or to have sight; and hence, giving light, shining, illumining; and conspicuous, manifest, evident, apparent; also making one have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill.

In the Qur'ān 10:68 and elsewhere; in the CK والنّهارُ مُبْصَرًا.

and when our signs came to them, making them see, or have mental perception, knowledge, or skill—فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ آيَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً

In the Qur'ān 27:13; explained as تَجْعَلُهُمْ بُصَرَآءَ; or giving light, shining, illumining; or being conspicuous, manifest, or evident. Or we may read مُبْصَرَةً, meaning having become manifest, or evident.

and we gave to Thamood the she-camel, by means of which they had sight, or mental perception, knowledge, or skill—آتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً

In the Qur'ān 17:61. Or: a sign giving light, shining, or illumining — and this is the right explanation; or a manifest, evident sign. Some read مُبْصَرَةً, meaning having become manifest, so as to be seen.

we have made the sign of the day manifest, or apparent—جَعَلْنَا آيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً

In the Qur'ān 17:13.

3

One who hangs upon his door a بَصِيرَة, that is, an oblong piece of cloth of cotton or other material.

Qur’ānic occurrences مُبْصِر
7:201
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَـٰٓئِفٌ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ تَذَكَّرُوا۟ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ

Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)!

10:67
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for those who listen (to His Message).

27:86
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in and the Day to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people that believe!

40:61
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

It is Allah Who has made the Night for you, that ye may rest therein, and the days as that which helps (you) to see. Verily Allah is full of Grace and Bounty to men: yet most men give no thanks.

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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: see بَصِيرٌ . [Hence,] A watcher, or guard, set in a garden. (A.) And المُبْصِرُ The lion, which sees his prey from afar, and pursues it. (K.) [Making, or causing, to see, or to have sight: and hence, giving light; shining; illumining: and conspicuous; manifest; evident; apparent: also making, or causing, to have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill.] وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا , in the Kur [x. 68, &c. (in the CK والنّهارُ مُبْصَرًا )], means, And the day [causing to see; or] in which one sees; (K;) giving light; shining; or illumining. (TA.) And فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ آيَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً , also in the Kur [xxvii. 13], And when our signs came to them, making them to have sight, or to have mental perception, or knowledge, or skill; expl. by تَجْعَلُهُمْ بُصَرَآءَ : (Akh, S, K:) or giving light; shining; or illumining: (S:) or being conspicuous, manifest, or evident: or we may read مُبْصَرَةً , meaning having become manifest, or evident. (Zj, M.) And آتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً , also in the Kur [xvii. 61], And we gave to Thamood the she-camel, by means of which they had sight, or mental perception, or knowledge, or skill: (Akh:) or a sign giving light, shining, or illumining; (Fr, T;) and this is the right explanation: (T:) or a manifest, or an evident, sign: (Zj, L, K:) and some read مُبْصَرَةً , meaning having become manifest, so as to be seen. (Zj, L.) And جَعَلْنَا آيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً , also in the Kur [xvii. 13], We have made the sign of the day manifest, or apparent. (K, TA.) One who hangs upon his door a بَصِيرَة , i. e. an oblong piece of cloth (K, TA) of cotton or other material. (TA.)
Nounمَبْصَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — something plainly seen, something conspicuousgenerated

1

See بَصِيرَةٌ.

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: see بَصِيرَةٌ .
Nounمُسْتَبْصِرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who seeks to see clearly; endowed with mental perceptiongenerated

1

One who seeks to see a thing plainly or clearly, either with the eyes or with the mind.

1.1and they were endowed with perceptive faculties of the mind, or of knowledge, or of skill—وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ

In the Qur'ān 29:37. Or: they clearly perceived, when they did what they did, that the result of it would be their punishment.

he is endowed with mental perception, knowledge, understanding, intelligence, or skill in his religion and his actions—هُوَ مُسْتَبْصِرٌ فِى دِينِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ
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One who seeks, or endeavours, to see a thing plainly or clearly [either with the eyes or with the mind]. (TA, from a trad.) وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ , in the Kur [xxix. 37], means, And they were endowed with perceptive faculties of the mind, or of knowledge, or of skill: (Jel:) or they clearly perceived, when they did what they did, that the result thereof would be their punishment. (M.) And you say, هُوَ مُسْتَبْصِرٌ فِى دِينِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ He is endowed with mental perception, or knowledge, or understanding, intelligence, or skill, in his religion and his actions. (TA.)