تقن

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Form 2تَقَّنُوا أَرْضَهُمْ1 sense

maṣdarتَتْقِينَ

Core sense — they watered their land with muddy water to improve itgenerated

2.1

They watered their land with thick, or muddy, water, [or water containing تِقْن ] so that it might become good.

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, (JK, K,) inf. n. تَتْقِينَ , (K,) They watered their land with thick, or muddy, water, [or water containing تِقْن ,] (JK, * K,) in order that it might become good. (K.)

Form 4اتقنهُ1 sense

maṣdarإِتْقَانٌ

Core sense — he made it firm, strong, and sound by his skillgenerated

4.1he made it firm, strong, solid, and sound, free from defect, by his skill—أَحْكَمَهُ

. Said of a thing, or of an affair: he made it, did it, or set it up firmly, closely knit together, well and skilfully; he put it into a sound, good state.

[And اتقن لَهُ means the same as اتقنهُ, or he had, or used, the skill needed for it; said of an affair.]

Who has created everything firmly and strongly, and fashioned it in the fit and proper way—الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَّىْءٍ

In the Qur'ān 27:90; explained as أَحْكَمَ خَلْقَهُ.

he made his knowledge sound; he made himself thoroughly learned—اتقن عِلْمَهُ

he learned it soundly and thoroughly from him—اتقن عَنْهُ

Said of a tradition and the like.

Mentioned under ذبر.

Qur’ān 27:88 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxvii. 90”

Qur’ān 27:88 Lane quotes this verse

وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed: but they shall pass away as the clouds pass away: (such is) the artistry of Allah, who disposes of all things in perfect order: for he is well acquainted with all that ye do.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

27:88

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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, (K,) inf. n. إِتْقَانٌ , (JK, S,) i. q. أَحْكَمَهُ [He made it, or rendered it, (namely, a thing, JK, or an affair, S and K,) firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, sound, or free from defect or imperfection, by the exercise of skill; he made it firmly, strongly, solidly, compactly, so that it was firmly and closely joined or knit together, soundly, thoroughly, skilfully, judiciously, or well; he so constructed, constituted, established, settled, arranged, did, performed, or executed, it; he put it into a firm, solid, sound, or good, state, or on a firm, solid, sound, or good, footing]. (JK, S, K.) [And اتقن لَهُ signifies the same as اتقنهُ : or he exercised, or possessed, the skill requisite for it; namely, an affair.] الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَّىْءٍ , in the Kur xxvii. 90, means Who hath created everything firmly, strongly, solidly, &c., ( أَحْكَمَ خَلْقَهُ ,) and made it, fashioned it, or disposed it, in the fit, proper, or right, manner. (Bd.) [You say also, اتقن عِلْمَهُ , meaning He made his knowledge sound; or made himself thoroughly learned.] And اتقن عَنْهُ He knew it, or learned it, (namely, a tradition [&c.],) soundly, thoroughly, or well, from him. (TA in art. ذبر .)

Derived nouns 1

Nounتِقْنٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sediment of muddy water; a thing that improves something; a skilful mangenerated

1the sediment of water in a rivulet or in the channel of a torrent—رُسَابَة

In the season called رَبِيع: [its sediment, or] the thick matter that the water carries [and that sinks to the bottom; used for improving land].

the slime of a well or of a torrent-channel, mixed with black, or black and fetid, mud—تُرْنُوق

According to the Jāmiʿ of El-Ghooree.

1.1anything by which a thing is made good, or improved—تِقْن

A thing by which one subsists, and by which one improves the doing or managing of an affair; such as iron and other things among the جَوَاهِر [i. e. precious stones, or native ores,] of the earth.

1.2

A skilful man; plural أَتْقَانٌ.

1.3the name of a certain man proverbial for his excellence in shooting—تِقْنٌ

The rājiz says: [One more skilled in shooting than Ibn-Tiḳn shoots it]

shāhid

يَرَمِى بِهَا أَرْمَى مِنِ ٱبْنِ تِقْنِ

[Hence, probably.] Also written اِبْنُ تِقْنٍ.

In the K it is implied that this name, or surname, is التِّقْنُ.

1.4chasteness of speech, or eloquence, is part of his nature—الفَصَاحَةُ مِنْ تِقْنِهِ

Nature, or natural disposition.

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The رُسَابَة of water, (JK, Mgh, K,) in a rivulet or in the channel of a torrent, (K,) in the [season called] رَبِيع ; (Lth, JK, Mgh;) i. e., (Mgh,) [its sediment, or] the thick matter that is borne by it [and that sinks to the bottom; used for improving land]: (Lth, JK, Mgh:) and (K) the تُرْنُوق of a well (Mgh, K) and of the channel of a torrent; i. e., the slime, mixed with black, or black and fetid, mud; accord. to the Jámi' of El-Ghooree. (Mgh.) A thing by means of which one subsists, and makes good, or improves, the performance, or execution, or management, of an affair; as iron, and other things, of the جَوَاهِر [i. e. precious stones, or native ores,] of the earth: and anything by means of which a thing is made good, or improved, is called its تِقْن . (TA.) A skilful man: (JK, S, K:) pl. أَتْقَانٌ . (TA.) [Hence, probably,] تِقْنٌ [or اِبْنُ تِقْنٍ ] is also the name [or surname] of a certain man proverbial for his excellence in shooting. (S, K. [In the latter it is implied that this name or surname is التِّقْنُ .]) The rájiz says, 1 [One more skilled in shooting than Ibn-Tikn shoots it]. (S.) يَرَمِى بِهَا أَرْمَى مِنِ ٱبْنِ تِقْنِ Nature, or natural disposition. (JK, S, K.) You say, الفَصَاحَةُ مِنْ تِقْنِهِ Chasteness of speech, or eloquence, is [a quality] of his nature. (S.)