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Form 1حَسُنَ2 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarحُسْنٌ

Core sense — he, or it, was, or became, good, or goodly, beautiful, or comelygenerated

1.1he, or it (a thing), had, or possessed, the quality termed حَسْنٌ—حَسَنَ

It may also be written and pronounced حَسْنَ, with the dammeh dropped.

maṣdar حُسْنٌ and حُسْنَى.

That is, he, or it, was, or became, good, or goodly (generally the latter), beautiful, comely, or pleasing.

it was, or became, good, in his estimation—تحسّن عِنْدَهُ

تحسّن often means the same.

Zeyd became possessed of حُسْن—أَحْسَنَ زَيْدٌ

Mughnee, under بِ.

Lane cites “Bd in ii. 77” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1.1good, or goodly, is Zeyd!—حَسُنَ زَيْدٌ

One may not say حُسْنَ, moving the dammeh of the س to the ح and leaving the first letter sākin, except in one case, because the word is here a predicate, together with its agent expressed or implied. [See I'Ak p. 234.]

This is allowed only with a verb of praise or blame: حُسْنَ, in the shifting of its middle vowel, is likened to نِعْمَ and بِئْسَ, which are originally نَعِمَ and بَئِسَ; and one does the same in all verbs like these two in meaning.

A poet says: [Men have not withheld from me what I have desired, nor do I give them what they have desired: good, or very good, is this as a mode of conduct!]

shāhid
لَمْ يَمْنَعِ النَّاسُ مِنِّى مَا أَرَدْتُ وَ مَاأُعْطِيهِمُ مَا أَرَادُوا حُسْنَ ذَا أَدَبَا

— meaning حَسُنَ هٰذَا أَدَبًا.

That is, أَحْسِنْ بِهِ: how good, or goodly, is Zeyd! as also مَا أَحْسَنَهُ.

Said under بِ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 3
4:69
وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِ وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ رَفِيقًا

All who obey Allah and the messenger are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowship!

25:76
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

Dwelling therein;- how beautiful an abode and place of rest!

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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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) which may also be written and pronounced حَسْنَ , with the dammeh suppressed, (S,) and حَسَنَ , (K,) aor. حَسُنَ , (TA,) inf. n. حُسْنٌ (S, * Msb, K, * TA) and حُسْنَى , (Ham p. 657, and Bd in ii. 77,) He, or it (a thing, S, Msb), had, or possessed, the quality termed حَسْنٌ [which see below; i. e., was, or became, good, or goodly, (generally the latter,) beautiful, comely, or pleasing, &c.; and تحسّن often signifies the same, as in the phrase تحسّن عِنْدَهُ it was, or became, good, &c., in his estimation]: (S, K, TA:) and [in like manner] أَحْسَنَ زَيْدٌ means Zeyd became possessed of حُسْن . (Mughnee in art. بِ .) One may not say حُسْنَ , transferring the dammeh of the س to the ح and making the former letter quiescent, except in one case; because it is [virtually, together with its agent expressed or implied, in this case,] a predicate: [see I'Ak p. 234:] this is allowable only in the case of a verb of praise or dispraise; حُسْنَ , in respect of the transference of the medial vowel, being likened to نِعْمَ and بِئْسَ , which are originally نَعِمَ and بَئِسَ : and thus one does in all verbs like these two in meaning: a poet says, 1 [Men have not withheld from me what I have desired, nor do I give them what they have desired: good, or very good, is this as a mode of conduct!]: meaning حَسُنَ هٰذَا أَدَبًا . (S, TA.) You say also, حَسُنَ زَيْدٌ , [meaning Good, or goodly, &c., or very good &c., is Zeyd! or] meaning أَحْسِنْ بِهِ [i. e. how good, or goodly, &c., is Zeyd! as also مَا أَحْسَنَهُ ]. (B, TA in art. بِ .) لَمْ يَمْنَعِ النَّاسُ مِنِّى مَا أَرَدْتُ وَ مَا | أُعْطِيهِمُ مَا أَرَادُوا حُسْنَ ذَا أَدَبَا
Form 2حسّنهُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَحْسِينٌ

Core sense — he made it good, or goodly; he beautified, embellished, or adorned itgenerated

2.1he made it good, or goodly, beautiful, or pleasing; he beautified, embellished, or adorned it—احسنهُ

he rendered it حَسَن, that is, good, or goodly (generally the latter), beautiful, comely, or pleasing.

the shaver beautified, or trimmed, his head—أَحْسَنَ الحَلَّاقُ رَأْسَهُ
[Who has made good, or goodly, everything that He has created]—الَّذِى أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

In the Qur'ān 32:6; it means حَسَّنَ خَلْقَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ, He has made good, or goodly, the creation of everything.

2.1.1

[See also تَحْسِينٌ.]

2.1.2

And see form 10.

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, (S, K,) inf. n. تَحْسِينٌ , (S,) He made it, or rendered it, حَسَن [i. e. good, or goodly, (generally the latter,) beautiful, comely, or pleasing, &c.]; (K;) he beautified, embellished, or adorned, it; (S, TA;) as also احسنهُ . (TA.) You say, أَحْسَنَ الحَلَّاقُ رَأْسَهُ The shaver beautified, or trimmed, his head. (TA.) And الَّذِى أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُ [Who hath made good, or goodly, everything that He hath created], in the Kur [xxxii. 6], means حَسَّنَ خَلْقَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ [hath made good, or goodly, the creation of everything]. (TA.) [See also تَحْسِينٌ .] And see 10.
Form 3إنِّى أُحَاسِنُ بِكَ النَّاسَ1 sense

Core sense — I contend with men for your superiority in goodness, or goodlinessgenerated

3.1

I contend with men for your superiority in حُسْن, that is, in goodness, or goodliness.

[حَاسَنَ followed by an accusative is rendered by Golius, on the authority of J, who gives no explanation of it, “Bene tractavit et egit.”]

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(S, TA) Verily I contend with men for thy superiority in حُسْن [i. e. goodness, or goodliness, &c.]. (TA.) [ حَاسَنَ followed by an accus. is rendered by Golius, as on the authority of J, who gives no explanation of it, “ Bene tractavit et egit. ”]
Form 4احسن7 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he acted well, he did good to him; he knew it wellgenerated

4.1

As an intransitive verb: see form 1.

4.1.1he acted well towards him; he did good to him; he conferred a benefit on him—أَحْسَنْتُ إِلَيْهِ

Er-Rāghib: he did that which was حَسَن, that is, good, comely, or pleasing; he acted well; he did a good deed.

إِحْسَانٌ is the opposite of إِسَآءَةٌ. Er-Rāghib: it differs from إِنْعَامٌ in being done to oneself as well as to another, whereas that is only to another; and it goes beyond عَدْلٌ, since it means giving more than one owes and taking less than is owed, while that means giving what one owes and taking what is owed.

he acted well towards him; he did good to him—بِهِ
[He has acted well towards me, when He brought me forth from the prison]—قَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِى إِذَ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ السِّجْنِ

Both mean the same.

In the Qur'ān 12:101; it means إِلَىَّ. Or, according to some, the verb here carries the sense of لَطَفَ, which is made transitive by بِ: He has acted graciously with me.

Mughnee, under بِ.

4.1.2

الإِحْسَانُ is also explained as meaning الإِخْلَاصُ: being sincere, without hypocrisy, or declaring oneself clear of believing in any beside God; and this is a condition of the soundness, or validity, of الإِيمَان and الإِسْلَام together.

It is also explained as watchfulness and good obedience; and as keeping to the right way and following the path trodden by those of the righteous who have gone before, this last being said to be the meaning in the Qur'ān 9:101.

Qur’ān 9:100 approximate — somewhere between 9:83 and 9:103 Lane cites “Kur ix. 101”
Qur’ān 9:100 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَ وَٱلْأَنصَارِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى تَحْتَهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook (their homes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them in (all) good deeds,- well-pleased is Allah with them, as are they with Him: for them hath He prepared gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

4.2

As a transitive verb: see form 2, in three places.

4.2.1figurative · مجازhe knew it; he knew it well—احسنهُ

Er-Rāghib: he knew it, or knew it well; and so احسن بِهِ.

he knows the Arabic language well—هُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ
[the value of the man is what he knows, or knows well]—قِيمَةُ المَرْءِ مَا يُحْسِنُهُ

A saying of 'Alee.

men are named, or reputed, in relation to what they know and to the good deeds that they do—النَّاسُ أَبْنَآءُ مَا يُحْسِنُونَ

Another saying of 'Alee.

4.2.2how very good, or goodly, he is!—مَا أُحَيْسِنَهُ

أَحْسِنْ بِهِ and مَا أَحْسَنَهُ: see form 1, last sentence.

The diminutive form is used here, like مَا أُمَيْلِحَهُ. Mentioned under ملح.

4.3

Also, said of a man: he sat on a high hill, or heap, of sand, of the kind called حَسَنٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 19
2:195
وَأَنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا۟ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى ٱلتَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوٓا۟ ۛ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good.

18:30
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا

As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We shall not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed.

18:104
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"

32:7
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ مِن طِينٍ

He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,

64:3
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and has given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal.

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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as an intrans. v.: see 1. Also He did that which was حَسَن [meaning good, comely, or pleasing; he acted well]; (Msb;) he did a good deed: (Er-Rághib, TA:) [for] إِحْسَانٌ is the contr. of إِسَآءَةٌ : (K:) it differs from إِنْعَامٌ in being to oneself and to another; whereas the latter is only to another: (TA:) and it surpasses عَدْلٌ , inasmuch as it means the giving more than one owes, and taking less than is owed to one; whereas the latter means the giving what one owes, and taking what is owed to one. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, أَحْسَنْتُ إِلَيْهِ and بِهِ [I acted, or behaved, with goodness, well, or in a good or comely or pleasing manner, towards him; did good to him; benefited him; conferred a benefit, or benefits, upon him]: both signify the same: (S, TA:) and hence, in the Kur [xii. 101], قَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِى إِذَ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ السِّجْنِ meaning إِلَىَّ [i. e. He hath acted well towards me, when he brought me forth from the prison]: (AHeyth, Az:) or, accord. to some, the verb in this case is made to import the meaning of لَطَفَ [which is trans. by means of بِ , i. e. He hath acted graciously with me]. (Mughnee in art. بِ .) الإِحْسَانُ is also explained as meaning الإِخْلَاصُ [i. e. The being sincere, or without hypocrisy; or the asserting oneself to be clear of believing in any beside God]; which is a condition of the soundness, or validity, of الإِيمَان and الإِسْلَام together: and as denoting watchfulness, and good obedience: and as meaning the continuing in the right way, and following the way which those [of the righteous] who have gone before have trodden; this last being said to be the meaning in the Kur ix. 101. (TA.) As a trans. v.: see 2, in three places. احسنهُ also signifies He knew it: (S, K, TA:) [or] he knew it well; (Er-Rághib, Msb;) and so احسن بِهِ , as in the saying, هُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ He knows well the Arabic language. (MA.) Hence the saying of 'Alee, قِيمَةُ المَرْءِ مَا يُحْسِنُهُ [The value of the man is what he knows, or knows well]. (TA.) النَّاسُ أَبْنَآءُ مَا يُحْسِنُونَ is another saying of 'Alee, meaning Men are named, or reputed, in relation to what they know, and to the good deeds that they do. (TA.) أَحْسِنْ بِهِ and مَا أَحْسَنَهُ : see 1, last sentence. You say also, مَا أُحَيْسِنَهُ [i. e. How very good, or goodly, &c., is he!]; using the dim. form; like مَا أُمَيْلِحَهُ [q. v.]. (S and K in art. ملح .) Also He (a man, IAar) sat upon a high hill, or heap, of sand, such as is termed حَسَنٌ . (IAar, K.)
Form 5تحسّن3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he beautified, or adorned, himself; he affected what is comelygenerated

5.1

See form 1.

5.1.1

Also the same as تَجَمَّلَ: he beautified, embellished, or adorned himself; and he affected what is beautiful, goodly, or comely, in person, in action or behaviour, or in character.

[تَحَسَّنَتْ, said of a woman, occurs in the first of these senses, under رعد, and under نقط, and elsewhere.]

5.1.2he entered the hot bath and was shaven—دَخَلَ الحَمَّامَ فَتَحَسَّنَ
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: see 1. Also i. q. تَجَمَّلَ [i. e. He beautified, embellished, or adorned, himself: and he affected what is beautiful, goodly, or comely, in person, or in action or actions or behaviour, or in moral character, &c.]. (TA.) [ تَحَسَّنَتْ , said of a woman, occurs, in the former sense, in the S and K in art. رعد , and in the TA in art. نقط , &c.] دَخَلَ الحَمَّامَ فَتَحَسَّنَ He entered the hot bath and was shaven. (TA.)
Form 6تحاسن1 sense

Core sense — he affected to be good, goodly, or comely, without really being sogenerated

6.1

[He affected to be حَسَن, that is, good, goodly, beautiful, or comely, without really being so.]

Mentioned under صبح. [See form 6 in that article.]

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[He affected to be حَسَن (i. e. good, goodly, beautiful, comely, &c.), not being really so]. (A in art. صبح . [See 6 in that art.])
Form 10استحسنهُ1 sense
maṣdarتَحْسِينٌ

Core sense — he counted it good, he approved of it, he liked itgenerated

10.1making this word fully declinable is approvable, but making it imperfectly declinable agrees with analogy—صَرْفُ هٰذَا ٱسْتِحْسَانٌ وَ المَنْعُ قِيَاسٌ

He counted, reckoned, or esteemed him, or it, حَسَن, that is, good, goodly, beautiful, comely, or pleasing; he approved of, thought well of, or liked him, or it. Also حسّنهُ. Hence the saying:

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He counted, accounted, reckoned, or esteemed, him, or it, حَسَن [i. e. good, goodly, beautiful, comely, pleasing, &c.; he approved, thought well of, or liked, him, or it]; (S, K;) as also حسّنهُ , inf. n. تَحْسِينٌ . (Har p. 594.) Hence the saying, صَرْفُ هٰذَا ٱسْتِحْسَانٌ وَ المَنْعُ قِيَاسٌ [The making this word perfectly declinable is approvable, but the making it imperfectly declinable is agreeable with analogy]. (TA.)

Derived nouns 26

Nounحُسْنٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — goodness, goodliness, beauty, comeliness; a plant that twines about trees, with a beautiful flowergenerated

1and say to people a saying that has goodness in it—وَ قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا

حُسُنٌ, which is of the dialect of El-Hijáz, and حَسَنٌ are the same: goodness, or goodliness (generally the latter), beauty, comeliness, or pleasingness; the opposite of قُبْحٌ; the same as جَمَالٌ. According to As, when it relates to the person, حُسْنٌ is in the eyes and جَمَالٌ is in the nose.

Er-Rāghib: symmetry, or just proportion of the several parts of the person one to another; or anything moving the mind that is desired or wished for — such as is approved by the intellect, such as is approved by natural desire, and such as is approved by the senses. In common usage it is mostly applied to what is approved by sight; in the Qur'ān, mostly to what is approved by mental perception; and it is in accidents as well as in substances.

The plural is مَحَاسِنُ, like مَلَامِحُ, plural of لَمْحَةٌ, and مَشَابِهُ, plural of شَبَهٌ; this is against rule, as though it were plural of مَحْسَنٌ or مُحْسَنٌ. Or, according to Lh and Eth-Thaʿālibee, مَحَاسِنُ has no proper singular.

In the Qur'ān 2:77. The goodness meant is قَوْلًا ذَا حُسْنٍ; or حُسْنًا may mean حَسَنًا. Some read حَسَنًا, some حُسُنًا, following the dialect of El-Hijáz, and some حُسْنَى as a maṣdar, like بُشْرَى; but AHát and Zj disallow this, the former saying that حُسْنَى is like فُعْلَى [as feminine of أَفْعَلُ, denoting the comparative and superlative degrees], and so should have the article ال.

and we have enjoined man to do to his two parents what is good—وَ وَصَّيْنَا الإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا

In the Qur'ān 29:7; the good meant is مَا يَحْسُنُ حُسْنًا. Here too some read حَسَنًا and some إِحْسَانًا.

[See another example of the same kind, from the Qur'ān 18:85, under إِمَّا, near the beginning of that paragraph.]

Qur’ān 18:86 approximate — somewhere between 18:80 and 18:110 Lane cites “Kur xviii. 85”
Qur’ān 18:86 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا

Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1a plant that twines about trees and has a beautiful flower—سِتُّ الحُسْنِ

[The convolvulus caïricus of Linnaeus; plentiful in the gardens of Cairo.]

1.2

See also حَسَنٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences حُسْن 3 shown of 13
38:25
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.

38:40
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place of (Final) Return.

38:49
هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is a beautiful Place of (Final) Return,-

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(S, K, &c.) and حُسُنٌ , which is of the dial. of El-Hijáz, and حَسَنٌ , (MF, TA,) Goodness, or goodliness, [generally the latter,] beauty, comeliness, or pleasingness; contr. of قُبْحٌ : (S:) i. q. جَمَالٌ : (K:) but accord. to As, [when relating to the person,] حُسْنٌ is in the eyes, and جَمَالٌ is in the nose: (TA:) symmetry; or just proportion of the several parts of the person, one to another: (Kull:) or anything, moving the mind, that is desired, or wished for; such as is approved by the intellect; and such as is approved by natural desire; and such as is approved by the faculty of sense: in the common conventional language, mostly applied to what is approved by the sight: in the Kur, mostly to what is approved by mental perception: it is in accidents as well as in substances: (Er-Rághib, TA:) the pl. is مَحَاسِنُ , (S, K,) like مَلَامِحُ pl. of لَمْحَةٌ , and مَشَابِهُ pl. of شَبَهٌ , &c., (Har p. 9,) contr. to rule, (S, K,) as though pl. of مَحْسَنٌ or مُحْسَنٌ : (S accord. to different copies:) or, accord. to Lh and Eth-Tha'álibee, مَحَاسِنُ has no proper sing. (TA.) وَ قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا , in the Kur [ii. 77], means And say ye to men a saying having in it goodness ( قَوْلًا ذَا حُسْنٍ ): or حُسْنًا may mean حَسَنًا : (Zj, TA:) and some read here حَسَنًا : and some, حُسُنًا , accord. to the dial. of El-Hijáz: and some, حُسْنَى , as an inf. n., like بُشْرَى : (Bd:) but AHát and Zj disallow this; the former saying that حُسْنَى is like فُعْلَى [as fem. of أَفْعَلُ denoting the comparative and superlative degrees], and therefore should have the article ال . (TA.) وَ وَصَّيْنَا الإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا , in the Kur [xxix. 7], means [in like manner] And we have enjoined man to do to his two parents what is good ( مَا يَحْسُنُ حُسْنًا ): (TA:) and here [also] some read حَسَنًا ; and some, إِحْسَانًا . (Bd.) [See another ex. of a similar kind, from the Kur xviii. 85, voce إِمَّا , near the beginning of the paragraph.] سِتُّ الحُسْنِ [The convolvulus caïricus of Linn.; abundant in the gardens of Cairo;] a certain plant that twines about trees and has a beautiful flower. (TA.) See also حَسَنٌ .
Nounحَسَنٌ7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — good, or goodly, beautiful, comely; also a high hill, or heap, of sandgenerated

1a man very good, or goodly—رَجُلٌ حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ

Having, or possessing, the quality termed حُسْنٌ: good, or goodly (generally the latter), beautiful, comely, pleasing or pleasant. This may be intrinsic, as when applied to belief in God and in his attributes, or extrinsic, as when applied to war against unbelievers, for this is not good in itself.

It is said to be the only adjective of its measure except بَطَلٌ.

حَسِينٌ means the same, being from حَسُنَ, like عَظِيمٌ and كَريِمٌ from عَظُمَ and كَرُمَ; and حُسَانٌ, but this is an intensive adjective, meaning very good or goodly; and حُسَّانٌ is likewise intensive; and حَاسِنٌ, properly meaning being, or becoming, good or goodly, cited by Lh as used in a future sense; and مُحَسَّنٌ, as applied to a face.

The feminine is حَسَنَةٌ, and حَسْنَآءُ applied to a woman, though the masculine answering to this last, أَحْسَنُ, is said not to be used of a man in the sense of حَسَنٌ. [But the phrase هُوَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ وَجْهًا, meaning حَسَنُهُمْ وَجْهًا, is mentioned under بيض: see بَيَاضٌ, and see also the plural أَحَاسِنُ in what follows.] And حُسَّانَةٌ.

The masculine plural is حِسَانٌ, plural of حَسَنٌ used as an adjective; but when حَسَنٌ is used as a proper name, its plural is حَسَنُونَ. حِسَانٌ may also be plural of حَسِينٌ, and حُسَّانُونَ plural of حُسَّانٌ, which has no broken plural. أَحَاسِنُ القَوْمِ means حِسَانُهُمْ, the good, or goodly, of the party of men.

The feminine plural is حِسَانٌ, like the masculine, plural of حَسْنَآءُ, and the only instance of its kind except عِجَافٌ, plural of عَجْفَآءُ.

بسن is used here as an imitative sequent, for emphasis.

1.1a tradition of good authority—حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ

Generally applied to one transmitted in the first instance by two or more relaters.

1.2

Also meaning good, comely, good-humoured, pleasing discourse or talk.

1.3the bone that is next to the elbow—الحَسَنُ

Also الحُسْنُ. Or the end of the bone of the upper half of the arm next the shoulder-joint, because of the abundance of flesh on it, the end of that bone next the elbow being called القَبِيحُ, as stated under قبح. Or the upper part of that bone, the lower part being called القبيح.

1.4

A kind of tree, of beautiful appearance, also called the أَلآء, that grows in rows on a hill, or heap, of sand; so called because of its beauty. From this the كثيب is called نَقَا الحَسَنِ, as described by Az on the authority of 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh.

1.5

[And from this, perhaps,] حَسَنٌ also means a high كَثِيب, a hill or heap of sand; and from this it is used as a proper name for a boy.

2

See also حُسْنٌ, first sentence.

Qur’ānic occurrences حَسَن 5 shown of 20
55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful;-

55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ

Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.

57:11
مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥ وَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ

Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for (Allah) will increase it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liberal Reward.

57:18
إِنَّ ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَـٰتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَـٰعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ

For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), and they shall have (besides) a liberal reward.

64:17
إِن تُقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَـٰعِفْهُ لَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

If ye loan to Allah, a beautiful loan, He will double it to your (credit), and He will grant you Forgiveness: for Allah is most Ready to appreciate (service), Most Forbearing,-

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Having, or possessing, the quality termed حُسْنٌ [which see above; good, or goodly, (generally the latter,) beautiful, comely, pleasing or pleasant, &c.]; (Msb, K, TA;) either intrinsically, as when applied to belief in God and in his attributes; or extrinsically, as when applied to war against unbelievers, for this is not good in itself: said to be the only epithet of its measure except بَطَلٌ : (TA:) and حَسِينٌ signifies the same, (IB, K,) because from حَسُنَ , like عَظِيمٌ and كَريِمٌ from عَظُمَ and كَرُمَ , (IB, TA,) and حُسَانٌ , (K,) but this is an intensive epithet, [signifying very good or goodly &c.,] (IB, TA,) and حُسَّانٌ , (K,) also an intensive epithet, (S, IB,) and حَاسِنٌ , (K,) [properly signifying being, or becoming, good or goodly &c.,] cited by Lh as used in a future sense, (TA,) and مُحَسَّنٌ as applied to a face: (K:) the fem. is حَسَنَةٌ , and حَسْنَآءُ , applied to a woman, (S, Msb, K,) though the corresponding masc. of this latter, namely, أَحْسَنُ , is [said to be] not used (S, K) as applied to a man [in the sense of حَسَنٌ ], (S,) [but the phrase هُوَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ وَجْهًا as meaning حَسَنُهُمْ وَجْهًا is mentioned in the S in art. بيض , (see بَيَاضٌ , and see also the pl. أَحَاسِنُ in what here follows,)] and حُسَّانَةٌ : (S, K:) the pl. masc. is حِسَانٌ , (Msb, K,) pl. of حَسَنٌ used as an epithet; but when حَسَنٌ is used as a [proper] name, its pl. is حَسَنُونَ ; (Msb;) and حِسَانٌ may also be pl. of حَسِينٌ ; (TA;) and حُسَّانُونَ , (Sb, K,) pl. of حُسَّانٌ , which has no broken pl.: (Sb:) and أَحَاسِنُ القَوْمِ means حِسَانُهُمْ [the good, or goodly, &c., of the party, or company of men]: (K:) the pl. fem. is حِسَانٌ , (K,) like the masc., pl. of حَسْنَآءُ , and the only instance of its kind except عِجَافٌ , pl. of عَجْفَآءُ . (TA.) You say رَجُلٌ حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ [A man very good or goodly &c.], using بسن as an imitative sequent [for the purpose of corroboration]. (S.) [ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ A tradition of good authority; generally applied to one transmitted in the first instance by two or more relaters. Also meaning Good, comely, goodhumoured, pleasing, or pleasant, discourse or talk.] الحَسَنُ The bone that is next to the elbow; as also الحُسْنُ : (K:) or the extremity of the bone of the upper half of the arm next the shoulder-joint, because of the abundance of flesh that is upon it; the extremity of that bone next the elbow being called القَبِيحُ : (TA in art. قبح :) or the upper part of that bone; the lower part thereof being called القبيح . (Fr, TA in that art.) A kind of tree, of beautiful appearance, (K, TA,) also called the أَلآء , that grows in rows upon a hill, or heap, ( كَثِيب ,) of sand; so called because of its beauty; whence the كثيب is called نَقَا الحَسَنِ : thus described by Az, on the authority of 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh. (TA.) [And hence, perhaps,] حَسَنٌ signifies also A high كَثِيب [or hill, or heap, of sand]: (IAar, K:) whence it is used as a [proper] name of a boy. (IAar, TA.) See also حُسْنٌ , first sentence.
Nounالحُسَنُ1 sense

Core sense — the best things, those that are bestgenerated

1

See أَحْسَنُ.

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: see أَحْسَنُ .
Nounحُسُنٌ1 sense

Core sense — goodness, goodliness, beauty, comelinessgenerated

1

See حُسْنٌ, first sentence.

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Nounحِسْنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a ledge projecting from a mountaingenerated

1

A ledge projecting from a mountain. Plural حِسَنٌ.

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A ledge ( رَيْدٌ ) projecting from a mountain: pl. حِسَنٌ . (K.)
Nounحَسَنَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a good act, an act of obedience; a benefit, a blessinggenerated

1

Feminine of حَسَنٌ.

1.1

Also, used as a noun, or as an adjective in which the quality of a noun is dominant: a good act or action; an act of obedience to God, often particularly an alms-deed.

Er-Rāghib: and the reward of a good action. A good, a benefit, a benefaction, a boon, or a blessing; the opposite of سَيِّئَةٌ in all these senses.

Er-Rāghib: as the opposite of that word, it means any good or benefit that rejoices or gladdens a man in his soul, his body, and his circumstances.

The plural is حَسَنَاتٌ; it has no broken plural.

Er-Rāghib: in the Qur'ān 4:80 it means abundance of herbage, or of the goods, conveniences and comforts of life; ampleness of circumstances; and success; and سَيِّئَة there means the opposite of these.

In the Qur'ān 11:116, الحَسَنَات is said to mean the five daily prayers, as expiating what has come between them.

Qur’ān 7:168 approximate — somewhere between 7:154 and 7:185 Lane cites “Kur vii. 167”
Qur’ān 4:77 approximate — somewhere between 4:65 and 4:87 Lane cites “Kur iv. 80”
Qur’ān 11:114 approximate — somewhere between 11:113 and 11:123 Lane cites “Kur xi. 116”
Lane cites “Bd in iv. 80” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 7:168 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

Er-Rāghib: as an adjective [feminine of حَسَنٌ], it is applied to an accident as well as to a substance.

Qur’ānic occurrences حَسَنَة 3 shown of 27
2:201
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

And there are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!"

16:122
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

And We gave him Good in this world, and he will be, in the Hereafter, in the ranks of the Righteous.

27:89
مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ

If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will be secure from terror that Day.

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fem. of حَسَنٌ [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) Also, [used as a subst., or as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, A good act or action;] an act of obedience [to God; often particularly applied to an alms-deed]: (Ksh and Bd in iv. 80:) and the reward [of a good action]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) a good, benefit, benefaction, boon, or blessing: (Ksh and Bd ibid.:) contr. of سَيِّئَةٌ [in all these senses]: (S, K:) as contr. of this latter word, it signifies any rejoicing, or gladdening, good or benefit &c. that betides a man in his soul and his body and his circumstances: (Er-Rághib, TA:) pl. حَسَنَاتٌ : (K, and Kur vii. 167, &c.:) it has no broken pl. (TA.) Hence, in the Kur iv. 80, it means Abundance of herbage, or of the goods, conveniences, and comforts, of life; ampleness of circumstances; and success: and سَيِّئَة there means the contr. of these. (Er-Rághib, TA.) In the Kur xi. 116, الحَسَنَات is said to mean The five daily prayers, as expiating what has been between them. (TA.) As an epithet, [fem. of حَسَنٌ ,] it is applied to an accident as well as to a substance. (Er-Rághib, TA.)
Nounحُسْنَى1 sense

Core sense — the best; that which is bestgenerated

1

See حُسْنٌ and أَحْسَنُ, the latter in three places.

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: see حُسْنٌ , and أَحْسَنُ ; the latter, in three places.
Nounحَسْنَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — a beautiful, or comely, womangenerated

1

See حَسَنٌ.

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Nounحُسَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — very good, or goodly; very beautiful, or comelygenerated

1

See حَسَنٌ.

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: see حَسَنٌ .
Nounحَسِينٌ1 sense

Core sense — good, or goodly, beautiful, comelygenerated

1

See حَسَنٌ.

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: see حَسَنٌ .
Nounحُسَيْنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a high mountain; also the diminutive of good, or goodlygenerated

1

Diminutive of حَسَنٌ.

1.1

Also a high mountain; and from this it is used as a proper name for a boy.

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[dim. of حَسَنٌ . Also] A high mountain: whence it is used as a [proper] name of a boy. (TA.)
Nounحُسَيْنَى1 sense

Core sense — one's best, the utmost of one's power or abilitygenerated

1[his utmost, or best, is, or will be, the doing of such a thing]—حُسَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا

One's utmost, or rather one's best; the utmost of one's power, ability, deed, or case. So in the saying:

حُسَيْنَاؤُهُ means the same.

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One's utmost, [or rather one's best,] or the utmost of one's power or ability or deed or case: so in the saying, حُسَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا [His utmost, or best, &c., is, or will be, the doing such a thing]: and حُسَيْنَاؤُهُ means the same. (K, * TA.)
Nounحُسَيْنَآءُ2 senses

Core sense — one's best, the utmost of one's ability; also a tree with small leavesgenerated

1

See the word just before this.

2

Also a kind of tree with small leaves.

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: see what next precedes. Also A kind of tree, with small leaves. (K.)
Nounحُسَّانٌ1 sense

Core sense — very good, very goodly, very beautifulgenerated

1

This, and its feminine formed with ة: see حَسَنٌ, in three places.

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; and its fem., with ة : see حَسَنٌ , in three places.
Nounحَاسِنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — good, goodly, beautiful; and the moongenerated

1

See حَسَنٌ.

1.1the moon—الحَاسِنُ

[And from this.]

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: see حَسَنٌ . [Hence,] الحَاسِنُ The moon. (AA, S.)
Nounأَحْسَنُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — better, or best; the good final state; victory, or martyrdomgenerated

1

Feminine حَسْنَآءُ, plural أَحَاسِنُ: see حَسَنٌ.

1.1[he, or it, is the better, or the best; the more, or most, goodly, beautiful, or comely]—هُوَ الأَحْسَنُ

الأَحْسَنُ denotes the comparative and superlative degrees of حُسْنٌ.

the best names, those of God, which are ninety-nine—الأَسْمَآءُ الحُسْنَى

الحُسْنَى is the feminine.

It means the opposite of السُّوْءَى. The plural of الأَحْسَنُ is الأَحَاسِنُ.

[and do not approach the property of the orphan, to make use of it, except by that act which is best to be done with it]—وَ لَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ اليَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ

In the Qur'ān 6:153 and 17:36. The act meant is such as taking care of it and increasing it; or, as some say, the taking, of his property, of what will suffice to cover those parts of one's person that should not be exposed and to stay one's hunger.

Er-Rāghib: the feminine الحُسْنَى is applied to accidents only, not to substances.

It also means, as a noun, that which is better, and that which is best. Hence the good final state appointed for the faithful, as is said of the Qur'ān 41:50. And, according to some, the view, or vision, of God; but it is said that in the Qur'ān 10:27 it means Paradise, and زِيَادَةٌ, which follows it there, means the view, or vision, of the face of God. And victory; and martyrdom. Hence, in the Qur'ān 9:52:

[one of the two best things] — victory or martyrdom—إِحْدَى الحُسْنَيَيْنِ

So in the Ksh.

It also means the saying لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ.

The plural of الحُسْنَى is الحُسْنَيَاتُ and الحُسَنُ [the latter like رُجَعٌ, plural of رُجْعَى, but misunderstood by Freytag as meaning the same as المَحَاسِنُ, which follows it next in the K]. Neither is used without the article ال.

Qur’ān 41:51 approximate — somewhere between 41:24 and 41:54 Lane cites “Kur xli. 50”
Qur’ān 10:26 approximate — somewhere between 10:16 and 10:61 Lane cites “Kur x. 27”
Qur’ān 9:52 approximate — somewhere between 9:40 and 9:55 Lane cites “Kur ix. 52”
Lane cites “Jel in vii. 179” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Lane cites “Jel in xcii. 6” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 10:26 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ ۖ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences أَحْسَن 2 shown of 36
37:125
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

"Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,-

95:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,

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, fem. حَسْنَآءُ , pl. أَحَاسِنُ : see حَسَنٌ . الأَحْسَنُ denotes the comparative and superlative degrees [of حُسْنٌ ]; as in the phrase هُوَ الأَحْسَنُ [He, or it, is the better, and best; or the more, and most, goodly or beautiful or comely &c.]: (K:) الحُسْنَى is the fem.; as in the phrase الأَسْمَآءُ الحُسْنَى The best names; those of God; which are ninety and nine: (Jel in vii. 179:) it signifies the contr. of السُّوْءَى : (S, K:) the pl. of الأَحْسَنُ is الأَحَاسِنُ . (K.) In the saying, in the Kur [vi. 153 and xvii. 36], وَ لَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ اليَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ [And approach ye not the property of the orphan, to make use of it,] except by that act which is best to be done with it, the meaning is, such an act as the taking care of it, and increasing it: (Bd:) or, as some say, the meaning is, the taking, of his property, what will [suffice to] conceal those parts of one's person that should not be exposed, and stay one's hunger. (TA.) [The fem.] الحُسْنَى is applied to accidents only: not to substances. (Er-Rághib, TA.) It means also, [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, That which is better, and that which is best. And hence,] The good final or ultimate state or condition [appointed for the faithful]: (K:) so, it is said, in the Kur xli. 50. (TA.) And The view, or vision, of God; (K;) accord. to some: but it is said that in the Kur x. 27, it means Paradise; and زِيَادَةٌ , which there follows it, means the view, or vision, of the face of God. (TA.) And Victory: and martyrdom: (Th, K:) whence, [in the Kur ix. 52,] إِحْدَى الحُسْنَيَيْنِ [one of the two best things]; (K;) victory or martyrdom. (Ksh, Bd, Jel.) And The saying لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ . (Jel in xcii. 6 and 9.) The pl. of الحُسْنَى is الحُسْنَيَاتُ and الحُسَنُ , (K, [the latter like رُجَعٌ pl. of رُجْعَى , but misunderstood by Freytag as syn. with المَحَاسِنُ , which next follows it in the K,]) neither of which is used without the article ال . (TA.)
Nounمَا أُحَيْسِنَهُ1 sense

Core sense — how very good, or goodly, he is!generated

1

See form 4, the last sentence but one.

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Nounتَحْسِينٌ1 sense

Core sense — calligraphy; deliberate, orderly, and regular writinggenerated

1calligraphy; deliberate, orderly, and regular writing—كِتَابُ التَّحَاسِينِ

A noun of the measure تَفْعِيلٌ, or rather a maṣdar used as a noun; plural تَحَاسِينُ. Hence:

Or close and compact writing, without gaps and without elongation of the letters; the opposite of المَشْقُ. [See كِتَابُ مَشْقٍ.]

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a subst. of the measure تَفْعِيلٌ ; (K;) or rather an inf. n. used as a subst.; (TA;) pl. تَحَاسِينُ : whence كِتَابُ التَّحَاسِينِ (K) [Caligraphy; or] deliberate, orderly, and regular writing; (TK;) [or close and compact writing, without spaces, or gaps, and without elongation of the letters;] contr. of المَشْقُ . (K. [See كِتَابُ مَشْقٍ .])
Nounمَحْسَنٌ1 sense

Core sense — a beautiful place, or part, of the body; a cause of goodgenerated

1

See حُسْنٌ and مَحَاسِنُ.

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Nounمُحْسَنٌ1 sense

Core sense — made good, or goodly; beautified, embellished, adornedgenerated

1

See حُسْنٌ.

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Nounمُحْسِنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who does that which is good, comely, or pleasinggenerated

1

Doing, or one who does, that which is حَسَن, meaning good, comely, or pleasing; also مِحْسَانٌ; or this last is an intensive adjective, meaning one who does much that is good, comely, or pleasing, or one who constantly does that which is حَسَن.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredwe see you to be one of those who know the interpretation of dreams well—إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ المُحْسِنِينَ

In the Qur'ān 12:36. Or of those endowed with knowledge; or of those who do good to the prisoners; or of those who help the weak and the sufferer of wrong, and visit the sick.

Qur’ān 12:36 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xii. 36”
Qur’ān 12:36 Lane quotes this verse
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." said the other: "I see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating, thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "The truth and meaning thereof: for we see thou art one that doth good (to all)."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences مُحْسِن 2 shown of 38
31:3
هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّلْمُحْسِنِينَ

A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-

37:110
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.

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Doing, or who does, that which is حَسَن [meaning good, comely, or pleasing]; (K, TA;) as also مِحْسَانٌ : (K:) or the latter [is an intensive epithet, meaning doing, or who does, much that is good, comely, or pleasing: or] means constantly doing that which is حَسَن . (TA.) إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ المُحْسِنِينَ , in the Kur xii. 36, means Verily we see thee to be of those who know, or know well, the interpretation of dreams: (Ksh, Bd, TA: *) or of those endowed with knowledge: or of the doers of good to the prisoners: (Ksh, Bd:) or of those who aid the weak and the sufferer of wrong, and visit the sick. (TA.)
Nounمَحْسَنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of good, a thing beneficialgenerated

1[this food is a cause of good, that is, beneficial, to the body]—هٰذَا الطَّعَامُ مَحْسَنَةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ

[A cause of good. The plural is apparently مَحَاسِنُ, as مَسَاوٍ, originally مَسَاوِئُ, is said to be the plural of مَسَآءَةٌ, originally مَسْوَأَةٌ.]

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[A cause of good: pl., app., مَحَاسِنُ ; like as مَسَاوٍ , originally مَسَاوِئُ , is said to be pl. of مَسَآءَةٌ , originally مَسْوَأَةٌ ]. You say, هٰذَا الطَّعَامُ مَحْسَنَةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ [This food is a cause of good, i. e. beneficial, to the body]. (S.)
Nounمُحَسَّنٌ1 sense

Core sense — made good, or goodly; beautified, embellished, adornedgenerated

1

See حَسَنٌ.

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Nounمِحْسَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who does much that is good, comely, or pleasinggenerated

1

See مُحْسِنٌ.

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Nounمَحَاسِنُ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the beautiful parts of the body; good qualities; good actionsgenerated

1such a woman has many beautiful places, or parts, of the body—فُلَانَةُ كَثِيرَةُ المَحَاسِنِ

The beautiful places, or parts, of the body. According to some the singular is مَحْسَنٌ; according to others it has no singular. The first opinion is rejected by ISd; the second is that of the grammarians and of most lexicologists, and therefore, says Sb, the relative noun is مَحَاسِنِىٌّ, for if مَحَاسِنُ had a singular it would be restored to the singular in forming the relative noun.

[the beauties of the face, and its defects]—مَحَاسِنُ الوَجْهِ وَ مَسَاوِيهِ

Mentioned under لمح: مَحَاسِنُ is the opposite of مَسَاوٍ.

1.1

[As the opposite of مَسَاوٍ, it also means good qualities of any kind; and also good actions, like حَسَنَاتٌ, in agreement with an explanation in the KL: نيكوئيها.]

1.2

See also حُسْنٌ

1.3

and مَحْسَنَةٌ.

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The beautiful places [or parts] of the body: (K:) accord. to some, (TA,) the sing. is مَحْسَنٌ : or it has no sing.: (K:) the former opinion is disapproved by ISd.: the latter is the opinion of the grammarians and of the generality of the lexicologists: and therefore, says Sb, the rel. n. is مَحَاسِنِىٌّ ; for if مَحَاسِنُ had a sing., it would be restored to the sing. in forming the rel. n. (TA.) You say, فُلَانَةُ كَثِيرَةُ المَحَاسِنِ Such a woman has many beautiful places [or parts] of the body. (TA.) And مَحَاسِنُ الوَجْهِ وَ مَسَاوِيهِ [The beauties of the face, and its defects]: (K in art. لمح :) [for] مَحَاسِنُ signifies the contr. of مَسَاوٍ . (S.) [As contr. of مَسَاوٍ , it signifies also Good qualities of any kind: and also good actions; like حَسَنَاتٌ : agreeably with an explanation in the KL, نيكوئيها .] See also حُسْنٌ : and مَحْسَنَةٌ .
Nounمَحَاسِنِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — relating to the beautiful parts of the bodygenerated

1

See the paragraph just before this.

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