maṣdarتَمْحِيصٌ مَحْصٌ
Core sense — he made it clear, or pure; he purged, or purified, himgenerated
2.1he cleared, or purified, the gold from the earth and dirt mixed with it—مَحَّصَ الذَّهَبَ
he made it clear, pure, and free from every admixture or imperfection.
Also مَحَصَهُ.
Or مَحَصَهُ.
بِالنَّارِ: by fire.
2.1.1figurative · مجازand that God may purify those who believe—وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللّٰهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱمَنُوا
men shall be cleared in it, one from another—يُمَحَّصُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا كَمَا يُمَحَّصُ ذَهَبُ المَعْدِنِ
the purging of sins—تَمْحِيصُ الذُّنُوبِ
remove from us our sins—مَحِّصْ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا
may God remove what is in you—مَحَصَ ٱللّٰهُ مَا بِكَ
He (God) purged, or purified, it — a man's heart — and him, a man who repents.
In the Kur 3:135. Or: may God purge away the sins of those who believe; or the words have another meaning, given below.
Said in a tradition mentioning a sedition, or a conflict and faction: cleared like the gold from the mine, which is cleared from the earth.
This phrase may also be rendered somewhat differently, as will be seen below.
Also مَحَّصَهُ.
2.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredmay God diminish your sins—مَحَّصَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبَكَ
He tried, proved, or tested, him.
Ibn-'Arafeh: the verb has this meaning in the phrase quoted above from the Kur, because the trial of the Muslims diminishes their sins; for تَمْحيصٌ also means the diminishing of a thing.
2.1.3
The clearing, or cleansing, of flesh from sinews, so as to twist them into a bow-string.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
3:141
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَAllah's object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to deprive of blessing Those that resist Faith.
3:154
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا يَغْشَىٰ طَآئِفَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كُلَّهٗ لِلَّهِ ۗ يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ ۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَـٰهُنَا ۗ قُل لَّوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَتْلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِAfter (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.
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, inf. n. تَمْحِيصٌ , He rendered it clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also مَحَصَهُ , aor. مَحَصَ , inf. n. مَحْصٌ . (Az, A, TA.) You say, مَحَّصَ الذَّهَبَ , (A, TA,) or مَحَصَهُ , (S, K,) He cleared, or purified, the gold from what was mixed with it, (S, A, K,) i. e. from the earth, or dust, and dirt, (TA,) بِالنَّارِ by fire. (S, A, K.) [Hence,] He (God) purged, or purified it; namely a man's heart: and him; namely a man repenting. (A.) It is said in the Kur, [iii. 135,] وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللّٰهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱمَنُوا And that God may purify those who believe: (TA:) or purge away the sins of those who believe: (Fr, TA:) or these words have another meaning, which see below. (TA.) It is also said in a trad., mentioning a sedition, or conflict and faction, or the like, يُمَحَّصُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا كَمَا يُمَحَّصُ ذَهَبُ المَعْدِنِ , i.e. Men shall be cleared therein, one from another, like as the gold from the mine is cleared from the earth, or dust. (TA.) تَمْحِيصُ الذُّنُوبِ signifies The purging of sins. (TA.) And you say, مَحِّصْ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا , meaning Remove thou, or put thou away, from us our sins. (TA.) [But this phrase may be rendered somewhat differently; as will be seen below.] And مَحَصَ ٱللّٰهُ مَا بِكَ , and مَحَّصَهُ ; i.e. May God remove, or put away, what is in thee. (TA.) [Hence, also,] He tried, proved, or tested, him: (S, IAth, K:) and accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, the verb has this meaning in the phrase quoted above from the Kur: [but he adds,] because the trial of the Muslims diminishes their sins: for (TA) تَمْحيصٌ also signifies The diminishing [a thing]. (Ibn- 'Arafeh, K.) You say, مَحَّصَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبَكَ May God diminish thy sins. (TA.) And the clearing, or cleansing, flesh from sinews, (K, TA,) for the purpose of twisting them into a bow-string. (TA.)