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فَسَرَ , aor.
فَسِرَ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and
فَسُرَ , (M,
K,) inf. n. فَسْرٌ; (S, M, O, Msb, K;) and ↓ فسّر,
(S, M, K,) inf. n. تَفْسِيرٌ; (S, K;) which latter is
the more common; (IKtt;) or the latter has an
intensive signification; (Msb;) He discovered,
detected, revealed, developed, or disclosed, a thing
that was concealed or obscured; (IAar, O, K;)
or a meaning perceived by the intellect: (B:)
he rendered a thing apparent, plain, or clear;
explained, expounded, or interpreted, it: (S, M, O,
Msb, K:) accord. to Th (O, K, TA) and IAar,
(TA,) ↓ تَفْسِيرٌ and تَأْوِيلٌ signify the same; (O,
K, TA;) and so these and مَعْنًى: (O, TA:) or
↓ تفسير signifies the discovering, detecting, revealing, developing, or disclosing, what is meant by a
dubious expression; and تأويل signifies the “ reducing one of two senses, or interpretations, which
an expression bears, or admits, to that which suits
the apparent meaning: ” (O, L, K, TA:) or the
latter, the “ turning a verse of the Kur-án from
its apparent meaning to a meaning which it bears,
or admits, when the latter is agreeable with the
Kur-án and the Sunneh: ” for instance, in the
phrase in the Kur [vi. 95, &c.], يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ
ٱلْمَيِّتِ, if the meaning be [thus explained], “ He
produceth the bird from the egg, ” this is ↓ تفسير:
and if the meaning be [thus explained], “ He
produceth the believer from the unbeliever, ” or
“ the knowing from the ignorant, ” this is تأويل:
(KT:) or ↓ تفسير signifies the expounding, explaining, or interpreting, the narratives that occur
collected without discrimination in the Kur-án, and
making known the significations of the strange
words or expressions, and explaining the occasions
on which the verses were revealed; and تأويل, the
“ explaining the meaning of that which is مُتَشَابِه,
[or what is equivocal, or ambiguous,] i. e., what
is not understood without repeated consideration. ”
(TA.) ―
2-b2- Also فَسَرَ, inf. n. فَسْرٌ; and ↓ فسّر, inf. n.
تَفْسِرَةٌ, (S, O, K,) like تَذْكِرَةٌ; (TA;) or تَفْسِرَةٌ
has the last of the significations assigned to it
below as a subst.; (O, K, TA;) or it is postclassical; (S, O, K;) He (a physician) examined,
or inspected, urine, (S, O, K, [but the inf. ns. only
are mentioned,]) that he might judge, by its colour,
of the disease of the person from whom it came.
(TA.)