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شَبَّهَهُ إِيَّاهُ and
بِهِ , (MA, K,) inf. n. تَشْبِيهٌ,
(S, K, KL,) He made it to be like it, or to resemble it; he assimilated it to it; (MA, KL;)
i. q. مَثَّلَهُ [meaning thus: and also meaning he
likened it to it, or compared it with it; agreeably
with the explanation here next following]: (S, *
K:) شَبَّهَتُ الشَّىْءَ بِالشَّىْءِ I put the thing in the
place, or predicament, of the [other] thing, by
reason of an attribute connecting them [or common
to them]; which attribute may be real and ideal;
real as when one says, “ this dirhem is like this
dirhem, ” and “ this blackness is like this blackness; ” and ideal as when one says, “ Zeyd is
like the lion ” or “ like the ass ” i. e. in his strength
or his stupidity, and “ Zeyd is like 'Amr ” i. e. in
his power and his generosity and similar qualities;
and sometimes it is tropical, as when one says,
“ the absent is like the non-existent, ” and “ the
garment is like the dirhem ” i. e. the value of
the garment is equivalent to the dirhem. (Msb.)
شَبَّهُ, [app. for شبّه شَيْئًا بِشَىْء ٍ,] accord. to IAar,
means He made a thing equal to a thing, or like
a thing. (TA.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,] شبّههُ عَلَيْهِ, inf. n. as
above, He rendered it confused to him [by making
it to appear like some other thing]; (JK, * TA;)
he rendered it ambiguous, dubious, or obscure, to
him. (MA.) See also 8, [with which it is, in its
pass. form, and in its act. form likewise, nearly
or exactly syn. in one of the senses,] in two places.
―
2-b3- [And شَبَّهَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ النَّفْسُ, or الحَالُ, The mind, or
the case, imaged it to him; like خَيَّلَتْهُ: see art.
خيل.] See also 5, [with which, in its pass. form,
this verb is nearly or exactly syn. in one sense.]
―
2-b4- [تَشْبِيهٌ used as a simple subst. means A comparison, simile, similitude, or parable: and has
for its pl. تَشْبِيهَاتٌ. Hence, عَلَى التَّشْبِيهِ By way
of comparison.]