بصر

4 ابصرهُ أبصر أبصره ابصره ابصرة بصر , (Lh S M, A, &c.,) inf. n. اـِبْصَارٌ, (Msb,) He saw him, or it, (Lh, S, A, Mgh, Msb,) بِرُؤْيَةِ العَيْنِ by the sight of the eye; (Msb;) as also بِهِ ↓ بَصُرَ: (A:) or he looked (M, K) at, or towards, him, or it, (M,) trying whether he could see him, or it; (M, K;) as also بِهِ ↓ بَصُرَ, inf. n.بَصَرٌ and بَصَارَةٌ and بِصَارَةٌ; (M;) and به ↓بَصِرَ; (Lh, M;) and ↓ تبّصرهُ; (M, K;) and ↓ باصرهُ: (M:) or, accord. to Sb, ↓ بَصُرَ [is used when no object of sight is mentioned, and] signifies he [ saw, or] became seeing: and ابصرهُ is said when one mentions that upon which his eye has fallen. (M.) You say also, أَبْصِرَ اـِلَىَّ Look thou at me: or turn thy face towards me. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) ― -b2- See also 1. -A2- And see 2. -A3- أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَ أَسْمِعْ, in the Kur [xviii. 25], means مَا أَبْصَرَهُ وَ مَا أَسْمَعَهُ (Jel) (tropical:) How clear is his sight! and how clear his hearing! the pronoun relating to God; (Bd, Jel;) and thus used, the phrase is tropical; i. e., nothing escapes his sight and hearing. (Jel.) And أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَ أَبْصِرْ, in the same [xix. 39], means مَا أَسْمَعَهُمْ وَ مَا أَبْصَرَهُمْ (S in art. سمع, and Jel) How clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see! (S, Bd, Jel:) or the meaning is, do thou make them to hear, and make them to see, the threats of that day which is afterwards mentioned, and what shall befall them therein. (Bd.) -A4- أَبْصَرَ also signifies He relinquished infidelity, and adopted the true belief. (IAar.) -A5- See also 10. -A6- He hung upon the door of his dwelling a بَصِيرَة, i. e. an oblong piece of cotton or other cloth. (TA.) -A7- See also 2, last sentence.