فسر

1 فَسَرَ ذ , 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 ا@لْحَىَّ مِنَ ا@لْمَيِّتِ, 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.) ― -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.)