فيء

4 أَفَأْتُهُ ذ I made it to return. (O.) See also 2. ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, أَفَاآءَ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَى المُسْلِمِينَ مَالَ الكُفَّارِ [ God restored to the Muslims, as though it were theirs by right, or gave to them as spoil, the property, or wealth, of the unbelievers ]; (S, O;) inf. n. اـِفَاآءَةٌ. (S.) And أَفَاآءَ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الغَنَائِمَ [ God restored, or gave, to them the spoils ]. And أَفَاآءَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَيْئًا He took for a party the spoil of another party and brought it to them: and he took for a party spoil that had been taken from them. (T, TA.) ― -b3- And أَفَأْتُ كَذَا I made such a thing to be a فَىْء [or spoil ]. (TA.) ― -b4- And أَفَأْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى الأَمْرِ I turned him to the thing, or affair, when he had desired another thing, or affair. (AZ, T.) -A2- See also 1, first sentence.