محص

2 محّصهُ ذ , inf. n. تَمْحِيصٌ, He rendered it clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also ↓ مَحَصَهُ, aor. مَحَصَ , inf. n. مَحْصٌ. (Az, A, TA.) You say, مَحَّصَ الذَّهَبَ, (A, TA,) or ↓ مَحَصَهُ, (S, K,) He cleared, or purified, the gold from what was mixed with it, (S, A, K,) i. e. from the earth, or dust, and dirt, (TA,) بِالنَّارِ by fire. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) He (God) purged, or purified it; namely a man's heart: and him; namely a man repenting. (A.) It is said in the Kur, [iii. 135,] وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ا@للّٰهُ ا@لَّذِينَ ا@مَنُوا (tropical:) And that God may purify those who believe: (TA:) or purge away the sins of those who believe: (Fr, TA:) or these words have another meaning, which see below. (TA.) It is also said in a trad., mentioning a sedition, or conflict and faction, or the like, يُمَحَّصُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا كَمَا يُمَحَّصُ ذَهَبُ المَعْدِنِ, i.e. (tropical:) Men shall be cleared therein, one from another, like as the gold from the mine is cleared from the earth, or dust. (TA.) تَمْحِيصُ الذُّنُوبِ signifies (tropical:) The purging of sins. (TA.) And you say, مَحِّصْ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا, meaning (tropical:) Remove thou, or put thou away, from us our sins. (TA.) [But this phrase may be rendered somewhat differently; as will be seen below.] And ا@للّٰهُ مَا بِكَ ↓ مَحَصَ, and مَحَّصَهُ; i.e. (tropical:) May God remove, or put away, what is in thee. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] (assumed tropical:) He tried, proved, or tested, him: (S, IAth, K:) and accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, the verb has this meaning in the phrase quoted above from the Kur: [but he adds,] because the trial of the Muslims diminishes their sins: for (TA) تَمْحيصٌ also signifies The diminishing [a thing]. (Ibn- 'Arafeh, K.) You say, مَحَّصَ ا@للّٰهُ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبَكَ May God diminish thy sins. (TA.) ― -b4- And the clearing, or cleansing, flesh from sinews, (K, TA,) for the purpose of twisting them into a bow-string. (TA.)