خير

خِيرَةٌ خير خيره خيرة : see خَيْرٌ, in three places, towards the end of the paragraph: ― -b2- and see خِيَرَةٌ, in four places: ― -b3- and خِيَارٌ. ― -b4- It is also a subst. from خَارَا@للّٰهُ لَكَ فِىهٰذَاالأَمْرِ, (S,) and so ↓ خِيَرَةٌ; both signifying [The blessing, prospering, or favour, of God; his causing one to have, or appointing to one, good in an affair: or his choosing for one the better thing in an affair: or] the state that results to him who begs God to cause him to have good, or to choose for him the better thing, in an affair. (TA.) You say, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ خِيرَةً مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ [ That was through God's blessing, prospering, or favour; &c.: or through God's choosing the better thing in the affair ]. (A.)