محن

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root محن (maḥana) primarily relates to testing, trying, or proving something or someone, often through hardship or examination. It encompasses concepts of experience, purification, and assessment, extending to physical actions like striking or preparing materials.

Derived headwords

المِحْنَةnoun

1.
experienceboth
Gaining knowledge or skill through practice or exposure to events.
2.
trial, ordealboth
A difficult or unpleasant experience that tests someone's character or endurance.
3.
test, examinationboth
The act of testing or examining something to determine its quality or truth.
4.
purificationclassical
The process of being cleansed or refined, especially by fire or hardship.

المحنة: الخبرة — Experience

المحنة: واحدة المحن التي يمتحن بها الإنسان من بلية — The ordeal by which a person is tested from affliction

امْتَحَنَverb

1.
to test, to tryboth
To examine or put to the test, often to assess quality, truth, or endurance.
2.
to examine (a statement)classical
To scrutinize and ponder over a statement or piece of information.
3.
to purify, to refineclassical
To cleanse or purify, especially by fire or hardship, to remove impurities.

وقد امتحنه — And he tested him

وامتحن القول: نظر فيه ودبره — And he examined the statement: he looked into it and pondered it

أولئك الذين امتحن الله قلوبهم — Those are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested

المُمْتَحَنadjective

1.
tested, triedboth
Having undergone a test or trial, often implying purification or proving.
2.
purified, refinedclassical
Cleansed or refined through hardship or examination.
3.
subdued, accustomedclassical
Made accustomed or subdued through repeated trials or use.
4.
peeled, scrapedclassical
Having had its outer layer removed.

فذلك الشهيد الممتحن في جنة الله تحت عرشه — That is the tested martyr in Allah's paradise under His Throne

الممتحن الموطأ المذلل — The subdued, the accustomed

مَحَنَverb

1.
to strike (with a whip)classical
To beat someone with a whip.
2.
to soften, to make pliableclassical
To make something soft or pliable, like a whip or leather.
3.
to wear out (clothing)classical
To wear out a garment through use.
4.
to excavate, to clear outclassical
To remove earth or mud from a well.

وأصل المحن: الضرب بالسوط — And the origin of maḥn is striking with a whip

محن السوط: لينه — The softening of the whip: making it pliable

محنت الثوب محنا إذا لبسته حتى تخلقه — I wore out a garment by wearing it until it became old

المِحَنnoun

1.
gifts, presentsclassical
Things given as gifts or presents.
2.
severe intercourseclassical
Intense or vigorous sexual intercourse.
3.
softness, pliabilityclassical
The quality of being soft or pliable.

والمحن: العطية — And al-maḥan: the gift

المحن: النكاح الشديد — Al-maḥan: severe intercourse

مَحَنَverb

1.
to giveclassical
To bestow or grant something.

فما محنني شيئا — He did not give me anything

مَحْنُونَتُهُnoun

1.
shame, disgraceclassical
A source of shame or disgrace.

ولا تخشى محونته — And do not fear its shame

المُمَحِّصadjective

1.
purifying, refiningclassical
One who purifies or refines, often through testing or hardship.

والممتحن والممحص واحد — And al-mumtaḥan and al-mummiḥṣ are the same

مَحَنَverb

1.
to stretch, to widenclassical
To stretch or widen something, like leather.

محنت الأديم محنا إذا مددته حتى توسعه — I stretched the leather until I widened it

مَحَنَverb

1.
to peel, to scrapeclassical
To remove the outer layer or skin of something.

كله بمعنى قشرته — All of it means 'I peeled it'

مُحِنadjective

1.
soft, pliableclassical
Characterized by softness or pliability.

المحن اللين من كل شيء — Al-maḥan: the soft of everything

مَحَنَverb

1.
to test (a person)classical
To subject a person to a test, especially by questioning.

هي أن يأخذ السلطان الرجل فيمتحنه ويقول: فعلت كذا وفعلت كذا — It is that the ruler takes a man and tests him and says: you did such and such, and you did such and such

مَحَنَverb

1.
to examine (words)classical
To examine the outcome or consequence of words.

وامتحنت الكلمة أي نظرت إلى ما يصير إليه صيورها — And I examined the word, meaning I looked at its eventual outcome

مُحِنverb

1.
to marry (intensely)classical
To engage in sexual intercourse vigorously.

يقال: محنها ومخنها ومسحها إذا نكحها — It is said: maḥanahā, makhanahā, and masahā if he had intercourse with her

مَحَنَverb

1.
to strike (twenty lashes)classical
To strike someone with twenty lashes.

ومحنه عشرين سوطا: ضربه — And he struck him twenty lashes: he beat him

Parallel reading

المحنة: الخبرة، وقد امتحنه.

The ordeal: experience, and he tested him.

وامتحن القول: نظر فيه ودبره.

And he examined the statement: he looked into it and pondered it.

فذلك الشهيد الممتحن في جنة الله تحت عرشه «1».

That is the tested martyr in Allah's paradise under His Throne.

هو المصفى المهذب المخلص من محنت الفضة إذا صفيتها وخلصتها بالنار.

He is the purified, the refined, the sincere from the trial of silver when you purify it and refine it with fire.

خلص الله قلوبهم

Allah purified their hearts

امتحن الله قلوبهم صفاها وهذبها

Allah tested their hearts, He purified and refined them

الممتحن الموطأ المذلل

The subdued, the accustomed

معنى قوله أولئك الذين امتحن الله قلوبهم للتقوى شرح الله قلوبهم

The meaning of His saying: 'Those are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for piety' is that Allah has opened their hearts (to piety).

كأن معناه وسع الله قلوبهم للتقوى.

As if its meaning is that Allah has widened their hearts for piety.

ومحنته وامتحنته: بمنزلة خبرته واختبرته وبلوته وابتليته.

And his maḥnah and imtiḥānuhu: are like his experience, his testing, his trial, and his affliction.

وأصل المحن: الضرب بالسوط.

And the origin of maḥn is striking with a whip.

وامتحنت الذهب والفضة إذا أذبتهما لتختبرهما حتى خلصت الذهب والفضة، والاسم المحنة.

And you test gold and silver when you melt them to test them until you purify the gold and silver, and the noun is maḥnah.

والمحن: العطية.

And al-maḥan: the gift.

وأتيت فلانا فما محنني شيئا أي ما أعطاني.

And I came to so-and-so, and he did not give me anything, meaning he did not give me.

المحنة: واحدة المحن التي يمتحن بها الإنسان من بلية، نستجير بكرم الله منها.

The ordeal: one of the trials by which a person is tested from affliction, we seek refuge in Allah's generosity from it.

المحنة بدعة ، هي أن يأخذ السلطان الرجل فيمتحنه ويقول: فعلت كذا وفعلت كذا، فلا يزال به حتى يقول ما لم يفعله أو ما لا يجوز قوله، يعني أن هذا القول بدعة؛

The ordeal is an innovation; it is that the ruler takes a man and tests him and says: 'You did such and such, and you did such and such,' and he continues to pressure him until he says what he did not do or what is not permissible to say, meaning that this saying is an innovation;

وحب ليلى، ولا تخشى محونته، ... صدع لنفسك مما ليس ينتقد

And love Layla, and do not fear its shame, ... break your soul from what is not criticized

محونته عاره وتباعته، يجوز أن يكون مشتقا من المحنة لأن العار من أشد المحن، ويجوز أن يكون مفعلة من الحين، وذلك أن العار كالقتل أو أشد.

Its shame is its disgrace and its consequence; it may be derived from maḥnah because disgrace is among the most severe trials, and it may be derived from muf'alah from al-ḥīn, and that is because disgrace is like killing or worse.

المحنة معنى الكلام الذي يمتحن به ليعرف بكلامه ضمير قلبه، تقول امتحنته، وامتحنت الكلمة أي نظرت إلى ما يصير إليه صيورها.

The ordeal is the meaning of the speech by which one is tested to know the inner state of his heart through his speech; you say 'I tested him,' and 'I examined the word,' meaning I looked at its eventual outcome.

المحن: النكاح الشديد.

Al-maḥan: severe intercourse.

يقال: محنها ومخنها ومسحها إذا نكحها.

It is said: maḥanahā, makhanahā, and masahā if he had intercourse with her.

ومحنه عشرين سوطا: ضربه.

And he struck him twenty lashes: he beat him.

ومحن السوط: لينه.

And the softening of the whip: making it pliable.

محنت الثوب محنا إذا لبسته حتى تخلقه.

I wore out a garment by wearing it until it became old.

محنته بالشد والعدو وهو التليين بالطرد

I tested him with hardship and running, which is the softening by chasing

والممتحن والممحص واحد.

And al-mumtaḥan and al-mummiḥṣ are the same.

محنت الأديم محنا إذا مددته حتى توسعه.

I stretched the leather until I widened it.

المحن اللين من كل شيء.

Al-maḥan: the soft of everything.

ومحنت البئر محنا إذا أخرجت ترابها وطينها.

And I cleared out the well until I removed its earth and mud.

يقال محنته ومخنته، بالحاء والخاء، ومحجته ونقجته ونقخته وجلهته وجحشته ومشنته وعرمته وحسفته وحسلته وخسلته ولتحته كله بمعنى قشرته.

It is said: maḥantuhu and makhanuhu, with ḥā' and khā', and maḥajtuhu, naqajtuhu, naqaḥtuhu, jalḥatuhu, jaḥshatuhu, mashantuhu, 'aramatuhu, ḥasafatuhu, ḥasaltuhu, khasaltuhu, and latḥtuhu, all meaning 'I peeled it'.

وجلد ممتحن: مقشور

And a peeled hide: scraped