محن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns testing, trying, or proving something or someone, often through hardship or affliction. It can also extend to meanings of wearing something out, giving, or intense sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

مَحَنَverb

1.
to testboth
To test or try someone or something, often to ascertain their nature or strength.
2.
to flogclassical
To strike or flog someone, specifically with a whip.
3.
to wear outclassical
To wear a garment until it becomes worn out or threadbare.
4.
to giveclassical
To give something to someone.
5.
to have intercourseclassical
To have intense sexual intercourse with a female slave.

مِحْنَةnoun

1.
testboth
A trial, tribulation, or affliction through which a person is tested.
2.
floggingclassical
A flogging or beating, specifically twenty lashes.
3.
examinationclassical
An examination or test, particularly one used to discern a person's inner thoughts or beliefs.

اِمْتَحَنَverb

1.
to testboth
To test, try, or examine someone or something.

اِمْتِحَانnoun

1.
testboth
A test, examination, or trial.

مَحْنَةnoun

1.
trialclassical
A trial or tribulation.

مُحْتَنnoun

1.
intense intercourseclassical
Intense sexual intercourse.

Parallel reading

عشرين سوطا

twenty lashes

اختبره، كامتحنه

tested him, as if examining him

وأصل المحن: الضرب بالسوط

And the origin of 'al-miḥan' is striking with a whip

والاسم المحنة، بالكسر

And the noun is 'al-miḥnah', with a kasra

والجمع المحن

And the plural is 'al-miḥan'

وهي التي يمتحن بها الإنسان من بلية

And it is what a person is tested with from affliction

نستجير بكرم الله تعالى منها

We seek refuge in the generosity of God Almighty from them.

المحنة مثل الكلام الذي يمتحن به ليعرف بكلامه ضمير قلبه

The 'miḥnah' is like the speech by which one is tested to know the inner state of his heart through his words.

المحنة بدعة

The 'miḥnah' is an innovation.

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

It is when the ruler seizes a man and tests him, saying: 'You did such and such,' and continues to pressure him until he confesses to something he did not do, or says something that is not permissible to say, meaning that this statement is an innovation.

محن الثوب محنا

he wore the garment until it was worn out

لبسه حتى أخلقه

he wore it until it became worn out

أتى فلانا فما محنه شيئا

He came to so-and-so, and he did not give him anything.

ما أعطاه

he did not give him

المحن: النكاح الشديد

'Al-miḥan': intense intercourse.

محن جاریته إذا نكحها

he had intense intercourse with his slave girl if he married her

إذا نكحها

if he married her