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محّصهُ , 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.)

أَمْحَصَ see 5, throughout.

تمحّص [It became clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also ↓ انمحص ; and ↓ اـِمَّحَصَ ; and ↓ أَمْحَصَ ; and ↓ مَحَصَ , q. v.] ― -b2- [Hence,] تمحّصت ذُنُوبُهُ (tropical:) [His sins became purged away]. (A, TA.) And تمحّصت الظَّلْمَا=ءُ (tropical:) The darkness became cleared away, or removed. (A, TA.) And الشَّمْسُ ↓ أَمْحَصَتِ , and ↓ انمحصت , (K,) and ↓ اـِمَّحَصَت , (TA,) (assumed tropical:) The sun appeared, and became clear, after an eclipse. (K, TA.) And الرَّجُلُ ↓ أَمْحَصَ , (inf. n. اـِمْحَاصٌ , TA) (assumed tropical:) The man recovered from his disease. (Ibn-'Abbád, K. *)

انمحص and اـِمَّحَصَ : see 5, in two places.

اـِمْتَحَصَ see 1.

مُمَحَّصٌ One whose sins are put away from him: mentioned by Kr.: but he says, I know not how this is; for that which is مُمَحَّص is the sin [itself]. (TA.)