[1]
بَلَاهُ , (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) aor.
يَبْلُوُ , (T, Msb,)
inf. n. بَلَآءٌ, (S,) or this is a simple subst., and the
inf. n. is بَلْوٌ, (T, Msb,) He (God) tried, proved,
or tested, him, (T, S, Msb,) بِخَيْرٍ [by, or with,
good], or بِشَّرٍ [by, or with, evil]; (Msb;) for
God tries his servant (يَبْلُوهُ) by, or with, a
benefit, to test his thankfulness; and by, or with,
a calamity, to test his patience; (T;) [wherefore
it often means He afflicted him;] as also ↓ ابلاهُ,
(T, S, Msb,) inf. n. إِبْلَآءٌ; (T, S; [in both restrieted
to good; but in the Msb it seems to be common
to good and evil;]) and ↓ ابتلاه: (T, S, M, Msb:)
and بَلَوْتُهُ, inf. n. بَلْوٌ (S, M, K) and بَلَآءٌ, (M, K,)
[but from what has been said above, it seems that
the latter is used only when the agent is God,
and that it is properly a simple subst.,] I tried,
proved, or tested, him; (S, M, Mgh, * K;) as also
↓ اِبْتَلَيْتُهُ: (M, K:) each of these verbs implying
two things; one of which is the learning the
state, or condition, of the object, and becoming
acquainted with what was unknown of the case
thereof; and the other, the manifesting of the
goodness or badness thereof; both of these things
being sometimes meant, and sometimes only one
of them, as when God is the agent, in which case
only the latter is meant: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and
↓ التَّبَالِى, also, signifies the act of trying, proving,
or testing. (S.) It is said in the Quran [xxi. 36],
وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِٱلشَّرِ وَٱلخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً [And we try you by,
or with, evil and good, by way of probation].
(TA.) And in the same [ii. 118], ↓ وَإِذَ ٱبْتَلَى
إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلَمَاتٍ [And when his Lord tried
Abraham by certain words, meaning commands
and prohibitions]. (TA.) And you say, ↓ لَا تُبْلِنَا
إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ [Try Thou not us save by
those things that are best]; (T;) from a trad.
(TA.) [See also 4 and 8 below.] ―
2-b2- [Hence,]
بَلَوْتُهُ also signifies (tropical:) I smelt it. (T in art. بول,
and A and TA.) ―
2-b3- [And بَلَاهُ He knew it, or became acquainted with it. (See بَالٍ.)] ―
2-b4- See also
4, in the latter half of the paragraph. ＝
1-A2- بَلِى,
aor.
يَبْلَوُ , inf. n. بِلًا, or بِلًى, [in the CK, erroneously,
بَلًى,] and بَلَآءٌ, [in the CK, erroneously, بِلاء,] (T,
S, M, Msb, K,) the former with kesr and the
latter with fet-h, (T, S, Msb,) said of a garment,
(T, S, M, &c.,) It was, or became, old, and worn
out: (Msb:) belonging to the present art. and to
art. بلى. (M.) [The inf. n., used as a subst.,
signifies Wear; attrition; wear and tear: see
an ex. in a hemistich cited near the end of the
first paragraph of art. الا, where a dwelling is
likened to a garment.] ―
2-b2- Also said of a plant [as
meaning It became old and withered, or wasted].
(K in art. عنث, &c.) ―
2-b3- And of a corpse, meaning
It became consumed by the earth. (Msb.) ―
2-b4- And
of a bone, meaning It became old, and decayed;
syn. رَمَّ. (S and K &c. in art. رم.) ―
2-b5- And of a
man's reputation, meaning (assumed tropical:) It became worn out
of regard or notice. (TA in art. دثر.) ―
2-b6- And
[hence,] بَلِيَتْ, (M,) or بُلِيَتْ, (K,) She (a camel,
M, K, or a mare, or beast of the equine kind, M)
was, or became, a بَلَيِّة; i. e., was tied at her dead
master's grave (M, K) without food or water (M)
until she died (M, K) and wasted away. (M in
art. بلى.)