محّصهُ
1.
, verbal noun تَمْحِيصٌ, He rendered it clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also
مَحَصَهُ, aorist
مَحَصَ
, verbal noun 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.)
2.
[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 Qur'an, 3:135,] وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِينَ امَنُوا (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 tradition, 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 اللّٰهُ مَا بِكَ
مَحَصَ, and مَحَّصَهُ; i.e. (tropical:) May God remove, or put away, what is in thee. (TA.)
3.
[Hence, also,] (assumed tropical:) He tried, proved, or tested, him: (S, IAth, K:) and according to Ibn-'Arafeh, the verb has this meaning in the phrase quoted above from the Qur'an: [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 اللّٰهُ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبَكَ
May God diminish thy sins. (TA.)