He devoted himself to religious exercises [and particularly to the reading, or reciting, of the Qur'an]; (S, K;) as also ↓قَرَأَ; (O, TA;) and ↓اقرأ: (K, TA:) and i. q.تَفَقَّهَ [i. e. he learned knowledge, or science; or particularly الفِقْه, meaning the science of the law. (K.)