سِهّلهُ

, (Msb, K,) verbal noun تَسْهِيلٌ, (S, K,) i. q. صَيَّرَهُ سَهْلًا [which may mean He rendered it smooth or soft, plain or level, or smooth and soft; namely, a place &c.: or what next follows]. (TA.)

He made it easy; he facilitated it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; said of God (Msb) [and of a man].

One says, سَهَّلَ سَبِيلَ المَاءِ [He smoothed, made easy, or prepared, the way, course, passage, or channel, of the water], (S and K in article اتى,) in order that it might pass forth to a place. (S in that article) And سهّل مَسِيلًا لِمَاءٍ [He smoothed, made easy, or prepared, a channel for water]. (M in that article)

And سهّل اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرَ, and لَكَ, a form of prayer, meaning May God [make easy, or facilitate, to thee the affair; or] take upon Himself, for thee, the burden of the affair; and lighten [it] to thee. (TA.) [And in like manner سهّل اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ is often said with الأَمْرَ or أَمْرَكَ understood.]

[And أَهَّلَ بِهِ وَسَهَّلَ, or أَهَّلَهُ وَسَهَّلَهُ, inf. ns. تَأْهِيلٌ and تَسْهِيلٌ, He said to him ↓ أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا, meaning (as explained in the Msb in article اهل) أَتَيْتَ قَوْمًا أَهْلًا وَمَوْضِعًا سَهْلًا, i. e. Thou hast come to a people who are like kinsfolk, and to a place that is smooth, plain, or not rugged: see أَهَّلَ and أَهْلٌ: and see also Ham p. 184.]