سَوَّلَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ أَمْرًا
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, (S,) or كَذَا, (M, K,) or الشَّىْءَ, (Msb,) verbal noun تَسْوِيلٌ, (TA,) His soul embellished [or commended] to him (S, M, Msb, * K) a thing, or an affair, (S,) or such a thing, (M, K,) or the thing: (Msb:) or made it [to appear] easy to him, and a light matter in his eyes; from سَوَلٌ signifying “ laxness ” or the like: (Bd in xii. 18:) the verbal noun signifies the embellishing, a thing, and making it to be loved or approved, in order that one may do it or say it: (TA:) or the soul's embellishing a thing that is eagerly desired, and picturing what is foul thereof as goodly: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and it is said to be from سُولٌ signifying “ an object of a man's desire, which embellishes to the seeker thereof that which is false, or vain, and other things of the deceptions of the present world. ” (TA.)
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You say also, يُسَوَّلُ إِلَىَّ كَذَا
Such a thing is imaged in the mind to me; is an object of fancy to me; or seems to me. (L in article هد.)
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And سوّل لَهُ said of the Devil, He led him into error; or made him to err: (M, K:) or facilitated to him the commission of great sins; from سَوَلٌ meaning as explained above in this paragraph: or incited him to indulgence in appetences, or lusts; from السُّولُ meaning [by implication] التَّمَنِّى: (Bd in xlvii. 27:) or [as though meaning] let down his rope [to him to aid in the accomplishment of his desire]. (Ham p. 748.)