Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 664
فن فهم فَنِدَ فَنِيَ mode or manner; adornment; a wonderful thing or affair. فَمَنْ : A branch of tree (syn. أَفْنَانُ) . (غُصْنٌ plural(. ذَوَاتًا أَفْنَانِ : Having varieties (or sorts of species) of trees (55:49); full of varieties. فَتَّنَ also signifies: He sought various things. كُلُّ فَنِّ نَاعِمٍ مِنْهُ خَيْرًا قَدْ لَبِسْتُ الدَّهْرَ مِنْ أَفْنَانِهِ I have enjoyed of the various sorts of fortune, every pleasant, soft, sort thereof. ]aor. يَفْسَدُ inf. noun فَئِدَ فَنَدٌ and اَفْسَدَ : He lied he uttered a falsehood; he erred in extreme old age in speech, judgement or opinion; he became weak in judgement by reason of extreme old age or he became unsound in mind in that state. افتد : He became weak in intellect or doted;فَئِدَ also signifies, he was or became impotent; and unthankful for the favour of God. فَنَّدَهُ : He pronounced his judgement to be weak, or he pronounced him to be impotent or lacking in ability. مُفْسِدٌ : Weak in judgement or unsound in mind by reason of extreme old age or disease. لَوْلا أَنْ تُفَتِّدُوْنِ : Even though you take me to be a dotard or weak in judgement (12:95). or فَنَى aor. يَفْنَى inf. noun فَسَاءٌ[ : It came to an end and passed away; vanished away; became spent or exhausted; failed entirely; ceased, perished or came to naught; was or became transitory, evanescent or non-existent )فَنَاءٌ syn نَفَادٌ and contr. of بَقَاءُ(syn. فَنِيَ الرَّجُلُ عَدِمَ : The man was or became extremely aged, or old and infirm (syn he became on the verge of death by reason of extreme old age and infirmity. فان act. part. noun of فَنِيَ( : Passing away or coming to an end; an old man extremely aged or old and infirm, so called because of his nearness to passing away or perishing; an old man whose faculties have entirely failed. كُلِّ مَن عَلَيْهَا فَانِ : All that is on it will pass away (55:27). يَفْهَمُ aor فَهِم = يف inf. noun فَهُمٌ and فَهَمٌ and فَهِمَهُ . [ فَهَامَةٌ : He understood it; he knew it with the mind; he apprehended its meaning (syn. عَقَلَهُ and عَلِمَهُ and فَهِمَ عَنْهُ عَرَفَهُ بِالْقَلْبِ : He understood what he 664