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Ayn-Sad-Ra
to press/squeeze/wring, withdraw a thing from.
i'sar
whirlwind, violent wind heavy rain, hurricane.
mu'sirat
clouds emitting rain, rain clouds.
asr
age, time, afternoon, history, succession of ages, evening, century, epoch, time that is measurable, consisting of a succession of periods, in distinction from dahr (Dal-ha-Ra) which signifies unlimited time without beginning or end.
asran
night and the day, morning and evening.
asara
vb. (1) impf. act.
12:36
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنِّي أَرَانِي أَعْصِرُ خَمْرا ً وَقَالَ الآخَرُ إِنِّي أَرَانِي أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي خُبْزا ً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ~ِ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Wa Dakhala Ma`ahu As-Sijna Fatayāni Qāla 'Aĥaduhumā 'Innī 'Arānī 'A`şiru Khamrāan Wa Qāla Al-'Ākharu 'Innī 'Arānī 'Aĥmilu Fawqa Ra'sī Khubzāan Ta'kulu Aţ-Ţayru Minhu Nabbi'nā Bita'wīlihi 'Innā Narāka Mina Al-Muĥsinīna
And with him in the prison entered two young men. One of them said: "I dreamt that I was pressing wine," and the other said: "I dreamt that I was carrying bread on top of my head, and that the birds were eating from it." "Tell us its interpretation, for we see that you are of the good doers."
12:49
ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ عَام ٌ فِيه ِِ يُغَاثُ النَّاسُ وَفِيه ِِ يَعْصِرُونَ
Thumma Ya'tī Min Ba`di Dhālika `Āmun Fīhi Yughāthu An-Nāsu Wa Fīhi Ya`şirūna
"Then after that will come a year in which the people will have abundant rain and which they will be able to produce once again."
asr
n.m.
103:1
وَالْعَصْرِ
Wa Al-`Aşri
By time.
a'sara
vb. (4) n.vb.
2:266
أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَه ُُ جَنَّة ٌ مِنْ نَخِيل ٍ وَأَعْنَاب ٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ لَه ُُ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَأَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَه ُُ ذُرِّيَّة ٌ ضُعَفَاءُ فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَار ٌ فِيه ِِ نَار ٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
'Ayawaddu 'Aĥadukum 'An Takūna Lahu Jannatun Min Nakhīlin Wa 'A`nābin Tajrī Min Taĥtihā Al-'Anhāru Lahu Fīhā Min Kulli Ath-Thamarāti Wa 'Aşābahu Al-Kibaru Wa Lahu Dhurrīyatun Đu`afā'u Fa'aşābahā 'I`şārun Fīhi Nārun Fāĥtaraqat Kadhālika Yubayyinu Allāhu Lakumu Al-'Āyāti La`allakum Tatafakkarūna
Does anyone of you desire that he have an estate with palm trees and grapevines, and rivers flowing beneath it, and in it for him are all kinds of fruits, then he is afflicted with old age and his progeny is weak, and a firestorm strikes it and it all burns? It is thus that God makes clear for you the signs that you may reflect.
pcple. act.
78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاء ً ثَجَّاجا ً
Wa 'Anzalnā Mina Al-Mu`şirāti Mā'an Thajjājāan
And We sent down from the clouds abundant water,
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