فَتَنُ

fatonN * A sort, or species; and a state, or condition; syn. DarobN , (T, M, K,) and fan~N , (T, K,) and lawonN , (M, K,) and HaAlN . (T, K.) Hence the saying of 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar El-Báhilee, A_im~aA EalaY nafosK waA_im~aA lahaA waAlEayo$u fatonaAni faHulowN wamuro [ Either against a soul or for it; life being of two sorts, or conditions, sweet and bitter; muro being for mur~N ]; (T; and the latter hemistich, without the incipient w , is cited in the K;) thus as related by some: but as related by Aboo-Sa'eed [As], he said fan~aAni , i. e. DarobaAni : and as related by Aboo- 'Amr Esh-Sheybánee, fitonaAni [with kesr]; and [he seems to have held that the poet meant two-sided; for] he says that ↓ Alfitonu signifies Aln~aAHiyapu . (T.) ― -b2- And AlfatonaAni , (K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, AlfutonAni ,]) dual of Alfatonu , (TA,) signifies The first and last parts of the day; or the early part of the morning and the late part of the evening: (K, TA:) because they are two states, or conditions, and two sorts. (TA.)