The Meaning of the Word Tamhis in the Holy Quran and in the Hadiths of the Infallibles (a.s.)

Ebtela’ (affliction) and emtehan (examination) are among the divine traditions in the field of Quranic studies, and many verses in the holy Quran deal with them. This research work has been conducted using the analytical-descriptive method and by referring to the commentaries of the Quran and the hadiths of the Infallibles (a.s.), and it aims to find out what the word tamhis conceptually means considering the context of the verse and how it is related to words such as ebtela’, fetneh (sedition) and emtehan. The results reveal that the word tamhis is more specific than the other three words. One of the reasons for this claim is that, in the holy Quran, this word has been particularly used to refer to the faithful. According to the holy Quran, for the faithful to be purified, they need to be faced with such difficult and tough conditions as fighting in the field of unequal jihad with the enemies of religion, which they undertake with patience and perseverance in order to satisfy God and reach the highest degrees of faith, i.e. tamhis of faith. The promising outcome of all this is peace, security, calmness of heart, dignity and happiness in the world and the attainment of dignity, comfort and divine proximity in the Hereafter.