What does « Condition / Sign » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Condition / Sign (شرط) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

شرط

Condition / Sign

Root: ش - ر - ط

Quranic language 1 verse

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Condition / Sign

Ash-shart: any known rule linked to something that is realized by its realization, and that thing is also called shart.

The Almighty says: 'Its signs have already come' (Muhammad 18).

Ashrat as-sa'a: the signs of the Hour.

Al-ishtarat: stipulating conditions.

Condition / Sign in the Quran (1)

Meccan: 0 Medinan: 1

Surah Muhammad : 18 Medinan

﴿فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ﴾

Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?