What does « To overturn / To bring down » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To overturn / To bring down (صرع) 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.

صرع

To overturn / To bring down

Root: ص - ر - ع

Quranic language 1 verse

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To overturn / To bring down

As-sar': throwing to the ground.

One says: I threw him down.

As-sar'a: one time.

The Almighty says: 'As if they were trunks of fallen palm trees' (Al-Qamar 20).

As-sara': the disease that makes one fall, epilepsy.

Throwing someone down means completely defeating them.

To overturn / To bring down in the Quran (1)

Meccan: 1 Medinan: 0

Surah Al-Haqqa : 7 Meccan

﴿سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ﴾

Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.