Quran Vocabulary

As-sana (the year) has two possible origins. One is that its origin is sanaha, from His saying: 'it did not change' (lam yatasannah) (Al-Baqara 259). ...

The Almighty says: 'He has impassioned her' (Yusuf 30), meaning he reached the shighaf of her heart. The shighaf is the heart's covering (pericardium)...

As-sabiyy: one who has not reached puberty. A man musbin: who has children. The Almighty says: 'then We brought you forth as a child' (Al-Hajj 5). 'Ho...

The Almighty says: 'seven lean' (Yusuf 43), plural of a'jaf and 'ajfa'. Al-'ujf: extreme leanness. In Pharaoh's dream, the lean cows represented the y...

The Almighty says: 'until it returns like the old palm stalk' (Ya-Sin 39). Al-'urjun: the curved palm branch on which dates grow. When it ages, it cur...

Al-ghulam: the young boy with sprouting mustache. One says: ghulam with clear ghuluma and ghulumiyya. The Almighty says: 'We give you tidings of a boy...

Ya-Sin is among the disconnected letters (huruf muqatta'a) that open certain surahs. The Almighty says: 'Ya-Sin. By the wise Quran' (Ya-Sin 1-2). Only...