وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا
Quran glossary · draft
الحُقُب
age
A very long period, singular or repeated in succession.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: حقب
Lemmas: حقب · أحقاب
Forms: حُقُبًا · أَحْقَابًا
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Why this meaning was chosen
Both occurrences were reviewed. The singular expresses Moses' willingness to travel for a long age; the plural describes successive ages of residence in Hell.