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.

18:60

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا

78:23

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.