Quran glossary · draft

دحض

allotment loss

The participant who loses standing in a drawing of lots.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: دحض

Lemmas: مدحض

Forms: مُدْحَضِينَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

37:141

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Form IV is causative in the attempts to make truth fail through false dispute. The Form I participle describes an argument that has no valid standing, while the passive Form IV participle describes Jonah as the losing party in a drawing of lots. The argumentative and allotment settings share defeat within a contested determination.