وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا
Quran glossary · draft
جَدَل
argumentative contention
A disposition or purpose characterized by pressing contested claims.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: جدل
Lemmas: جدل
Forms: جَدَلًا · جَدَلًۢا
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
Why this meaning was chosen
Quran-internal comparison across all 29 occurrences supports reciprocal contention through claims. Form III covers defense of wrongdoers, rejection of signs, Abraham's appeal regarding Lot's people, a soul's self-defense, the commanded best manner of engagement, and a woman's plea concerning her husband. These contexts differ in truth, evidence, purpose, and manner, but not in the lexical act of pressing a contested case. جِدَال names the exchange, while جَدَل profiles contention as a human disposition or argumentative purpose. No compacted candidate, collision, reading divergence, or unresolved semantic question remains.