Quran glossary · draft

الاعْتِرَاء

assail

For a harmful condition to come upon a person and take hold of him.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: عرو

Lemmas: اعترى

Forms: ٱعْتَرَىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

11:54

إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. The noun is a firm handhold grasped by a believer, while form VIII presents harm as coming upon and taking hold of a person. The participant direction changes, but binding contact remains shared.